GOODMAN – No. 4 Jones College swept a doubleheader at Holmes on Saturday afternoon, using five hits apiece from Chase Russell and Dylan Champagne and only needing three pitchers in 14 innings of work.

The Bobcats pushed their win streak to six in improving to 25-8 overall, 8-2 MACCC and dropped Holmes to 13-18, 5-7 in conference play.

Jones travels to No. 18 Mississippi Gulf Coast for a pair on Tuesday in Perk. 

Jones 9, Holmes 4

Jones used a big third inning and a strong finish on the mound to defeat Holmes in the opener.

Holmes struck first in the opening frame when Jaxon Cripps delivered an RBI-single to tie the game at 1–1 after Jones plated a run on a bases-loaded walk by Brayson Graham.

The Bulldogs then grabbed a 2–1 lead in the second inning, manufacturing a run with aggressive baserunning as Jack Harkins stole home.

The game turned decisively in the third inning, when Jones College erupted for five runs.

Graham was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to tie the game and Gage Reeves followed with the biggest swing of the night—a three-run double to left field that gave Jones a 5–2 advantage. Warren Hutchinson added an RBI-double later in the inning to extend the lead to 6–2.

Holmes chipped away with a run in the fifth on a Charley Dunn RBI-double and added another in the seventh, but Jones kept control.

Reeves delivered again in the sixth with a two-run single to push the lead to 8–3, finishing the night with five RBIs. Champagne capped the scoring in the eighth with an RBI-single.

On the mound, Russell (2-2) earned the win for Jones, working six innings and allowing three runs while inducing 12 groundouts. Trevor Hodges closed the door with a dominant three-inning save (4), striking out six and allowing just one unearned run.

Jones finished with 12 hits, led by Champagne's three-hit performance and multi-hit games from Reeves, Hutchinson and Brayden Quick.

Holmes collected nine hits but stranded 12 runners.

Jones 11, Holmes 1 (5 inn.)

Jones completed a doubleheader sweep with an emphatic 11–1 run-rule victory in the nightcap in five.

Russell got things started with an RBI-single in the first, later scoring on a sacrifice fly by Reeves. Hutchinson capped the inning with an RBI-single to make it 3–0.

The Bobcats kept the pressure on in the second, adding three more runs behind RBI hits from Russell, Sanders Ainsworth and Champagne to extend the lead to 6–0.

Any hopes of a Holmes comeback were erased in the third inning, when Jones exploded for five runs to push the margin to 11–0.

Kelan Guidry delivered a two-run single, while Russell stayed red-hot with another RBI knock. Champagne added his second RBI of the game during the outburst.

Russell extended his reached base streak to 64 games with a perfect 3-for-3 performance, driving in three runs and scoring three times. Guidry also scored three runs and added two RBIs, while Champagne contributed two hits and two RBIs.

Drew Lambert (2-2) was in complete control on the mound, tossing a complete-game allowing just three hits and one run while striking out six to earn the win.

Holmes managed its only run in the fifth inning on a solo home run by Wes Bishop.