MCC Baseball Stays Hot With Sweep of Coahoma

From School Reports

CLARKSDALE, MS - The 20th ranked Meridian Community College Eagles closed out its current six-game road trip by traveling to Coahoma Community College on Wednesday afternoon for an MACJC doubleheader with the Tigers. MCC came away with a hard fought sweep of Coahoma by winning 10-7 and 3-2 to secure the sweep. The two victories also closed out a perfect road trip for the Eagles by going 6-0.

MCC has also won 12 of its last 14 conference games and are still in the hunt for the MACJC regular season title with four game remaining on the schedule. The Eagles improved to 30-11 overall for the 2015 season and 18-6 in conference action with the sweep of the Tigers.

The Eagles will return to action this Saturday afternoon for its final two regular season home games of the 2015 season by hosting Northwest Mississippi Community College at Scaggs Field. The first pitch of Game One on Saturday with the Rangers is scheduled for 2 p.m.

MCC had to fight back throughout much of Game One to escape with a 10-7 victory over the Tigers to begin the day on Wednesday. The Eagles trailed 7-6 going to the top of the ninth inning and scored four times to secure the three-run comeback victory over the Tigers. MCC also finished Game One by banging out 16 hits as a team.

Kyle Bayles gave MCC the lead for good in the ninth inning with a two-run triple off the wall in center field to make the score 8-7 in favor of the Eagles. Dalton Thomas and Goose Yates each followed with an RBI single apiece to account for the remaining runs in the final frame for MCC.

Bryant Johnston (6-1) picked up the pitching win in Game One for MCC in relief by working two innings and collecting one strikeout.

Dustin Smith also added an RBI double in the Game One win, while Bayles and Thomas each knocked in one run apiece earlier in the game.

MCC used solid relief pitching and timely hitting in Game Two to take a 3-2 victory over the Tigers to complete the sweep. Andrew Crook picked up with the pitching win in relief by working three innings and collecting three strikeouts. Goose Yates also earned the save by pitching a perfect ninth inning for MCC.

The Eagles got off to a hot start in Game Two by scoring two runs in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead over CCC. Dalton Thomas knocked in the first run of the game on a double and Dustin Smith would follow moments later with a double of his own to give the road team a two-run edge. Coahoma would tie the game in the third inning, but MCC would come up with a big hit from the top of its lineup to secure the victory. Matt Berler would come up with an RBI single that would propel the Eagles to the 3-2 victory.