Mercer County 13 - Boyd County 3 (5 innings) (State Tournament)

**Strikeout King** · 06-15-2011, 01:27 AM

Final in 5

Mercer County will play North Oldham Thursday at 6:00 pm

It was 11-0 Mercer after 3

**OffTheHook** · 06-15-2011, 01:30 AM

WOW!

A LOT of Mercy Games this year!

D IT UP · 06-15-2011, 01:55 AM

13-16 region=laid an egg

**OffTheHook** · 06-15-2011, 08:28 AM

Yes they did.

**Bob Seger** · 06-15-2011, 09:08 AM

Looks like Letcher Central is the only team out of the old 13-16 region group that was not mercied, and a lot of that may be due to their opening round opponent. I think you can expect a lot of first round mercy games every year. A lot of this is due to the new 16 team format. In the past a lot of the weaker teams would have been weeded out in the old semi-state 3 game series format before they ever reached the state tournament.

**PHSForever** · 06-15-2011, 09:55 AM

Bob Seger Wrote:Looks like Letcher Central is the only team out of the old 13-16 region group that was not mercied, and a lot of that may be due to their opening round opponent. I think you can expect a lot of first round mercy games every year. A lot of this is due to the new 16 team format. In the past a lot of the weaker teams would have been weeded out in the old semi-state 3 game series format before they ever reached the state tournament.

Very true, BUT I still like this format better. Much more in keeping with the Kentucky tradition of regional winners making state. Semi-state format was okay, but I was not a big fan of it.

**GetChili** · 06-15-2011, 11:20 AM

Congrats to the the Titans. Best of luck in the next round.

**Stardust** · 06-15-2011, 11:32 AM

D IT UP Wrote:13-16 region=laid an egg

OffTheHook Wrote:Yes they did.

What would you attribute it to?