CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team had a two-run lead with two outs in the ninth inning, but Shorter University was able to score six to take the first game of the doubleheader by a score of 13-9 on Saturday afternoon at Frierson Field.

The Choctaws (9-20, 2-17 GSC) dropped the second game of the twin-bill to the Hawks (13-11, 9-8 GSC) by a score of 8-0.

In the opener, the Choctaws grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning when they drew two bases loaded walks. They would add a run in the 4th when sophomore Hunter Bolin tripled home freshman Kyle Smith.

The Hawks would answer with a big 5th inning, scoring seven runs on four hits and two MC errors. The big blow was a grand slam by Bryan Mathews to give Shorter a 7-3 advantage.

Junior Hunter Hall was able to respond in the bottom half of the 5th as he hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot, over the left field fence to cut the score to 7-5.

Senior Grady Turman made sure the lead would remain 7-5 with 3.0 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit.

In the MC eighth, the Choctaws would tie the game when junior Logan Ferrell scored on a wild pitch, and they would grab the lead on an RBI double by junior Caleb Upton that would score junion Colton Caver from first base. Hall tacked on a run with an RBI single to score Upton and give MC a 9-7 advantage going to the 9th.

Things looked promising for MC to pick up their first GSC win since February 19th as Turman retired the first two Hawks on just five pitches. Shorter would storm back from there, scoring six runs with two outs, putting up five total hits in the inning.

The Choctaws were unable to mount a comeback in the 9th, and they dropped a heartbreaker, 13-9.

Despite an outstanding outing, Turman took the loss, allowing four hits and three earned runs over 3.2 innings. Christian Champion picked up the win for Shorter, despite allowing four earned runs over an inning.

Bolin, Upton, Hall and senior Akiko Thompson had multiple hits for MC, while Hall had a team-high three RBI.

In the second game, the Hawks got a dominant pitching performance from Colton Cross, who allowed just three hits with five strikeouts over a complete game effort.

The Hawks got all the offense they needed in the 3rd inning when George Ragsdale hit their second grand slam of the day. They would tack on a run in the fourth and Zach Santos hit a 3-run home run in the seventh to give the game its final outcome.

Senior Brooks Fortenberry tossed a complete game for MC with seven strikeouts, but Shorter tallied 10 hits, including the grand slam and the three-run shot.

The Choctaws and the Hawks will be back in action on Sunday for a single game at 1:00 p.m. at Frierson Field.