DECATUR – Reigning MACCC Pitcher of the Week Andrew Marble tossed a three-hit shutout in seven fantastic innings, Braden Smith drove in three and Preston Scott had a big pinch-hit single in a 7-0 blanking of Holmes Wednesday to stay alive in the region tournament.

Jones will face Copiah-Lincoln at 2 p.m. Thursday in another elimination game. The winner gets host East Central at 6 p.m.

Marble shoved over seven innings for a third straight outing, allowing a pair of singles in the fourth and a seventh-inning single. He struck out eight against two walks.

Smith's RBI-infield single broke open a scoreless game in the fourth, scoring TJ Dunsford after a leadoff single.

Back-to-back three spots in the sixth and seventh put the game out of reach.

Smith's RBI-double in the sixth, followed by Scott's pinch-hit, two-run single made it 4-0 Cats.

Evan Rogers doubled off the top of the wall in the seventh to score Chase Russell and he'd score himself on a wild pitch to make it 6-0 Jones. Smith's RBI-groundout a batter later capped the scoring.

Micah Daniell tossed a scoreless eighth and J.T. Elias, after loading the bases with three straight hit-by-pitches, a scoreless ninth.

Talan Theriot, Dunsford and Smith had two hits each. JC out-hit Holmes 10-4.