CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team run-ruled the University of West Georgia in the finale of the three-game, Gulf South Conference weekend series. The Choctaws (9-15, 6-13 GSC) blanked UWG, 11-0, to salvage the series.
 
Dakota Kennedy and Dylan Duplechain notched multiple-hit performances to lead the way offensively. Kennedy led the team with three hits and drove in pair while Duplechain garnered a pair of hits and also drove in two. George Farid and Lane Willis rounded out the multi-RBI efforts with a pair of RBI each.
 
Mississippi College out-hit the Red and Blue 10-4 in the contest.
 
Bryce Lewis (2-4) picked up his second win of the season on the bump. Lewis tossed a complete game and allowed just four hits as he struck out two and gave up two free passes.
 
Mississippi College travels to Memphis, Tenn., to face Christian Brothers University in a three-game, Gulf South Conference series. First pitch of the Saturday, April 10 doubleheader is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday's finale is marked for a Noon start.

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GAME 3: Mississippi College 11 | West Georgia 0  (7 inn.)
DATE: Saturday, April 3, 2021
LOCATION: Frierson Field | Clinton, Miss.
RECORDS: Choctaws 9-15, 6-13 GSC | Wolves 12=15, 11-13 GSC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Mississippi College got the scoring started early as it plated three runs in its first trip to the plate. Willis drove in the first two runs with a triple to right field that scored Farid and Ken Scott. Later, Willis crossed the dish on a UWG throwing error.
- Jaron Harris' double to right center pushed Alex Hay across home and later Kennedy singled up the middle to score Harris and extend the lead to 5-0 through two full innings.
- After Hay drove in Logan McGrew in the third with an RBI-double, Farid logged a two-run, double down the left field line to plate Duplechain and Kennedy. The Mississauga, Ontario, native later scored on a wild pitch.
- The Choctaws wrapped up the scoring in the fifth as Kennedy and Duplechain each notched RBI in the frame.
 
ON THE MOUND
- Andrew Smith (3-1) suffered his first loss of the season on the bump for the Wolves. Smith allowed nine runs – eight earned – on nine hits with three walks. He was one of three pitchers on the day for UWG. Brady Simpson tossed 1.1 frames in relief and allowed two runs – one earned – on a hit with two walks. Griffin Brown pitched the final frame and allowed two Choctaw baserunners.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- Mississippi College leads the series 14-11 following the run-rule victory and snapped a three-game losing streak to the Wolves.
- The run-rule win to close out the series is the third straight for the Choctaws. MC run-ruled Union earlier this week, 20-8, in the final game of the series and topped Shorter, 13-3, in the series finale on March 20.
- The shutout victory is the second of the season for Mississippi College. The first came on Saturday, Feb. 27 in an 8-0 win over Miles College. The winning pitcher of the game was Bryce Lewis – his first win of the season.
- The complete-game performance by Lewis marks his second of the season and the fourth by a Choctaw hurler. Jackson Bridges and Payton Russell each have a CG on the campaign as well.
- No Mississippi College hitter was recorded on a strikeout in the contest. It marks the first time this season that the Choctaw opposition didn't notch a punch-out in a game.
- The Choctaws scored in all, but one inning in the game today. The lone frame without a run was the sixth. MC scored multiple runs in all, but the third and sixth.