ELLISVILLE –
Chase Russell went 8.0 innings and No. 4 Jones College rallied from a 3-0, first inning deficit to beat Itawamba, 4-3, in game one.
The Indians rebounded in game two with a 9-3 victory Friday afternoon at Community Bank Park. The loss snapped a six-game Bobcat winning streak.
Jones is now 17-6 overall, 3-1 in MACCC play. Itawamba is now 14-10, 1-3.
The Bobcats go to Hinds for a 2 p.m. Tuesday doubleheader on March 18.
Jones 4, Itawamba 3
Russell, a freshman transfer from Southern Miss, gave up three runs on four singles in the top of the first inning, but dominated after that.
The Madison Central product ended up allowing seven hits, walked none and struck out three. He threw 94 pitches and improved his record to 2-0.
The Bobcats scored twice in the second when a
Gage Reeves (George County) groundout scored
Dominick Regira (Gonzalez, La.) and
Brice Ainsworth (Brandon) singled home
Bryson Jones (Northwest Rankin).
Jones tied it in the fifth when
Braden Smith (Brandon) led off with a double, took third on a Regira sacrifice and scored on a
Bryson Jones single.
The Bobcats used a two-out rally in the sixth to score the eventual winning run.
Evan Rogers (Northwest Rankin) got a single and
Cole Manuel (Clinton) and
Braden Smith both walked on 3-2 pitches. Regira then walked on a 3-1 pitch to score Rogers.
Micah Daniell (Oak Grove) did not allow a hit in the final inning to record his third save of the year. Daniell hit a batter with one out, but got a 6-3 (Rogers to
Braden Smith) double play to end it.
Ainsworth doubled and singled and Rogers singled twice to spark the offense.
TJ Dunsford (Grand Bay, Ala.) and
Braden Smith had doubles and
Bryson Jones singled.
Starter Brock Ware went 5.2 innings and took the loss, falling to 2-2. He allowed four runs (two earned), six hits, walked five and struck out four. Tyler Yearwood tossed 2.0 innings, allowed one run (unearned), one hit, walked two and struck out one. Will Lipscomb got the final out.
Madden Butler and Stone Collier each singled twice for ICC. Jude Treadaway, Bryson Jackson and Evan McCarthy added singles.
Itawamba 9, Jones 3
Once again, the Indians jumped on top in the first.
The Indians got two in the first, two in the second and three runs in the third when McCarthy drilled a bases-clearing double to left-center to make it 7-0.
The Bobcats got an RBI single from Manuel in the third and a two-run single from Dunsford in the fifth to make it 7-3.
But Itawamba added two more in the seventh to close it out.
Dunsford singled twice for the Bobcats and Rogers doubled. Manuel,
Talan Theriot (Luling, La.) and Ainsworth added singles.
Drew Lambert (MRA) pitched the first 1.2 innings and got the loss, giving up four runs (three earned), four hits and two walks.
Brady Smith (Florence) pitched an inning, allowing three runs, two hits, two walks and a strikeout.
Coleman Capaci (Kenner, La.) went 3.1 innings, allowing two runs (both unearned), three hits and a strikeout.
Caden Freeman (Marshall Academy) pitched the final inning and did not give up a hit.
Nathan Ferris went the final 3.2 innings and got his first win of the year. He allowed no runs, three hits, walked none and struck out one. Starter Andrew Williams tossed the first 3.1 innings, giving up three runs, three hits, two walks and two strikeouts.
McCarthy doubled twice, singled and drove in four runs for ICC. Butler doubled and singled and Treadaway, Collier, Reid Kent and Jarrett Morris added singles.
