MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College baseball team posted a doubleheader sweep on Sunday, April 11 at Nadicksbernd Field on the campus of Christian Brothers University. MC (11-15, 8-13 Gulf South Conference) took the opening game of the series 11-7 and finished off the day with a 13-9 victory in the second game.
 
Jaron Harris, Dakota Kennedy and Caleb Reese each posted two multiple hit efforts as they each finished the day with a team-best six hits on the afternoon. Harris lead the team with four hits in the opening contest and followed with a pair of knocks in the second. Kennedy and Reese had three hits each in both outings.
 
Kennedy and Dylan Duplechain paced the squad with four RBI apiece while Ken Scott was third on the team with three RBI.
 
Payton Russell (2-3) and Jackson Bridges (5-2) each notched wins on the mound. Russell allowed just four runs – one earned – on eight hits along with eight strikeouts for just his second win of the season. Bridges fanned a single-game-high nine batters and allowed seven runs on eight hits in his team-best fifth win on the campaign. Jackson Smith (1) picked up his first save of the season in the second contest.
 
Mississippi College and Christian Brothers finish the series on Monday, April 12. First pitch at 1 p.m.

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GAME 1: Mississippi College 11 | Christian Brothers 7
DATE: Sunday, April 11, 2021
LOCATION: Nadicksbernd Field
RECORDS: Choctaws 10-15, 7-13 GSC | Buccaneers 3-24, 2-22 GSC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Mississippi College and Christian Brothers stood deadlocked at 4-4 through the first five innings, but the Choctaws broke the tie in the top of the sixth as Kennedy doubled to left center to plate Harris. Alex Hay added to the run total in the seventh with a RBI-single to score Reese.
- Lane Willis helped break the game open in the eighth with a two-run home run to increase the lead to 8-4 and push Reese across the dish.
- Scott added a three-run home run in the top of the ninth to swell the margin to 11-4.
- CBU attempted a rally in the bottom of the ninth with three runs, but the rally came up lacking as Jamie Soto was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Travis Cole's double on a Scott-Willis-Hay relay from right.
 
ON THE MOUND
- Russell tossed six innings in the start and was lifted for Jackson Smith. Smith pitched the following two frames and allowed just two bases runners and collected a strikeout. Luke Files toed the rubber in the final frame with three runs allowed on four hits with a walk and a strikeout to his line.
- Jonathan Baldelli (2-6) took the loss on the mound with 6.2 innings in the start. He allowed six runs – five earned – on 14 hits with two walks and three strikeouts. He was one of four CBU hurlers to take the bump in the contest.

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GAME 2: Mississippi College 13 | Christian Brothers 9
DATE: Sunday, April 11, 2021
LOCATION: Nadicksbernd Field
RECORDS: Choctaws 11-15, 8-13 GSC | Buccaneers 3-25, 2-23 GSC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Mississippi College held a 5-2 lead through the first five innings of play. All five runs coming by way of the long ball. Reese got the Choctaws on the board in the top of the second with a solo homer to clip the lead in half and Duplechain's grand slam in the fifth placed the Navy and Gold ahead for the first time in the game.
- After the two teams swapped a run apiece in the sixth, MC plated five runs in the seventh as Casey Page, Logan McGrew and Kennedy each drove in a run. Page also scored on a wild pitch.
- The Red and Black answered with a big inning of its own in the eighth with six runs, but the Choctaws added insurance runs in the ninth without recording a hit as Page and Harris each scored on wild pitches.
 
ON THE MOUND
- Bridges tossed 7.1 innings in the start and was replaced by Chris Braswell, who logged just a third of an inning and allowed two runs on one hit along with a walk. Brewer Hendrix allowed one hit to his one batter and Smith tossed the final 1.1 innings. He just one hit along with a strikeout in five batters faced.
- Blake Dallas ((0-6) was saddled with the loss in 6.0 innings in the start. He allowed six runs – five earned – on eight hits with five strikeouts and two walks. He was one of five hurls to take the bump for the Bucs in the game.

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INSIDE THE BOX
- The double-dip sweep runs the Choctaws win streak in the series to seven straight and gives Mississippi College a 16-7 advantage in the series. MC is now 11-4 in Memphis in the series.
- Harris' four-hit performance in the first game is the first since Ken Scott accomplished the feat on April 2 against West Georgia. It's the first four-hit effort for the Mobile, Ala., native this season and the fifth for the program this season.
- Duplechain's grand slam is his second of the season of the season. His first came on March 29 at Union. He now leads the team with seven home runs on the season. The Mamou, La., native climbs into the top 25 in program history in home runs with 12.
- Willis' home run was his first of his career and Reese's solo homer is his sixth of the season and places him second on the team.
- Scott's three-run home run is his sixth on the season and his second, three-run homer.
- Both MC starters recorded career-high strikeouts on the mound. Russell's eight Ks surpassed his previous high of six set at West Alabama on Feb. 22. Bridges' nine punch-outs replaces his previous best of six set at Union on March 28.