CLEVELAND, Miss.  – The Mississippi College baseball team booked its trip to the Gulf South Conference Baseball Championship Game on Wednesday, May 9 as Kyle Smith scored from second base to hand the Choctaws a walk-off win over in-state and nationally-ranked foe Delta State, 9-8, in 11 innings.
 
Billy Cameron came to plate with one out and runners at first and second. The Mendenhall, Miss., native laced a shot through the right side.
 
A pair of Choctaws posted multiple hits in the win led by Kyle Smith's four-hit effort. Blaine Crim added three hits and drove in five of MC's nine runs.
 
Game Score: Mississippi College 9 | Delta State 8 (11 innings)
Start: 7:50 p.m. | TOG: 3:32
Date: Tues., May 8, 2018
Location: Cleveland, Miss. | Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field
Records: Choctaws 32-15 | Statesmen 40-9
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Choctaws struck first in the contest with three consecutive hits headlined by Crim's two-run triple in the first inning.
• Delta State responded with six runs in the top of the third, but Blaine Crim posted a two-run homer in bottom half of the inning to pull MC within two runs at 6-4.
• The Choctaws regained the lead at 7-6 in the bottom of the fifth. Crim got the scoring started with a double to left center to score Smith. Crim later scored on a wild pitch Brandon Broussard followed with a single through the left side to plate Hunter Wilson.
• After Delta State tied the game in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, Dylan Duplechain responded with a solo home run to left field in the eighth to place MC back in front.
• The Statesmen sent the game into extra innings in the ninth as Justin Nussbaum singled up the middle to plate Juwan Burney.

 
ON THE MOUND

• Ryan Lane (4-2) pitched 2.2 innings in relief to get the win on the mound. Lane fanned two and allowed three hits.
• Shelby Craddock tossed 5.1 innings in relief for the Choctaws and held the Statesmen at bay with two runs allowed on three hits with a pair of strikeouts and one walk.
• Jason Lott (3-2) took the loss on the mound for the Statesmen with a third of an inning as he allowed one hit and walk.

 
NOTABLES

• Crim finished a single shy of the cycle in the game. The Mobile, Ala., native had a triple, home run and double.
• The extra inning affair was the fifth of the season for MC.

 
UP NEXT
Mississippi College faces Lee University on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.