MCC Baseball Splits Road Set At Delgado

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Eagles headed into the weekend needing crucial victories to stay in control of its own destiny of capturing the 2012 Miss-Lou Conference Championship. The Eagles were able to salvage a doubleheader split (5-2, 0-5) with the Delgado Community College Dolphins at Kirsh-Rooney Stadium in New Orleans.

MCC moved its overall record to 28-18 and 5-3 in Miss-Lou Conference play, while Delgado is now 24-16 and 4-7 in league play. MCC remains in first place after its doubleheader split, while the Dolphins were officially eliminated from winning the Miss-Lou Conference Championship. The final game of the three-game set will take place Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.

MCC 5

Delgado 2

Sophomore Wes Stokes tossed seven strong innings to lead the Eagles in its three-run victory in the opening game of the doubleheader. Stokes (5-0) threw his second complete game of the season and finished the game with five strikeouts.

Delgado took its only lead of the game with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning to grab a 2-0 lead over MCC. Bubby Riley drove in the first run for the Dolphins on an RBI double and Logan Jones followed with an RBI single to give Delgado the two-run lead.

MCC answered with three runs in the top of the third inning to take a 3-2 lead over the Dolphins. Kasey Hinton drove in the first run of the game for the Eagles on an RBI single and Wade Wass knocked in a pair of runs with a double to give MCC a one-run edge.

MCC scored one run in the sixth and seventh inning to secure the 5-2 victory. Tyler Dixon had an RBI double in the sixth inning, while Hinton drove in the final run of the game for MCC on a double in the seventh inning.

MCC finished the game with eight hits and Delgado ended the opening game of the doubleheader with six hits. Hinton led the Eagles with three hits and Jonathan Youngblood added a pair of base hits in the victory. Riley led the charge for the Dolphins with a pair of hits, while Jones added an RBI base hit for Delgado.

Delgado 5

MCC 0

Cody Deckwa tossed a complete game three-hitter in the second game of the doubleheader to salvage the split for the Dolphins. Delgado scored its first two runs of the game with a couple of home runs in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead over MCC. Daniel Brockhoeft and Angelo Bruno each had a solo home run in the first inning to give the Dolphins a two-run lead.

Brockhoeft extended the lead for Delgado in the second inning on a two-run home run and Jake Fryman added a solo home run in the fourth to lead the Dolphins to the win.

Wade Wass, Gabe Woods, and Tyler Dixon each had a base hit in the loss for MCC, while Brandon Smith (2-2) took the pitching loss on the mound.