Braves Drop Regular Season Finale at Mercer

MACON, Ga. – The Alcorn State University baseball program finished its regular season Saturday with a 19-1 series finale loss to Mercer at OrthoGeorgia Park at Claude Smith Field.
                           
The Braves finish the regular season with a record of 12-37 overall. With the win, the Bears improved to 34-18.
 
Brandon Barna brought in Alcorn's lone run and finished 1-for-3 at the plate. Brendly Martina and Kyle Jenkins both batted 1-for-2, while A.J. Makarewicz went 1-for-3 with a run scored and Devin Walden also hit 1-for-3.
 
George Osborne (0-7) took the loss after giving up seven runs on as many hits and three walks. He faced 15 batters across 1.1 innings with one strike out. Razedrick Winters, Joe Smith, and Brandon Thomas all made appearances in relief.
 
Mercer started off quick with four runs on as many hits in the bottom of the first. The home team then added three runs in the second and three more in the third to build a 10-0 advantage.
 
Alcorn scored it lone run in the fourth. Makarewicz led off with a single through the left side and Jenkins followed with a single to right. The senior from Orlando, Fla. then moved to third on a fly out to right and scored on Barna's hit through the left side of the defense. The Orange and Black plated three more in the fifth and six runs in the sixth for the final score.
 
The Braves enter the 2018 SWAC Championship Tournament as the number four seed out of the East and will play a 3 p.m. first-round game Wednesday against the top seed out of the West, Texas Southern, at Wesley Barrow Stadium.
 
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