luke yancey
Kyle Lewis --- Mississippi College
8
Winner Mississippi Col. MC 15-10
5
Auburn Montgomery AUM 14-13
Winner
Mississippi Col. MC
15-10
8
Final
5
Auburn Montgomery AUM
14-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mississippi Col. MC 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 8 12 1
Auburn Montgomery AUM 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 9 3

W: Crosby, Chris (3-2) L: J. Flowers (1-2)

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

Choctaws Claim 8-5, Series-Opening Win at AUM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Mississippi College baseball team used timely hitting to grab the series opener with an 8-5 win at Auburn University at Montgomery on Friday, March 22 at the AUM Baseball Complex. The MC compiled 12 hits in the first meeting between the two, Gulf South Conference programs.
 
Four Choctaws recorded multiple hits in the contest led by a pair of three-hit performances from Blaine Crim and Luke Yancey. Dylan Duplechain and Chauncey Callier each added two-hit, two-RBI efforts. Crim led the team with three RBI.
 
Chris Crosby (3-2) tossed eight innings in the win as he allowed four runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and two walks. The victory marked the third of the season for the Saucier, Miss., native.
Game Score: Mississippi College 8 | Auburn-Montgomery 5
Date: Friday, March 22, 2019
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Baseball Complex
Records: Choctaws 15-10, 8-4 GSC | Warhawks 14-13, 6-7 GSC
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Choctaws struck first in the game as Callier doubled down the left field line to score Barber in the first.
  • Duplechain increased the lead in the second with a double that plated Alderman.
  • Duplechain added the first of a pair of runs in the fourth as he singled up the middle to score Yancey. Duplechain later scored on a Crim infield single.
  • AUM picked up its first run of the game in the sixth as Casey Henderson scored on a Quinterrious Arrington ground out. Henderson led off the inning with a triple to right field.
  • Callier added his second RBI with a two-out, home run in the seventh.
  • AUM clipped the deficit as Arrington and Henderson each drove in a run in the bottom of the seventh.
  • MC answered the Warhawks' seventh with a three-run inning headlined by a Crim two-RBI, single.
  • AUM added a pair of runs in a rally attempt, but were turned away in its last at-bat.
 
ON THE MOUND
  • Christian Bellew pitched an inning in relief. Bellew one run on one hit with a walk and strikeout.
 
NOTEABLES
  • The three-hit performance is the first of Yancey's career and his 18th career, multi-hit effort.
  • Crim's three-hit effort is the 17th of his career and 68th multi-hit game.
  • Callier recorded his fifth, multi-RBI effort and seventh, multi-hit performance.
  • Duplechain notched his 12th career, multi-hit and seventh, multi-RBI game.
  • Callier's home run was his fourth of the season and 19th for the Choctaws this season.
 
NEXT UP
Mississippi College and AUM finish the series on Saturday, March 23 with a doubleheader. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
 
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