ELLISVILLE – The 11^th-ranked Jones County Junior College Bobcats broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning and defeated Baton Rouge Community College (Louisiana) 4-3 here Saturday evening at Community Bank Park.
JCJC, 13-3, will visit Decatur on Tuesday. The Bobcats face Northwest Mississippi at 4 p.m. and East Central at 6:30 p.m. JCJC opens MACJC conference play at home at 2 p.m. on March 7 vs. Meridian.
Baton Rouge, 10-10-1, travels Hinds on Tuesday.
Tyler Schwaner pitched 2 2/3 inning of hitless relief as the Bobcats rallied for the victory.
Offensively, the Bobcats were limited to only four singles vs. Baton Rouge, but made them all count.
BRCC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Logan Rogers reached on an infield single, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Zachary McCown's double.
The Bears, who beat JCJC 9-2 on Thursday in Baton Rouge, went ahead 2-0 in the third. Layton Laird led off with a walk, advanced to second on an errant pick off throw, went to third on a fly ball and scored on a wild pitch.
JCJC would take the lead in the fourth inning.
Clint Sasser led off with a walk and stole second. With two outs, Mason Irby was hit by a pitch and was replaced by courtesy runner Tyler Schankin.
Peyton Attaway then got the Bobcats' first hit of the game – a single to score Sasser. The ball got by McCown in centerfield, which allowed Schankin to score and Attaway to reach second.
Attaway went to third on a wild pitch and scored on John Alan Wall's single to make it 3-2.
But the Sun Chiefs quickly tied the game in the fifth when Blake Buller led off the inning with a home run over the centerfield wall.
Faulkner State then got runners on second and third with one out, but Schwaner entered the game and recorded two strikeouts to end the inning.
The Bobcats won the game in the bottom of the seventh when Wall reached on an error, Chris Morgan followed with a one-out single to right and Sasser walked to load the bases.
Carter Polles then drilled a single to right-center to score Wall and end the game.
Schwaner, 1-0, allowed no hits, struck out three and walked one to pick up the win.
Polles was the starter, lasted four-plus innings, allowed three runs (two earned), four hits, walked one, hit one and struck out seven. Perry Turner pitched 1/3 of an inning, struck out one and gave up two hits.
Attaway, Wall, Morgan and Polles each singled for the Bobcats.
Buller homered for BRCC, while McCown and Kevin Vanasselberg added doubles. Rogers, Laird and Zachary Zimmer added singles.
Melvin Frazier started, went 3 2/3 innings, gave up three runs, two hits, walked three, hit one and struck out six. Josh Donaldson pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowed no runs, no hits and walked one. Kevin Armstrong went the final 1 1/3 innings and took the loss, allowing one run, two hits and a walk.
 
Saturday's game
At Ellisville
Community Bank Park
Jones County 4, Baton Rouge CC (Louisiana) 3
Baton Rouge (10-10-1)      011 010 0 – 3 6 3
Jones County (13-3)            000 300 1 – 4 4 3
Melvin Frazier, Justin Donaldson (4), Kevin Armstrong (6) and Blake Buller. Carter Polles, Perry Turner (5), Tyler Schwaner (5) and Mason Irby. WP-Schwaner (1-0). LP-Armstrong. BRCC hitters: Blake Buller HR; Kevin Vanasselberg 2B; Zachary McCown 2B; Logan Rogers 1B; Layton Laird 1B; Zachary Zimmer 1B. JCJC hitters: Peyton Attaway 1B; John Alan Wall 1B; Chris Morgan 1B; Carter Polles 1B. LOB: BRCC-7; JCJC-7. T-2:03.