AMERICUS, Ga. - Despite a career-best, four-hit game from freshman Hunter Miller, the USCB baseball team fell via mercy rule, 10-0, on Friday to Georgia Southwestern to open a three-game series.  

Inside the Box Score

Miller: 4-for-4

Brandon Blume: (L, 2-3), 6.1 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO

How it Happened

The Canes jumped out to a 1-0 lead after a sac fly. Another run would come across two innings late after a wild pitch. 

The two teams remained scoreless throughout the middle innings, but Georgia Southwestern broke the game open with a six-run seventh. 

With two more runs coming across home plate, the Canes invoked the mercy rule in the eighth. 

Team Records Updated

USCB: 11-14 (4-9 PBC)

GSW: 11-9 (8-5 PBC)

What's Next?

USCB and Georgia Southwestern square off in game two on Saturday at Hurricane Stadium with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.