SCOOBA – No. 12 Jones was on the wrong end of a doubleheader sweep at East Mississippi Friday afternoon, falling 16-11 and 3-1.

It wrapped up six games in five days for the Bobcats who fell to 11-5.

Jones will host Southwest and Northeast in a round robin at Community Bank Park on Tuesday, March 4 beginning at 11 a.m. Tickets are $7 at jcbobcats.com/tickets or $10 cash only at the gate and good for all three games.

EMCC 16, Jones 11

Five Lions had three hits each to win a slugfest in the opening game of the day.

Jones fell behind 4-0 after one but rallied to tie the game at 4-4 after a bases-clearing double for Gage Reeves in the second and solo homer for TJ Dunsford in the third.

The Bobcats took their only lead in the fifth, 7-5, with a Dunsford RBI-single, Cole Manuel sac fly and Chase Russell RBI-single.

But the Lions immediately responded with five runs in the bottom of the fifth off Jones' top middle reliever, Micah Daniell, and would finish with a season-high 16 runs.

Trailing 16-9 in the ninth, Jones put up a late fight and got the tying run in the on deck circle. Reeves' RBI-single scored one and Evan Rogers' RBI-triple made it 16-11. After loading the bases, a fly out ended the threat.

Reeves and Dunsford had six of Jones' 13 hits. 

EMCC 3, Jones 1

Trace Tingle and Drew Lambert went toe-to-toe on the mound, with Tingle getting the better of the Bobcats by striking out seven and allowing only an unearned run in a complete game. 

Gabe Roberts' two-run double gave EMCC a 2-0 lead in the second.

The Bobcats cut the lead in half in the fifth thanks to a failed pickoff attempt that allowed Talan Theriot to score.

Hugh LeMasters' RBI-single got the run back in the bottom half for EMCC.

Lambert scattered three runs on five hits over 5.1 innings. Bobcat pitching would walk eight against one for Tingle.