GREENVILLE, S.C. (Interstat) — Mercer’s Chris Katz hit an inside-the-park homer in the eighth inning to lift the Bears past Wofford 9-8 on Thursday evening at Fluor Field at the West End. The Bears improved to 44-14; the Terriers fell to 34-22.

Mercer jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on a groundout and Brant Baughcum’s double. Wofford answered with a three-run single by Niko Brini in the second. Braydon Kersey’s double and a double-play groundout gave Mercer a 4-3 edge by the third. The Terriers reclaimed the lead with Logan Tribble’s two-run double in the fourth, Lucas Manning’s solo homer in the fifth and Tribble’s sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Trailing 7-4, Mercer rallied on Eli Stephens’ two-run single in the sixth. Wofford scored again in the seventh, but Kaleb Huffman’s two-run homer tied it 8-8. Katz then delivered the walk-off homer in the eighth. Ethan Buffone, Dylan LaPointe, Michael Graziano and Nathan Rowland also contributed for the Bears. Mercer used four pitchers, with Jess Ackerman earning the win and Lawson Cole working earlier.