LIVINGSTON, Ala. --- The Mississippi College baseball team used a pair of four-run innings in the series finale split its doubleheader at the University of West Alabama on Saturday, Feb. 19. The Choctaws (3-8, 1-2 Gulf South Conference) took the nightcap 8-4 after falling 13-12 in 10 innings to open the day.
 
The win in the finale snapped a five-game skid to the Tigers in the series.
 
After holding a 4-2 lead through four innings, the Red and White knotted the contest at 4-all in the bottom of the fifth. However, the Navy and Gold responded in the top of the seventh with four RBI hits, including RBI singles from Jackson Breedlove, Markarius Lee, and John Rice as well as an RBI double from Ken Scott.
 
Bryce Lewis (1-0) picked up the win out of the bullpen. He held the Red and White at bay with 1.2 innings of hitless and scoreless work.
 
Lane Willis got the scoring started for MC in the finale as he drove a double into right field that cleared the bases and gave MC a 3-2 lead. Willis later scored on a Lee sacrifice fly for the fourth run of the frame.
 
Lance Wade and Breedlove each registered a pair of hits in the contest while Willis and Lee notched multiple-RBI performances. Willis led the way as he drove in a team-best three runs. Lee logged a pair of RBI in the contest.
 
In the opening game of the day, the Choctaws held a 10-5 advantage through seven innings, but witnessed the homestanding Tigers score six unanswered runs in the eight and ninth to send the contest into extra frames at 10-all.
 
MC broke the deadlock with on Breedlove RBI single into right field that scored Derrek Lathon, Jr., but it was all the Choctaws could muster. After Brooks Warren struck out the first two batters, the Red and White tied the contest for the second time as Jake Nemith scored on a Choctaw fielding error. Following a stolen base and back-to-back walks, Garland Curley crossed the dish on a wild pitch to give UWA the come-from-behind victory and the series.
 
Warren (0-1) was pinged with the setback with two-thirds of an inning in relief.
 
Breedlove recorded his second multi-hit effort of the day with a team-best four hits along with an RBI and run scored. Cody Crifasi joined the Decatur, Ala., native with multiple hits in the contest with three. Scott led a quartet of Choctaws with multi-RBI efforts as he drove in three. Willis, Tristan Tigrett and John Rice each logged a pair of RBI.
 
Mississippi College returns to action on Tuesday, Feb. 22 as it hosts Harding University in a non-conference midweek outing. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.
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