Northwest knocks off Eagles in late-nighter

By Sean Covich/special to The Star

The Meridian Community College baseball team apparently felt some effects from Monday’s thrilling comeback over LSU-Eunice as Northwest Mississippi defeated the Eagles 9-3 Tuesday night in the second round of the Region 23 Tournament at Scaggs Field.

MCC fell behind 8-0 in the contest after just three innings. The game was delayed nearly an hour and a half for inclement weather and was completed too late to include full details in today’s edition of The Meridian Star.

The Eagles (40-20) managed only three runs on eight hits. Tyler Moore led MCC at the plate with a two-run home run, a double and a sacrifice fly to drive in all three of the Eagles’ runs.

Once again, defensive errors plagued MCC, as they committed four errors in the game.

Northwest starting pitcher Wesley Grilliette went all nine innings in a complete-game effort. The freshman pitcher scattered eight hits and had 13 strikeouts.

Northwest (36-15) advances to play Itawamba today at 4 p.m. MCC will play Mississippi Gulf Coast at 1 p.m. Both East Central and LSU-Eunice were eliminated Tuesday as the two tournament favorites both went 0-2 in the tournament.

ECCC was once again run ruled, 14-6, by Gulf Coast and LSU-Eunice was also run ruled, 10-2, by Itawamba in Tuesday’s other action.