Baseball entertains MACCC-leading Jones

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast has won four of its last six games to move into a fifth-place tie in the MACCC baseball standings.

The Bulldogs will try to improve that Wednesday when No. 9 Jones visits. The MACCC leaders will be at Ken "Curly" Farris Field for a doubleheader that starts at 3 p.m.

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

Records

• MGCCC: 13-15/6-4 MACCC, T-5^th place in conference
• Opponent: 24-6/9-1 MACCC, 1^st place in conference

Last Time Out

• MGCCC rebounded from a tight Game 1 loss to split at Holmes on Saturday. The Bulldogs lost 9-8 before winning 15-6.
• Jones swept Coahoma 7-2 and 13-1 at Ellisville on Saturday.

Previous Meeting

On March 1, Jones beat Gulf Coast 7-3 in Ellisville.

Notes

• Gulf Coast is fourth in the NJCAA with 39 home runs and ninth in slugging (.534).
• Gulf Coast leads the MACCC with 39 home runs. The Bulldogs are third in batting (.326), fourth in on-base percentage (.444) and second in slugging (.534).
• Charlie Keller (Fr., Mobile, Ala./Mobile Christian) leads the NJCAA in home runs (15) and is second in RBI (44). He's 12^th in slugging (.848). Keller leads the MACCC in home runs, RBI and slugging.
• Sean Smith (So., Pascagoula/Pascagoula) is sixth in the NJCAA in home runs (10) and 15^th in slugging (.835). He's second in the MACCC in home runs, fourth in batting (.433) and second in slugging.
• Blake King (Fr., Petal/Petal) is fourth in the MACCC in ERA (2.67).

Three Ahead

• Saturday, April 1: vs. East Mississippi, Perkinston, 2 p.m. doubleheader
• Tuesday, April 4: at East Central, Decatur, 3 p.m. doubleheader
• Friday, April 7: vs. Coahoma, Perkinston, 3 p.m. doubleheader

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