Baseball | 4/5/2018 11:06:00 AM

ELLISVILLE –  No. 12 Jones County scored nine runs in the third inning and went on to defeat the Southwest Mississippi Bears 13-1 in five innings in game one here Wednesday afternoon at Community Bank Park.
After allowing one run and three hits in the first inning, Will Freeman (Semmes, Alabama) only allowed one more baserunner the rest of the way. Freeman, 4-1, finished with a four-hitter with one strikeout and one walk.
JCJC got an RBI single from Jake Mason (West Lauderdale) in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 1-1.
The Bobcats sent 13 batters to the plate in the third when they took control of the game. A grand slam by Cooper Brune (Ocean Springs) was the highlight of the inning. A two-run double by Stephen Matthews (Tupelo) was also a big hit in the inning.
Matthews also had a two-run double in the fourth inning.
Matthews finished with two doubles and four RBIs. Luther Woullard (D'Iberville) doubled and singled, while Mason and Trace Henry (Mooreville) each had two singles. Brune had the grand slam, while Robbie Woody (Madison Central), Brandon Hale (Pontotoc) and Luke Hudson (Presbyterian Christian School) had singles.
Starter Gage Kiser went 2.2 innings, allowed five runs, four hits, walked two, struck out two and took the loss. Ethan Campo, Lane Gordon and Kyle Dillard also pitched for the Bears.
Zach Dearman and Quartez Brown doubled for Southwest and Michael Buck and Paco Bello added singles.
JCJC is now 20-7 overall and 7-4 in the MACJC.
Southwest drops to 7-15 and 4-7.