Bulldogs win one, lose one
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
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Coastal Alabama - South | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
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Southern Union State Community College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Mississippi Gulf Coast earned a split on its first day of the 2022 baseball season, beating Southern Union and losing to host Coastal Alabama-South.
The Bulldogs beat Southern Union 10-5 before falling 15-5 in five innings in the nightcap.
The Bulldogs opened the season at Bay Minette, Ala., with Alex McWhorter (So., Semmes, Ala./Faith Academy) and Luke Reed (So., Louisville, Ky./Holy Cross) having big first games against Southern Union.
An All-Region 23 performer last year, McWhorter had a three-run home run in the first and added a double.
Reed struck out six and allowed one run in four innings, earning the win on a scripted staff day. Jesse Johnson (So., Purvis/Purvis) pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, and McWhorter threw a scoreless ninth.
Thomas Hollingsworth (Fr., Madison/Germantown) had three hits, and Cade Crosby (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport) had three RBI. Crosby, Smith and Kade Carpenter had two hits each.
Gulf Coast managed only four hits against the hosts, with Smith getting a double.
The Bulldogs play Wallace State-Hanceville and Parkland in Decatur on Friday.
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