CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team returns to action on Tuesday, Apr. 19 as it concludes a season-long, nine-game, road swing at Belhaven University. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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Game coverage
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MC (13-26) looks to upend the Blazers (18-15), who have dropped their last four outings, including being swept by Concordia-Texas over the weekend. The Choctaws also look to end a slide after being swept at the University of Alabama in Huntsville over the weekend.
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The Navy and Gold are 43-76 against Belhaven in the series, including a 15-13 setback last season in Clinton.
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MC is led by
Hunter Bolin and
Logan Ferrell at the dish. Bolin, a native of Starkville, Miss., is hitting .374 on the season and ranks second in hits with 49. Ferrell, a product of Purvis, Miss., leads the team with 51 hits and has posted a .352 clip at the dish.
Blaine Crim paces the team with 24 RBI. In non-conference play
Hunter Hall leads the team with a .429 batting average and is second in hits with 18.
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On the mound,
Jake Fraze and
Samuel Harrison have each totaled 66-plus innings of work. Harrison leads the team in strikeouts with 54 while Fraze sits second with 38. Fraze, a sophomore from Plano, Texas, has seen 23.1 frames in non-conference action while
Parker Watts leads the team with 21 strikeouts in non-GSC play.
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Belhaven is led by Adam Kowalczyk, who is batting .395 on the season is second on the team with 45 hits. Terrell Hodges leads the team with 49 hits and is second with a .389 average at the plate. The duo also sit first and second in RBI with Kowlaczyk garnering 35 with Hodges adding 23.
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Tanner Moulder leads the squad on the bump with a 3.21 ERA in 10 appearances. Moulder leads the hurlers with 52 strikeouts while Tanner Cable has 49 in 33.1 frames of work.
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Following the midweek tilt, Mississippi College returns to Frierson Field for its home finale as the Choctaws face Lee University in a three-game, Gulf South Conference series weekend.