ELLISVILLE —
Austin Mills' two-run single helped No. 7 Jones walk-off Gulf Coast, 17-7, in eight innings in the opener before a five-run fifth helped the Bobcats rally for a 6-4 game two victory and sweep over the rival Bulldogs.
Jones improved to 29-5 overall, 11-1 in the MACCC with a seventh straight win in the series.
MGCCC dropped to 22-10, 8-4 MACCC.
Jones continues a six-game homestand Wednesday, April 3 against Southwest Mississippi.
Jones 17, MGCCC 7 (8 inn.)
Brady Thomas finished a triple shy of the cycle and
Evan Rogers added three hits as Jones run-ruled MGCCC in eight innings to start the day.
Walks were aplenty, with 22 combined in a three-hour plus game.
MGCCC took advantage of seven walks, a hit-by-pitch and two wild pitches to score four runs over the first and second innings.
With Jones trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the third,
Cole Manuel's RBI-groundout and Thomas' bases-loaded walk gave the Bobcats the lead for good, 6-5.
Jones outscored MGCCC 13-2 over the final five innings, scoring in every inning but the second.
Rogers had a two-run double in the fifth, Thomas a three-run homer in the sixth and Mills' walk-off single in the eighth ended it early.
Beau Bryans allowed four runs on two hits with seven walks in 1.2 IP, but
Brice Deaton would come settle things down with 4.1 relief innings for the win.
Micah Daniell tossed two shutout innings with three strikeouts and no hits allowed.
MGCCC used six different pitchers. All six walked at least one batter and 14 in total.
Jones 6, MGCCC 4
Trailing 3-1 through four, Jones batted around during a five-run fifth to rally for a come-from-behind win.
Evan Rogers' RBI-triple gave Jones a 1-0 lead in the first.
Run-scoring singles in the second and third and a sac fly in the fourth gave MGCCC a 3-1 lead.
Hays Carley was plunked to lead off the bottom of the fifth and
Marquette Gibson walked before a throwing error by the Bulldog catcher scored both to tie the game at 3-3.
Thomas doubled to give Jones the lead,
Gatlin Sanders followed with an RBI-single and Hegwood an RBI-double to make it 6-3 Bobcats.
Kaden Irving's solo homer to left cut the deficit to 6-4 in the sixth but the Bulldogs would get no closer.
Making his second relief appearance of the year,
Trent Hillen got back-to-back strikeouts and a groundout to end the game.
Andrew Marble (6-1) worked six innings allowing six hits and two earned runs with eight strikeouts.