Posted: Feb 13, 2023
Bulldogs entertain Warhawks on Tuesday
Coastal Alabama - East
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
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5
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Coastal Alabama - East | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Coastal Alabama - East
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
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11
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Coastal Alabama - East | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 11 | 8 | 2 |
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast plays the last of three straight doubleheaders at home to start its 2023 baseball season Tuesday.
Coastal Alabama-East visits Ken "Curly" Farris Field for a 2 p.m. start. The games will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch.
Records
- MGCCC: 3-1
- Coastal Alabama-East: 4-5 (before Monday's Lake Land series finale)
Last Time Out
- MGCCC split a doubleheader Friday against Coastal Alabama-South at perk, losing 6-4 in the opener and winning the nightcap 12-5.
- Coastal Alabama-East split a Saturday doubleheader against Lake Land, losing the first 4-1 before winning 8-4.
Previous Meeting
The teams haven't played each other since 2014, when Gulf Coast won two of three. On Feb. 8, the teams split a doubleheader at Brewton, with the Bulldogs winning 10-6 before falling 5-3. On Feb. 18, Gulf Coast won 17-16 in 11 innings at Perkinston.
Notes
- Gulf Coast leads the MACCC with eight home runs and a .658 slugging percentage. The Bulldogs are second in RBI (40) and third in batting average (.375) and on-base percentage (.493).
- Charlie Keller (Fr., Mobile, Ala./Mobile Christian) is tied for fourth in NJCAA Division II with four home runs. He's third in the MACCC in slugging (1.200) and ninth in RBI (6).
- DJ Walker (So., Brandon/Brandon) is third in the MACCC in doubles (3).
- Nick Thornton (Fr., Pearl/Brandon) is fourth in the MACCC in batting (.667), sixth in on-base percentage (.700) and slugging (1.000).
- Jayden Mark (Fr., Petal/Petal) is fifth in the MACCC in RBI (7) and sixth in slugging (1.000).
- Sean Smith (So., Pascagoula/Pascagoula) is fourth in the MACCC in slugging (1.111) and fifth in RBI (7).
- Hayden O'Dell (Fr., Mobile, Ala./St Paul's Episcopal) is fifth in the MACCC in strikeouts/9 innings (15.75).
Three Ahead
- Saturday, Feb. 18: at Nunez, Chalmette, La., 1/4 p.m.
- Tuesday, Feb. 21: vs. Hinds/Itawamba, Raymond, noon/3 p.m.
- Sunday, Feb. 26: vs. Illinois Central, Perkinston, 2/5 p.m.
For more information on MGCCC's 11 intercollegiate athletic teams, follow @MGCCCBulldogs on Twitter and MGCCCBulldogs on Facebook, and go to mgcccbulldogs.com.
