CLINTON, Miss. --- Junior first baseman Blaine Crim launched a walk-off home run in the 9^th inning that helped the Mississippi College baseball team knock off Lee University 11-10, and claim the Gulf South Conference series over the Flames on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Choctaws record now sits at 15-3 overall, and 7-2 in GSC play.
 
TURNING POINT
- Crim's game-winning longball, a towering blast to center field, came on an 0-2 count. A double by Billy Cameron just one batter prior to lead off the inning helped set up the homer.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Six different Choctaws recorded multi-hit efforts on the afternoon, with Cameron, Luke Yancey and Hunter Sykes pacing MC with three hits on the day. 
- Sykes, Crim, Ty Alderman, and Fulton Johnson drove in a team-high two runs in the contest, with Crim and Cameron scoring a game-high three runs.
- Ryan Lane (2-0) earned the win in relief. The junior right-hander tossed the final two frames of the contest, striking out two along the way.    
- Chase Gauda led the way offensively for the flames, with three runs driven in on the day. Dalton Nay added a team-high three hits and two runs scored.
- David Pattinson (0-2) took the loss for Lee. Pattinson allowed two runs to the only two hitters of the game he faced in the 9^th inning.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Choctaws took the early 1-0 lead in the second inning, when Sykes plated Yancey with a single to right field.
- Lee would respond in the next half-inning, when Gauda launched a home-run to left center that gave the Flames their first lead of the day at 3-1.
- After cutting the score to 3-2 in the bottom of the third, the Flames would tack on another home run, a solo shot from Jordan Howard to put the Flames up 4-2.
- MC would go on to tie the game up in the 5^th, courtesy of a two-out single from Alderman that plated Cameron and Crim.
- The Choctaws would add two more in the 6^th, courtesy of a Barber sac fly, and a Crim single, to claim a 6-4 lead.
- After seeing the flames tie the game in the 7^th, the Choctaws answered back with a run courtesy of a Johnson double down the left field line to regain the lead at 7-6.
- The Flames would go on to take the lead in the 8^th, but the Choctaws once again answered back with a two-run bottom half of the inning; with an RBI base on balls from Yancey and a sac fly from Sykes, taking the lead at 9-8.
- Down to their final strike, the Flames took a 10-9 lead on a two-run homer by Spencer Mossberg.
- MC would answer back in the bottom of the 9^th, with a leadoff double from Cameron, and the game-winning blast from Crim.
 
NOTEWORTHY
- The walk-off win accounted for the Choctaws third of the season, and first of the year via the home run.
- The Choctaws batted .333 (8-24) with runners on, and .412 (7-17) with runners in scoring position on the day.
- MC was also .556 (5-9) when leading off in Saturday's contest.
- MC struck out just three times on the day, with no strikeouts looking.
- Saturday's game featured five ties, and seven lead changes.
 
UP NEXT
- The Choctaws will return to action on Wednesday, March 14 when they face off against William Carey University at MGM Park in Biloxi, Miss. First pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m.
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and began competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.
 
The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.
 
For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.