Baseball | 4/22/2018 12:57:00 PM
ELLISVILLE – No. 5 Jones County got a three-run home run from
Jake Mason (West Lauderdale) and went on to beat Mississippi Delta, 9-3, in game one of a doubleheader here Saturday afternoon at Community Bank Park.
Jones took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when
Brandon Hale (Pontotoc) tripled to center and scored on a ground out by
Tate Pepper (Ocean Springs).
In the third,
R.J. Brown (Columbus, Georgia) doubled to left and
Trace Henry (Mooreville) reached on a bunt single.
Robbie Woody (Madison Central) doubled to right to score Brown.
After a ground out, Mason hit his second home run of the season over the leftfield wall to put the Bobcats ahead, 5-0.
The Trojans would put three runs in the seventh.
Matt McCurley singled, Ty Riche walked and Michael Allen followed with an RBI double. With two outs, Tyler Jones delivered a two-run double to make it 5-3.
JCJC would score four times in the eighth.
Stephen Matthews (Tupelo) reached on an error and
Miguel Morgan (South Jones) singled. Brown followed with an infield hit to score Matthews. After Henry was hit by a pitch, Woody followed with an RBI single. Henry would later score on a wild pitch and Woody came home from second base on the same wild pitch.
Starter
Cooper Brune (Ocean Springs) improved to 10-0. That leads the MACJC and is tied for third in the nation. He went 6.1 innings, allowed three earned runs, four hits, walked two and struck out five.
Will Hicks (Germantown) went the final 2.2 innings and earned his second save. He gave up no runs, one hit, walked one and struck out three.
Woody doubled and singled twice, while Brown doubled and singled and Henry singled twice. Mason homered, Hale triple and Woullard and Morgan added singles.
Parker Lane singled twice for the Trojans, while Jones and Allen doubled. McCurley had a single.
Starter Logan Clark went 6.1 innings and took the loss. He allowed five runs, eight hits, walked three and struck out two. Korey Bell went 1.2 innings, gave up four runs (one earned), three hits and struck out three.
JCJC is now 30-7 overall and 15-4 in the MACJC.
The Trojans fall to 14-22 an 6-17.
Saturday's game
Ellisville
Community Bank Park
Game 1
Jones County 9, Mississippi Delta 3
Mississippi Delta (14-22, 6-17) 000 000 300 – 3 5 1
Jones County (30-7, 15-4) 014 000 04x – 9 11 2
Clark Logan, Korey Bell (7) and Cade Blanchard.
Cooper Brune,
Will Hicks (7) and
Tate Pepper.
WP-Brune (10-0).
LP-Logan.
Sv-Hicks (2).
MDCC hitters: Parker Lane 2 1B; Tyler Jones 2B; Michael Allen 2B; Matt McCurley 1B.
JCJC hitters:
Robbie Woody 2B, 2 1B;
R.J. Brown 2B, 1B;
Trace Henry 2 1B;
Jake Mason HR;
Brandon Hale 3B;
Luther Woullard 1B;
Miguel Morgan 1B.
LOB: MDCC-6; JCJC-7.
T: 2:39.
