Jared's World

The Titans rallied from four down in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday to beat the (19-6) Yellow Jackets of Woodford County, 9-8, on Mercer’s senior night.
Woodford wasted no time as they jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Mercer starting pitcher Brooks Meredith could record an out. The Yellow Jackets made it a 4-0 game by the end of the inning and held the lead through the first two innings of play. Woodford county added two more runs in the top of the third inning as they extended their lead to six runs, 6-0.
Colin Buckner gave Mercer just their second hit of the game in the bottom of the third with a leadoff double off the center field wall. Buckner was driven in by Mercer’s next batter, Addam Gooch with a single to left field. Mercer added one more run in the inning off a double by Clay Cinnamon, as they started to fight their way back into the game, down 6-2.
The game turned into a pitcher duel in the fourth and fifth innings as only one runner from each team reach based. It looked to be another short inning for the Titans, opening the bottom of the sixth with back to back outs before Matthew Honchel went five hour energy drink for Mercer. With one quick shot, Honchel blasted a homerun over the right field wall. Honchel’s homerun seemed to give Mercer’s offense what it needed to close out the game in their favor. Mercer added one more run in the inning off a single by Seth Heath to make it a 6-4 game.

For the rest if the story, pick up a copy of this weeks Harrodsburg Herald.