MCC Baseball Sweeps Past Holmes

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College baseball team returned to the diamond on Friday afternoon to open a six-game road trip in MACJC action and the first stop was at Holmes Community College in Goodman, MS. The Eagles were able to come away with a doubleheader sweep of HCC by final scores of 13-12 and 10-7.

MCC improved to 21-13 with the sweep and 10-8 in conference action. The Eagles will continue its current six-game road trip on Wednesday (April 19) at East Mississippi Community College for a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.

The Eagles got the day started on Friday with an unbelievable comeback in Game One to grab a 13-12 victory over Holmes. MCC scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning that would of course propel the team to the one-run win. JD Gann got the scoring started in the final frame on a two-run homer and former Northeast Lauderdale star Landon Keller provided the big blow of the game later in the ninth on a three-run homer that guided MCC to the win.

Gann also added a solo homer in Game One and had an RBI single in the first inning. CJ Hughes knocked in a pair of runs in Game One on a double, while Garrett Busby had a three-run homer in the victory.

MCC finished off the sweep of the Bulldogs on Friday in Game Two with a 10-7 victory. The Eagles built an early 3-0 lead after one complete inning and that proved to be enough in the three-run win.

Trace Jordan finished Game Two by knocking in a pair of runs on a triple, while Blake Morris had a two-run homer. Milton Smith also had a solo homer in the Game Two victory and JD Gann collected an RBI in Game Two on a sacrifice fly.