CLEVELAND, Miss. – The Mississippi College baseball team won the Gulf South Conference Baseball Championship with a 7-6 win over Lee University on Wednesday, May 9 at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field. The Choctaws earned the automatic berth into the NCAA South Regional May 17-20.
The GSC Championship is the first in program history for the Choctaws.
The NCAA Selection Show is Sunday, May 13 at 9 p.m. central.
Four Choctaws posted multiple hit efforts in the win led by
Blaine Crim's four-hit day.
Grant Barber,
Billy Cameron and
Brandon Broussard each recorded two hits to join the Mobile, Ala., junior. Cameron paced the squad with a multiple-RBI effort with two runs driven in.
Chris Crosby (7-4) fanned five in six innings of work to secure his second win of the tournament on the mound.
Tommy Taborda (3) picked up the save as he tossed the final frame in relief with one hit allowed.
Austin Chastang pitched two frames in relief and allowed one run on two hits with a strikeout.
Game Score: Mississippi College 7 | Lee 6
Start: 12:58 p.m. | TOG: 3:05
Date: Wed., May 9, 2018
Location: Cleveland, Miss. | Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field
Records: Choctaws 33-15 | Flames 27-26
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Blaine Crim started things off in the top of the first with a solo home run and added a second run in the second inning as Cameron was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
- Lee tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on a pair of RBI hits from Chase Gadau and Dalton Ney.
- MC battled back in the top of the fifth with a five-run inning, including RBI hits from Cameron, Hunter Wilson, Luke Yancey and Brandon Broussard. Dylan Duplechain ended the scoring effort with a sacrifice fly RBI.
- Jordan Howard pulled Lee back within a pair of runs in the sixth with a three-run home run. The Flames added their final run in the seventh on a Ryan Beamish single to center field.
NOTABLES
- Mississippi College's Billy Cameron and Blaine Crim were named to the GSC All-Tournament Team. Crim was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Championship.
- The four-hit performance for Crim was his second of the tournament.
- The win over Lee was the third of the season and the third one-run decision.
