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No. 5 Bobcats jump to 10-0 lead en route to 14-9 win over MGCCC

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Baseball | 4/19/2018 6:39:00 AM

PERKINSTON – No. 5 Jones County Junior College ran its winning streak to 10 games  here Wednesday evening at Ken "Curly" Farris Field.
JCJC jumped out to an early 10-0 lead and held on for a 14-9 victory over Mississippi Gulf Coast in game two of a doubleheader.
The Bobcats won game one, 4-2.
Jones, 29-7 overall and 14-4 in the MACJC, will host Mississippi Delta for a 2 p.m. Saturday doubleheader at Community Bank Park.
MGCCC, 25-11 overall and 9-9 in conference play, goes to Meridian on Saturday.
JCJC took a 3-0 lead in the first.
Trace Henry (Mooreville) walked and Robbie Woody (Madison Central)  followed with a single. Jake Mason (West Lauderdale) walked to load the bases and Brandon Hale (Pontotoc) followed with a walk to force a run home. Hudson Harris (West Jones) hit into a fielder's choice to score a run and Mason would score on a passed ball.
The Bobcats sent 11 batters to the plate, scored seven runs took a 10-0 lead in the top of the second.
Miguel Morgan (South Jones)  led off with a single and R.J. Brown (Columbus, Georgia) doubled. Morgan scored on a wild pitch and Woody followed with an RBI single to make it 5-0. Luther Woullard (D'Iberville) and Hale followed with RBI singles and Harris had an RBI double. After Stephen Matthews (Tupelo) walked, Morgan singled to score Harris. Matthews would later score on a balk.
MGCCC bounced back with three runs in both the second and fourth innings and a run in the fifth to make it 10-7.
The Bobcats came back with three runs in the sixth.
Woody led off with a walk and Jacob Vick (East Central) reached on an error on a bunt. Mason's single to center scored Woody and a passed ball would advance the runners. Hale's groundout scored Vick and Harris reached on an infield single to score Mason.
After MGCCC got a run in the bottom of the sixth, the Bobcats answered with run in the top of the seventh.
R.J. Brown (Columbus, Georgia) singled, Henry reached on a fielder's choice and Woody followed with an RBI single.
Woody had three singles and two RBIs, while Brown doubled and singled twice for Jones. Harris doubled, singled and drove in three runs and Morgan singled twice. Hale singled and had three RBIs with Woullard and Mason adding singles.
Tyler Spring (Stone) went 3.2 innings, allowed six runs (none earned), three hits, walked four and struck out five. Spring is now 6-1 on the year. Payton Harris (Oak Grove) went 2.1 innings, allowed two runs, three hits and struck out four. Bryce Fagan (Petal) pitched an inning, allowed one run and one hit.
Starter Dustan Dille, the first of five MGCCC pitchers, got the loss. He gave up three runs (two earned), one hit, walked three and struck out one.
Alden Davis doubled twice and Isaac Williams singled twice for the Bulldogs. Colby Cagle and Cullan O'Shea homered and Brandon Parker added a single.
 
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Players Mentioned

Brandon Hale

#1 Brandon Hale

OF
5' 11"
Freshman
Trace Henry

#3 Trace Henry

OF/LHP
5' 9"
Freshman
Luther Woullard

#4 Luther Woullard

UTL
6' 0"
Sophomore
Robbie Woody

#6 Robbie Woody

INF
5' 10"
Freshman
Stephen Matthews

#7 Stephen Matthews

INF
5' 9"
Freshman
R.J.  Brown

#9 R.J. Brown

UTL
5' 7"
Redshirt Sophomore
Tyler Spring

#10 Tyler Spring

RHP
6' 4"
Sophomore
Jake Mason

#19 Jake Mason

INF
6' 0"
Freshman
Hudson Harris

#23 Hudson Harris

C
5' 11"
Sophomore
Jacob Vick

#26 Jacob Vick

OF
6' 0"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Brandon Hale

#1 Brandon Hale

5' 11"
Freshman
OF
Trace Henry

#3 Trace Henry

5' 9"
Freshman
OF/LHP
Luther Woullard

#4 Luther Woullard

6' 0"
Sophomore
UTL
Robbie Woody

#6 Robbie Woody

5' 10"
Freshman
INF
Stephen Matthews

#7 Stephen Matthews

5' 9"
Freshman
INF
R.J.  Brown

#9 R.J. Brown

5' 7"
Redshirt Sophomore
UTL
Tyler Spring

#10 Tyler Spring

6' 4"
Sophomore
RHP
Jake Mason

#19 Jake Mason

6' 0"
Freshman
INF
Hudson Harris

#23 Hudson Harris

5' 11"
Sophomore
C
Jacob Vick

#26 Jacob Vick

6' 0"
Sophomore
OF