Box Score MACON, Ga.- Sasha LaGarde's grand slam in the bottom of the sixth allowed Mercer to stay undefeated with a 5-4 victory over Savannah State in a game played at Claude Smith Field.
 
The Tigers (3-5) held a 4-1 lead after five innings.
 
In the sixth, Mercer scored four runs with two outs on just two hits.
 
Savannah State led 1-0 after scoring a run in the top of the second inning. Lee Moore led off with a single and scored on a single by Aaron Hoffer.
 
The Tigers increased their lead to 4-0 with three runs in the fifth.
 
Kevin Herilhy reached on a error and scored on a single my Mendez Elder while  Moore doubled to right which sent home Todd Hagen, who was hit by a pitch, and Elder.
 
Mercer got a run back in the bottom half of the inning as Nick Backlund hit a solo home run off SSU reliever Ethan Glass to make the score 4-1.
 
For the game, SSU had 10 hits while six Tiger pitcher held the Bears (9-0) to six hits.
 
The Tigers left seven men on base while Mercer left six runners stranded.
 
Moore and Parker Nix each had a single and a double for the Tigers. Moore also drove in two runs. Ryan McCranie took the loss as he pitched 1.1 innings and gave up one hit and two runs while striking out two. Starter Austin Denney struck out four in three innings of work.
 
Stephen Glaze picked up the victory for Mercer as he pitched 2.2 innings and struck out three. Glaze gave up two hits and allowed no runs.