MCC Baseball Sweeps Past Southwest Tennessee

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College baseball team returned to Scaggs Field on Wednesday afternoon for the first time since February 19 by playing host to Southwest Tennessee Community College.  The Eagles made the most its first home games in nearly a month by sweeping a doubleheader from Southwest Tennessee by final scores of 9-7 and 7-1. The Eagles improved to 11-5 overall with the sweep and also extended its current winning streak to five games. MCC will return to the diamond this Saturday by playing its first conference games of the 2017 season with a road trip to Co-Lin. The doubleheader on Saturday in Wesson, MS is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

The Eagles were able to rebound from a 5-1 deficit in Game One on Wednesday afternoon to move past Southwest Tennessee by a final score of 9-7. MCC scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning that proved to be the difference in the two-run victory. Sophomore JD Gann had a huge day at the plate in Game One with a pair of home runs and four RBIs to lead the way for the Eagles. Gann has been on a great streak at the plate in recent days by smashing four homers in the past four games for the Eagles. Chase Coker also had a solid Game One for MCC with three hits and two RBIs, while Hunter Stanley added a pair of base hits. Milton Smith also chipped in with an RBI single and former Southeast Lauderdale star Alec Marlow had a base hit in the victory for the Eagles, and scored one run.

Sophomore Caleb Yarborough picked up the pitching win out of the bullpen in Game One for the Eagles by working four innings and collecting four strikeouts.

MCC completed the sweep in Game Two behind timely hitting to secure the 7-1 victory. The Eagles jumped out to a 4-0 lead after three innings and never looked back in taking the six-run victory over Southwest Tennessee. Milton Smith led the Eagles at the plate in Game Two with a pair of hits and two runs scored, while Zack Carter had a pair of base hits. Former Northeast Lauderdale star Landon Keller also had an RBI double in the Game Two victory for the Eagles. Former Meridian Flyer star Brandon Renfrow earned the pitching win for the Eagles by working into the fourth inning and notching a pair of strikeouts.