CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team dropped a 10-5 midweek contest to the number 15-ranked Boll Weevils of Arkansas-Monticello on Tuesday evening. With the loss, the Choctaws record now sits at 26-11 overall.
 

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TURNING POINT
- The Choctaws took a 3-1 lead into the fifth inning of the contest, but would see it disappear as the Boll Weevils would score eight runs, with four unearned runs, on five hits and two errors in the inning. The eight run inning loomed large, providing the Choctaws with too large of a hole to climb out of.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- After going down 1-0 in the top of the second, the Choctaws would respond in the bottom of the third inning, with three runs on three hits. A Grant Barber RBI double, and a pair of RBI groundouts from Billy Cameron and Blaine Crim provided for the scoring action in the inning.
- Of the Weevils eight runs in the fifth inning, five of them came with two outs, as a pair of Choctaw errors saw the Boll Weevils presented with extra opportunities at the plate in the inning.
- The Choctaws would add a pair of runs in the sixth inning, all coming from a Blaine Crim two-run homer to right field. The home run marked for Crim's team-leading eighth on the season.
- UAM would add an insurance run in the eighth inning, giving way to the 10-5 final.

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INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Crim led the way offensively for MC, collecting a team-high two hits and a team-high three runs driven in.
- Hunter Wilson also logged a team-high two hits, while also scoring a run.
- Barber and Cameron accounted for the Choctaws other two runs driven in.
- Brady Weiss had the hot bat for the Boll Weevils, going 4-4 at the dish with two home runs and four runs driven in. Andre Rios and Drake Rowton added a pair of RBIs for the Boll Weevils.
- Austin Chastang (2-1) took the loss for MC on the mound. Chastang worked four innings, surrendering four earned runs and striking out two.
- Shelby Craddock followed Chastang with 0.2 innings of relief out of the bullpen.
- Lott worked 2.1 innings of one-run relief, while striking out one.
- Christian Bellew and Ryan Lane tossed the final two innings of relief for the Choctaws in the game. Neither allowed a run, while Lane struck out two in his one inning of work.
- Ty Jones (1-1) picked up the win for UAM, tossing seven innings of five-run ball, and striking out two.
- Conner Wilkerson and Victor Gomez worked the final two innings for the Boll Weevils out of the bullpen.
 

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UP NEXT
- The Choctaws will turn their attention to hosting a three-game Gulf South Conference series this weekend with the Tigers of West Alabama, with game one of the series on Friday afternoon. First pitch from Dickins-Scoper Stadium is set for 4:00 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.