CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team bounced back from a Game One loss to pick up a 4-3 win over the University of Montevallo on Tuesday afternoon at Dickins-Scoper Stadium.

The Choctaws (20-7) rebounded from an early deficit to grab the win in the nightcap, while the Falcons (22-11) held on for an 8-7 victory in the first contest.
 

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MONTEVALLO 8, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 7 (GAME ONE)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Choctaws jumped out to the early 2-0 lead in the first, highlighted by junior Blaine Crim, who hit his fourth home run of the season.
- The Falcons would score the next six runs of the contest to grab the lead as Mark Castellucci and Khari Anderson hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning.
- MC would get going again in the fifth inning with a pair of run as junior Luke Yancey doubled home junior Kyle Smith and junior Ty Alderman drew a bases loaded walk.
- Montevallo took advantage of a couple MC errors in the sixth inning to score two unearned runs and push the lead back to 8-4.
- The Choctaws would respond, however, with two scores in their half of the sixth as Yancey doubled home juniors Hunter Sykes and Tanner White.
- MC appeared poised to at least tie the game, but a hard-hit line drive by Fulton Johnson as snagged by the Montevallo shortstop and turned into an inning-ending double play.
- The Choctaws would mount a rally in the seventh with two outs as White tripled down the right field line and scored on a single by Sykes.
- MC would then load the bases, but the Falcons held on for the victory by coaxing a flyout for the last out of the game.

KEY STATS
- Sophomore Grant Barber led the Choctaws with three hits, while Yancey drove in a team-high three runs.
- Yancey, White and Sykes also had multiple hit games, while Smith and White each scored twice.
- Yancey (0-1) took the loss on the mound for MC in his first outing of the year, allowing four hits and three earned runs with two strikeouts over 3.0 innings.
- Anderson and Tyler Krabbe each had two hits for Montevallo, while Castellucci and Anderson each scored twice.
- Justin Whitley (4-2) collected the win for the Falcons, giving up six hits and four earned runs over 4.2 innings.
- Cale Latorre earned his sixth save of the year by pitching the final 2.1 innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 4, MONTEVALLO 3 (GAME TWO)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Choctaws got off to a slow start in the second game as the Falcons took advantage of four MC walks to grab a 3-0 lead after the first three outs.
- MC would get a run back in their half of the first as Crim drove in Smith with an RBI groundout to cut the deficit to 3-1 after a frame.
- The Choctaws would jump right back in the game in the second as Sykes singled home Fulton Johnson to cut the lead in half.
- Smith had the big hit of the game with a single to right field that scored Sykes and sophomore Dylan Duplechain to grab a 4-3 lead.
- It was all the offense that junior Austin Chastang (1-0) would need as he came out of the bullpen and gave up just one hit with two strikeouts to collect the win.
- Juniors Brandon Kennedy and Ryan Lane pitched two perfect innings to close things out as Lane racked up his third save of the year.

KEY STATS
- Smith led the Choctaws with two hits and two RBI, while the 7-8-9 batters (Johnson, Duplechain and Sykes) each had a hit and a runs scored in the game.
- The bullpen combined to allow just three baserunners (walk, hit-by-pitch and hit) over the final 6.1 innings.
- Chastang and Lane each had two strikeouts, while Kennedy punched one out.
- Chrit Rudkin (4-2) took the loss for Montevallo despite tossing a complete game with strikeouts.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will be back at home this weekend to host Union for a three-game series, starting on Friday night at 6:00 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 started 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.