MCC Baseball set to host Region

The Meridian Community College baseball team is set to host the 2010 NJCAA Region 23 Tournament this weekend at Scaggs Field.

Three teams from the Miss-Lou Conference are scheduled to participate in the double elimination championship, with the Region winner heading to the District championship, one step closer to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, CO.

Seeding of the Region Tournament was be based on the Miss-Lou regular season conference finish. MCC won the Miss-Lou title and thus is the higher seed and the home team for the first day. A coin flip will determine the home team on the subsequent day.

Action is scheduled to start on Friday at noon with No. 1 seed MCC versus No. 3 seed baton Rouge Community College. No. 2 seed Delgado Community College will face off against Baton Rouge at 3:30 pm then in the nightcap for day one, MCC will take on Delgado at 7:00 pm.

The double elimination tournament will continue on Saturday with games at 3:30 pm and 7:00 pm

All games are scheduled to be nine innings with NJCAA Run-Rule applicable except in Championship Games.

May 14

Game 1 12:00 #1 Meridian vs. #3 Baton Rouge
Game 2 3:30 #2 Delgado vs. #3 Baton Rouge
Game 3 7:00 #1 Meridian vs. #2 Delgado

May 15

Scenario #1 If one team is 0-2, they are eliminated

Game 4 3:30 1-1 team v 2-0 team
If 2-0 team wins, they are champions

Scenario #2 If all teams are 1-1 following the 1st day, the #1 seed will receive the bye to Game 5

Game 4 3:30 #2 v #3

Scenario #1

Game 5 7:00 If both teams are 2-1

Scenario #2

Game 5 7:00 Winner of Game 4 v #1 Meridian