CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team overcame a 3-0 deficit to pick up a 7-3 nonconference win over the Reddies of Henderson State University on Tuesday. With the win, the Choctaws improved to 18-4 overall.
TURNING POINT
- After going up 4-3 for their first lead of the game in the 6
th inning, the Choctaws added a trio of insurance runs in the 7
th, courtesy of a two-run triple from
Brandon Broussard and an RBI groundout from
Hunter Sykes. The three-run inning gave the Choctaws enough momentum to put the Reddies away for the 7-3 win.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
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Luke Yancey tallied a team-high two hits on the evening, in addition to scoring a team-high two runs and drawing a team-high two walks. Yancey also accounted for a game-high two stolen bases.
- Broussard knocked in a game-high two runs in the contest, all coming on his team-leading second triple of the year
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Ty Alderman also scored a pair of runs in the game, in addition to driving in a runner.
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Brandon Kennedy (4-0) picked up the win in relief. The junior right-hander hurled two innings of relief, allowing two runs and striking out two en route to his team-high fourth victory of the year.
- Relievers
Shelby Craddock,
Tommy Taborda and
Ryan Lane combined for the final three innings of work in the game. The trio held the Reddies to no runs on no hits, while striking out three in the effort-by-committee.
- Zack Gray drove in a team-high two runs for the Reddies in the contest.
- Caleb Carr (0-1) took the loss for Henderson State, allowing two earned over one inning of work.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Reddies struck first in the contest, with a sac fly in the 4
th inning that gave them the early 1-0 advantage.
- Henderson State would go on to add two more runs in the 5
th, all coming on a two-run single from Gray.
- MC cut their deficit to 3-2 in the bottom half of the 5
th, on a pair of sacrifice flies from
Grant Barber and
Billy Cameron.
- The Choctaws would go on to take the lead in the 6
th, on an RBI groundout from
Kyle Smith that plated Alderman. Alderman delivered the game-tying hit just two at-bats prior to smith, with a double to left field that plated Yancey.
- MC would see their most productive offensive inning in the 7
th, with Broussard's two-RBI triple that plated Yancey and Cameron, and Syke's RBI groundout to second that scored Alderman.
NOTE WORTHY
- The wins marks for the Choctaws first victory over the Reddies since 1996, and improves the Choctaws overall record over Henderson State to 12-2.
- The Choctaws were a perfect 5-5 on stolen bases on the night.
- The MC pitching staff held the Reddies to just a .200 (3-15) average with runners on, a .182 (2-11) average with runners in scoring position, and a .000 (0-8) average with two outs.
UP NEXT
- The Choctaws will return to action on Saturday, March 24 when they face off against North Alabama in a Gulf South Conference double-header. First pitch from Florence, Ala. is slated for 1:00 p.m.
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.
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