No. 2 MGCCC splits with Holmes
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Holmes Community College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Holmes Community College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
PERKINSTON — No. 2 Mississippi Gulf Coast scored early in Game 1 against Holmes, then not enough in Game 2 to get a split Monday at Ross-Smith Field.
The Bulldogs, which had moved up a spot in the NJCAA Division II rankings announced during the first game, won 4-1 before falling 9-5. They are 22-8 overall and 18-2 in the MACCC, still atop the league.
Gulf Coast scored three times in the first inning, once on a sacrifice fly by Kristian Jones (Fr., Southaven/DeSoto Central), again when Alexis Laughlin (So., Hurley/East Central) scampered home on a wild pitch and then on a double-steal that plated Rakeya Travis (So., Poplarville/Poplarville).
Travis picked up an RBI single in the third for the final 4-1 margin, and Emaleigh Coates (Fr., Lucedale /George County) picked up her second consecutive win by throwing a one-hitter. She struck out three and didn't allow an earned run.
Gulf Coast fell behind 3-0 after two innings in the second game, but tied it by the fifth. Whitley Tanner (Fr., Hurley/East Central) had an RBI single, and Sarah Brannan (So., Enterprise/Enterprise) followed with an RBI groundout in the fourth.
K.K. Agner (Fr., Horn Lake/Magnolia Heights) drove in the tying run in the fifth with a double.
Holmes, however, scored six in the sixth, and Travis' two-run homer in the seventh was all the Bulldogs could manage in response.
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