Crim_D2CCA
Jacob Horton
4
West Georgia UWG 4-6, 2-4 GSC
14
Winner Mississippi College MC 10-3, 3-0 GSC
West Georgia UWG
4-6, 2-4 GSC
4
Final
14
Mississippi College MC
10-3, 3-0 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
West Georgia UWG 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 9 3
Mississippi College MC 3 0 4 3 0 2 0 2 14 14 0

W: Hollinghead, Garrett (3-0) L: Taylor Boisclair (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Kyle Lewis---Assistant Sports Information Director

No. 18 Choctaws Run-Rule West Georgia En Route to GSC Sweep

JACKSON, Miss. --- The No. 18 Mississippi College baseball team completed a Gulf South Conference series sweep as the Choctaws run-ruled the University of West Georgia, 14-4, on Monday, Feb. 25 at Smith-Wills Stadium.
 
Three Choctaws recorded multiple hits and multiple RBI in the win led by Blaine Crim's 4-for-5 afternoon with four RBI and four runs scored. Chauncey Callier led the team with five RBI in the contest going 3-for-4 at the plate and Billy Cameron added a trio of hits and three RBI.
 
Garrett Hollinghead (3-0) remained undefeated on the mound as he struck out seven in six innings of action.
 
Game Score: Mississippi College 14 | West Georgia 4
Date: Monday, Feb. 25, 2019
Location: Jackson, Miss. | Smith-Wills Stadium
Records: Choctaws 10-3, 3-0 GSC | Wolves 4-6, 2-3 GSC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Mississippi College jumped on the board early with three runs in its first at-bat. Cameron headlined the inning with a two-run home run off the Smith-Wills Stadium scoreboard. Blaine Crim started the scoring with a RBI single up the middle that scored Grant Barber.
  • The Choctaws added a four spot in the third frame as Crim, Cameron, Ty Alderman and Dustan Dille each logged an RBI in the frame to push the lead to 7-0.
  • MC added its second, three-run inning in the fourth. Crim drove in a pair with a double down the left field line and Callier capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly to center that scored Crim.
  • West Georgia plated its first run of the game in the fifth as Brian Dansereau hit a solo home run to start a two-run inning. Brady Barnes followed with a RBI-single to cut the lead to 10-2.
  • Callier connected on the second home run of the day for the Choctaws with a two-run shot in the sixth to place MC back up double-digits.
  • After UWG extended the game with a run in the seventh and another in the eighth, Callier singled up through the left side to record the walk-off win.
 
ON THE MOUND
  • Hollinghead allowed two runs on five hits and didn't surrender a walk in the start.
  • Austin Chastang and Christian Bellew each tossed in an inning relief. Chastang allowed one run on three hits while Bellew allowed a run on one hit along with three walks.
 
NOTEABLES
  • Crim's four-hit performance is tied for second-most in the GSC this season.
  • Callier's five-RBI effort is tied for best in the conference this season.
  • The sweep is the second of the season for the program and first since sweeping Harding to open the season.
  • It's the first, GSC sweep for the Choctaws since Sunday, March 4 at Shorter.
  • The game marked the first 10-run rule since Feb. 19 against McKendree, a 21-1 victory in Clinton.
 
NEXT UP
Mississippi College returns to action on Tuesday, Feb. 26 as it hosts No. 17 Southern Arkansas University. First pitch at Frierson Field is slated for 3 p.m.
 
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