Baseball | 4/22/2018 1:17:00 PM
ELLISVILLE –
Jay Simpson (Presbyterian Christian School) tossed a five-hitter to spark No. 5 Jones County to a 2-1 win victory over Mississippi Delta in game two of a doubleheader here Saturday afternoon at Community Bank Park.
JCJC won the opener, 9-3.
The Bobcats are now 31-7 overall, 16-4 in the MACJC and have won 12 straight games.
The sweep sets up a major conference showdown on Tuesday. The Bobcats host league-leading Pearl River in a 3 p.m. doubleheader. The No. 6 Wildcats are currently 17-3 in the conference. The games will air on
www.jcjc.tv. It will be the final home regular season doubleheader for the Bobcats.
Simpson was excellent as he improved to 5-1 on the season.
He went all seven innings, allowed one run, six hits, struck out five, hit one and walked none.
JCJC took a 1-0 lead in the first when with two outs,
Luther Woullard (D'Iberville) singled,
Jake Mason (West Lauderdale) singled and
Brandon Hale (Pontotoc) reached on an error, which allowed Woullard to score.
MDCC tied it in the third.
Markarius Lee and Tyler Jones singled. Ty Riche reached on a fielder's choice and Dawson Ivey delivered an RBI single.
The Bobcats answered in the bottom of the third when Woullard led off with a triple to the wall in left-center and scored on Hale's sacrifice fly to right.
MDCC put two runners on with one out in the fourth, but Simpson got a pair of groundouts to get out of the inning.
The Trojans got a leadoff single in the sixth and a two-out single in the seventh, but were unable to score.
Woullard tripled and singled,
Trace Henry (Mooreville) doubled and
Stephen Matthews (Tupelo) and Mason singled for JCJC.
Devontae Rhodes pitched six innings and got the loss. He allowed two runs (one earned), five hits, walked one and struck out three.
Jones singled twice for MDCC with Ivey, Parker Lane, Michael Allen and Markarius Lee adding singles.
MDCC, 14-23 overall and 6-18 in the MACJC, hosts Itawamba on Tuesday.
SOPHOMORE DAY
Bobcat players recognized during "Sophomore Day" were
Luther Woullard,
Jay Simpson,
Will Freeman,
R.J. Brown,
Tyler Spring,
Kyle Shepherd,
Tate Pepper,
Hudson Harris,
Jacob Vick,
Grayson Livingston,
Bryce Fagan and
Miguel Morgan.
This group is currently 77-11 over two seasons.
Saturday's game
Ellisville
Community Bank Park
Game 2
Jones County 2, Mississippi Delta 1
Mississippi Delta (14-23, 6-18) 001 000 0 – 1 6 1
Jones County (31-7, 16-4) 101 000 x – 2 5 1
Devontae Richards and Cade Blanchard.
Jay Simpson and
Hudson Harris.
WP-Simpson (5-1).
LP-Richards.
MDCC hitters: Tyler Jones 2 1B; Dawson Ivey 1B; Parker Lane 1B; Michael Allen 1B; Markarius Lee 1B.
JCJC hitters: Luther Woullard 3B, 1B;
Trace Henry 2B;
Jake Mason 1B;
Stephen Matthews 1B.
LOB: MDCC-7; JCJC-4.
T: 1:43.
