On Tuesday Jace Mercer pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The effort also marked the fewest walks (zero) Mercer has had since back in February. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his fifth in a row with less than two walks. On the year, he has an ERA of 2.52 over 8.3 innings pitched.
Even though Mercer couldn't lead Silsbee over Bridge City, he won't have to wait long to try again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Tigers will be headed into this one with a sizable disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 156 places lower in Texas), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Mercer? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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