Top-20 softball showdown set for Perk
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kirkwood Community College | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kirkwood Community College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
PERKINSTON — No. 20 Mississippi Gulf Coast plays its final non-conference softball games of the year Wednesday, and it'll be a clash of Top-20 teams.
Seventh-ranked Kirkwood visits Ross-Smith Field for a doubleheader which will start at 2 p.m. The games will be streamed at https://livestream.com/mgcccbulldogs/events/10237114.
It will be the first home game for the Bulldogs since Feb. 19.
Records
- MGCCC: 8-11
- Kirkwood: 9-5
Last Time Out
- MGCCC split its MACCC-opening doubleheader at Northeast Mississippi, rebounding from a 5-0 loss in the opener to win the second 7-1.
- Kirkwood beat Coastal Alabama-North 9-2 and 7-0 on Monday in Monroeville.
Previous Meeting
The teams met in last year's NJCAA Division II Championship in Oxford, Ala., with Gulf Coast winning 8-2 in eight innings in an elimination game. The Bulldogs scored six times in the eighth inning, with Kristian Jones' two-run homer starting the explosion.
Three Ahead
- Thursday, April 17: at Meridian, Meridian, 1/3 p.m.
- Saturday, April 19: vs. Northwest Mississippi, Perkinston, noon/2 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 23: vs. Hinds, Perkinston, 3/5 p.m.
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