Bulldogs look to keep momentum vs. SMCC

PERKINSTON — Coming off a sweep of Itawamba, Mississippi Gulf Coast is back for another MACCC home baseball doubleheader Tuesday. 

Southwest Mississippi visits Ken "Curly" Farris Field with first pitch set for 3 p.m.

The games will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch.

Records

• MGCCC: 11-13/4-2 MACCC, T-6^th place in conference
• Southwest Mississippi: 11-16/1-5 MACCC, T-12^th place in conference

Last Time Out

• MGCCC swept Itawamba 10-6 and 7-6 at Perk on Saturday.
• Southwest got swept 20-7 and 14-9 by Northeast Mississippi in Booneville on Saturday.

Previous Meeting

On April 20, 2022, Gulf Coast and Southwest split a doubleheader at Summit. The Bulldogs bounced back from a 10-5 loss to win 3-0.

Notes

• Gulf Coast is second in the NJCAA with 37 home runs and sixth in slugging (.594).
• Gulf Coast leads the MACCC with 37 home runs and a .594 slugging percentage. The Bulldogs are third in batting (.329).
• Charlie Keller (Fr., Mobile, Ala./Mobile Christian) leads the NJCAA with 14 home runs and is third in RBI (36). In the MACCC, he leads in home runs and is second in RBI and slugging (.897).
• Sean Smith (So., Pascagoula/Pascagoula) is second in the NJCAA with 10 home runs and seventh in RBI (33). He's ninth in slugging (.914). In the MACCC, he leads in slugging (.914), and he's second in home runs, third in RBI, third in hits (36)
• Marc Stephens (Fr., Orange Beach, Ala./Gulf Shores) is eighth in the MACCC with 32 hits.

Three Ahead

• Saturday, March 25: at Holmes, Goodman, 2 p.m. doubleheader
• Wednesday, March 29: vs. Jones, Perkinston, 3 p.m. doubleheader
• Saturday, April 1: vs. East Mississippi, Perkinston, 2 p.m. doubleheader

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