Baseball | 3/23/2018 12:08:00 PM
ELLISVILLE – Hinds Community College edged No. 3 Jones County 6-5 in 10 innings in game one of a doubleheader here Wednesday afternoon at Community Bank Park.
Hinds took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
The Bobcats began to battle back in the third.
Brandon Hale(Pontotoc) singled, stole second and third, and scored on
Cooper Brune's (Ocean Springs) sacrifice fly to right.
In the fourth,
Trace Henry (Mooreville) led off with a walk, but was picked off of first base.
Luther Woullard (D'Iberville) singled to left, but was caught stealing.
Jake Mason (West Lauderdale) then homered to left to make it 3-2.
JCJC tied it in the fifth when
Tate Pepper (Ocean Springs) reached on an error and scored when Hale tripled to right.
Staton Todd homered to lead off the top of the seventh to put Hinds in front, 4-3.
JCJC tied it in the bottom of the seventh when Hale doubled and scored on
Robbie Woody's (Madison Central) single.
Cole Whitfield homered for Hinds in the top of the ninth to make it, 5-4.
In the bottom of the ninth,
Stephen Matthews (Tupelo) walked with one out and
Luke Hudson (Presbyterian Christian School) followed with an RBI triple. But a pair of strikeouts ended the inning.
In the top of the 10
th, Miller Hancock was hit by a pitch to start the inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Beesley.
The Bobcats were retired in order in the bottom of the 10
th.
Starter
Will Freeman (Semmes, Alabama) went six innings for the Bobcats. He gave up three runs, seven hits, walked three and struck out eight.
Payton Harris (Oak Grove) tossed 1.1 innings, allowed one run, two hits and struck out three.
Will Hicks (Germantown) pitched the final 2.2 innings and was charged with the loss. He gave up two runs, two hits, walked none and struck out three.
Bobcat pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts.
Mason homered and singled twice, while Hale tripled, doubled and singled. Hudson tripled with Woody, Woullard and
Hudson Harris (West Jones) adding singles.
JCJC is now 15-4 overall, 2-1 in the MACJC.
Hinds is 14-3 overall and 2-1 in the conference.
