MCC Baseball Sweeps Past Gulf Coast

From School Reports

The 8th ranked Meridian Community College Eagles returned to Scaggs Field on Saturday afternoon with a pair of conference games against Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The Eagles got a pair of solid pitching performances to sweep past the Bulldogs by final scores of 2-1 and 2-0.

MCC improved to 32-8 overall for the season with the sweep on Saturday and also improved its conference record for the 2016 season to 15-7. MCC will close out its current eight-game home stand on Wednesday by playing host to Coahoma Community College in a doubleheader at Scaggs Field beginning at 2 p.m.

The Eagles collected a pair of key two-out base hits in Game One to slip past Mississippi Gulf Coast on Saturday by a final of 2-1. Freshman Blake Fields drove in one run on a two-out base hit in the second inning and Baylor Obert drove in the only other run for the Eagles with a two-out single in the seventh inning. Sophomore Austin Harrison drew the start on the mound for the Eagles in Game One and pitched 6 1/3 innings and collected seven strikeouts. Freshman Spencer Price picked up the pitching win for the Eagles out of the bullpen by working the final 2 2/3 innings and notching three strikeouts.

MCC finished Game One with seven total hits as Eason Weeks and Luke Craig each finished the game with two singles apiece.

Former West Lauderdale star Ryan Lane completed the sweep in Game Two as MCC defeated Mississippi Gulf Coast 2-0. Lane pitched a complete game shutout in Game Two, allowed three hits, no walks, and had nine strikeouts.

Kyle Bayles and Blake Fields each had an RBI base hit in the Game Two victory for the Eagles, while Nate Romans scored one run. Baylor Obert and Chase Coker each had a single, while Luke Craig picked up a single in the win.