ELLISVILLE – The fourth-ranked Jones College Bobcats notched two more run-rule victories here Tuesday afternoon at Community Bank Park/Gwen Magee Field.
Nia Luckett (Philadelphia) allowed just one hit and the Bobcats defeated East Central 8-0 in five innings in the opener. In game two,
Lindsay Henson (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) blasted two home runs and the Bobcats won 10-2 in five innings.
Jones, 23-6 overall and 11-1 in the MACCC, heads to Northwest for a 1 p.m. Saturday doubleheader.
East Central, 16-14 overall and 5-7 in the conference, visits Mississippi Delta Saturday.
Jones 8, East Central 0 (5 inn.)
Luckett, the reigning MACCC Player of the Week, pitched 4.0 innings, struck out 10, walked two and gave up only a single to Lizzy Hollingsworth in the second inning as she improved to 7-3.
Hanna Zeitz (Clinton Christian Academy) pitched the final inning and had two strikeouts.
The Bobcats took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Aaliyah Dixon (Hillcrest Christian) walked, stole second, stole third and then stole home on the front end of a double steal.
Carly Lewis (Jackson Prep) drove in Luckett with a fielder's choice and
Kathryn Smith's (Luling, Louisiana) ground out scored
Lauren Lindsey (Mobile, Alabama).
In the third, a Lewis single scored Luckett and
Taylor Duncan's (Lake) two-run single scored Lewis and
Tia'Rain Saunders (Choctaw Central).
The Bobcats scored twice in the fourth when Dixon's single drove in
Sarah Ballard (Purvis) and Lindsey's double down the right field line scored Dixon.
Luckett and Lindsey each doubled with Dixon, Henson, Lewis, Duncan and Ballard added singles.
Caroline Jackson pitched all 4.0 innings for East Central and got the loss. She allowed eight earned runs, seven hits, walked four and had no strikeouts.
Jones 10, East Central 2 (5 inn.)
Henson lined out to center in the second. But ECCC pitcher Rae Rae Evans was called for an illegal pitch and Henson got another chance. On the very next pitch, she homered over the right-center field wall to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
In the third, Lindsey's sacrifice fly to right made it 2-0 and Henson followed with a three-run home run into a stiff breeze over the left field wall to put Jones ahead 5-0.
Meadow Villar homered for East Central in the fourth to make it 5-1.
Ballard singled home a run and Dixon followed with two-run home run to give the Bobcats an 8-1 lead in the fourth.
Emily McDonald's double in the fifth drove in a run for the Warriors to make it 8-2.
Jones ended the game in the bottom of the fifth when Ballard's ground out scored Smith and Dixon's single drove in
Madison Jones (South Jones).
Holly Craft (Raleigh) went all 5.0 innings and got the win, upping her record to 7-1. She allowed two earned runs, four hits, walked three and struck out three.
Henson homered twice and had four RBIs and Dixon homered, singled and drove in three runs. Luckett, Lindsey, Lewis and Ballard each added singles.
Villar homered, McDonald doubled and Taylor Pittman and Mary Moore Widemire each singled for the Warriors.
Evans went 4.0 innings and got the loss, falling to 7-5. She gave up 10 runs (nine earned), seven hits, walked five and struck out four. Jayce Currie pitched 0.2 innings and gave up a hit.
