CLINTON, Miss. --- The 25th-ranked Mississippi College baseball team dropped a doubleheader to Quincy (Ill.) University on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Frierson Field. QU (5-1) used a pair of big innings to snap the Choctaws four-game win streak as the Hawks walked away with a 9-5, extra-inning win in the opening contest before it closed out the day with a 7-3 victory in the nightcap. MC fell to 6-5 on the season.
Markarius Lee,
Grant Barber and
Caleb Reese each recorded two hits in the opener to combine for half the Choctaws hits in the contest. MC managed a combined five hits in the backend of the twinbill.
Austin Chastang (1-1) was saddled with the loss in the series opener while MC starter
Luke Files (1-2) took the suffered the setback in game two. Chastang tossed 2.1 innings in relief as he allowed one run on one hit with a strikeout in the appearance. Files pitched 4.1 frames with four runs - three earned - on five hits with three walks and a trio of strikeouts.
Mississippi College and Quincy wrap up the series on Sunday, Feb. 23. First pitch is marked for 1 p.m.
GAME 1: Mississippi College 5 | Quincy 9
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020
LOCATION: Clinton, Miss. | Frierson Field
RECORDS: Choctaws 6-4 | Hawks 3-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- MC scored a run in the bottom of the first, fourth and seventh innings only to have the Hawks answer in the top of the following frame to place the two teams tied at 3-all through the first nine innings of play.
Ken Scott and Lee each connected on a solo home run during the stretch as
Logan McGrew supplied a RBI-single in the fourth to account for the three runs through the nine innings.
- The Choctaws had an opportunity in the bottom of the 10th to grab the victory. Barber led off the inning with a single and moved around to third on a single from
George Farid with one down. After Farid swiped second, the duo stood in scoring position with two outs, but the Navy and Gold couldn't find the key hit as they were both left stranded.
- QU took advantage of the situation as it collected six runs in the top of the 11th to grab a 9-3 advantage. MC made things interesting in the bottom of the frame as it loaded the bases with no outs, but managed just two runs as the contest ended on a 6-4-3 double play, leaving a pair stranded on the bases.
ON THE MOUND
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David Dunn tossed seven frames in the start as he allowed three runs on six hits with three strikeouts.
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Sam Ciaccio pitched two thirds of an inning in relief followed by Chastang.
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Truitt Smith and
Hayden Harrell combined for the final inning on the mound. The duo allowed five runs on six hits
GAME 2: Mississippi College 3 | Quincy 7
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020
LOCATION: Clinton, Miss. | Frierson Field
RECORDS: Choctaws 6-5 | Hawks 4-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- MC scored in the first inning of the night cap as Farid singled through the right side to plate Reese. The Choctaws clung to the 1-0 lead through four innings.
- The Hawks took their first lead of the game behind their second, six-run inning of the day in the top of the fifth. QU sent 10 batters to the plate in the frame and collected five and capitalized on one error to the big inning.
- The Choctaws loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth with two down, but came away with just a run as it left three stranded on the bags. The Choctaws gave the comeback one more attempt in the bottom of the sixth as
Casey Page delivered a one-out, RBI single to score
Logan McGrew. Following Page and
Samuel Kimel each moving into scoring position on a wild pitch, Lee drew a walk to load the bases, but a line-drive, double play ended the threat with the bases juiced.
ON THE MOUND
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Garrett Hollinghead tossed 2.2 in relief allowing three runs - two earned - on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk.
INSIDE THE BOX
- With the two home runs in game one, MC expanded its home run total to 13 on the season - the most in the GSC.
