Eagles sweep visiting Alabama Southern

(Meridian, Miss.) - Meridian Community College played host to Alabama Southern on a cold, wet Tuesday afternoon doubleheader at Scaggs Field. Meridian swept Alabama Southern and improved to 10-4 on the season. The Eagles have now defeated ASCC five consecutive times this year.

Game one
Meridian CC Eagles 3
Alabama Southern 1

Eric Callender earned the win on the mound for MCC has he threw a complete game (seven innings) in game one of the doubleheader. The sophomore gave up seven hits while striking out six batters. He had no earned runs and walked two batters.

Alabama Southern led going into the fourth inning, 1-0.

In the bottom of the fourth, former West Lauderdale standout, Tyler Vick got on base after a fielders choice in the fourth. Vick then moved to second after Wesley Thigpen walked. With two runners one, Alabama Southern committed a defensive era as the ball got away from the shortstop and Vick scored from second base for the Eagles and tied up game 1-1.

The game remained scoreless until the sixth, as MCC’s Brent Tanner walked and Vick hit a RBI double driving in Tanner for a MCC lead. Thigpen then hit a sacrifice fly to move Vick to third and Jonathan Pace then singled in Vick for a 3-1 MCC win.

Game two
Meridian CC Eagles 6
Alabama Southern 3

Jordan Faulkner earned the win on the mound for MCC, pitching 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits, three earned runs and four walks. He also struck out two batters. Jason Judge earned the save for MCC, pitching 3 2/3 innings, giving up one hit, no runs and one walk. He also stuck out three batters.

MCC scored in the first inning as Thigpen walked, then stole second base. William Beckwith then had an RBI single to right field.

In the third inning with two outs, Tanner walked for MCC, Vick was hit by a pitch and Thigpen tripled to score two runs. Beckwith, once again, had an RBI single to right field to extend MCC’s lead to 4-0.

Alabama Southern would answer in the fourth inning, as they scored three runs on a single, homerun and a walk with back to back wild pitches.

In the fifth inning, with the score 4-3, Tanner singled for MCC and then Vick hit an eventual game-clinching two run homerun into left field to give MCC the lead for good, 6-3..

The Eagles, now 10-4, will play again Friday when they host Kaskaskia at 3 p.m.