Freshman Brandon Barker threw five near-perfect innings to compliment an offensive explosion by the Mercer bats to propel the Bears to a 14-1 victory over a quality Georgia Southern club on Wednesday night.

Mercer (22-10) outhit Georgia Southern (18-12) 15-8 and added seven extra-base hits to end the Eagles seven-game home winning streak.

Five Bears had multi-hit efforts, including freshman DJ Johnson who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Freshman Austin Barrett and senior Thomas Carroll both hit home runs for Mercer in the win.

“To go on the road and dominate a tough team like Georgia Southern from start to finish like we did (Wednesday) is pretty special,” head coach Craig Gibson said. “Brandon Barker was outstanding on the mound for us tonight and offensively we got off to a good start and got away from them early.”