CLARKSDALE – Jones scored 24 runs off 26 hits to swing its way past Coahoma on Saturday at the Eddie C. Smith Sportsplex.
The Bobcats improved to 27-5, 9-1 in the MACCC.
Jones hosts Gulf Coast Tuesday at 3 p.m.
Jones 10, Coahoma 0 (8 inn.)
Eli Walker worked five shutout innings and all nine Bobcats in the lineup had a hit in a run-rule game one victory.
Evan Rogers hit a two-run homer in the first and
Brady Thomas a two-run shot in the fifth to make it 6-0 Bobcats through five.
RBI-singles in the fifth, sixth and seventh from
Cole Manuel,
Austin Mills and
Hays Carley extended the lead to 9-0.
Wade Fulton's sac fly in the eighth put the run-rule in effect, scoring
Randall Futral.
Jake Shelby tossed the final three innings, allowing just one hit, to earn his first save.
Jones 14, Coahoma 5
Rogers had four hits, Carley three hits and Thomas a game-high five RBIs as Jones put the wraps on a two-game sweep.
Jones led 2-0 after one thanks to RBI-singles from Rogers and Thomas.
Thomas' sac fly made it 4-0 in the third and Carley doubled to make it 5-0 Jones.
Coahoma cut it to 5-2 in the bottom of the third on a fielder's choice and Bobcat error.
Carley doubled again in the fifth to stretch the lead back out to 7-2 and
Jace Lott added an RBI-groundout to make it 8-2.
But CCC fought back again within three in the bottom of the fifth on a pair of Bobcat miscues and Garrett Smith's RBI-single to cut it to 8-5.
Jones would score the final six runs of the game, highlighted by Thomas' three-run blast in the seventh.
Hillen worked four innings, allowing one earned run, to improve to 5-0. Manuel,
Brandon Rhodes and
Garrett Pound combined for the final three.