RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. --- The Mississippi College baseball team dropped a 9-3 contest at 19th-ranked Arkansas Tech University on Tuesday, Feb. 8. MC moved to 1-3 on the season while the Wonder Boys improved to 2-0 on the campaign.
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Caleb Reese led the offensive charge as he collected three of the Choctaws' eight hits.
Ken Scott,
Markarius Lee,
Lane Willis,
Derrek Lathon, Jr., and
Cody Crifasi each notched a hit. Crifasi and Lee each drove in a run.
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Lance Wade (0-1) took the on the bump as he allowed eight runs on 10 hits in 4.2 innings, but fanned seven. The right-hander was one of five hurlers to take the hill for the Choctaws in the setback.
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ATU held a 6-0 lead before the Navy and Gold cracked the scoreboard in the top of the fifth. Willis scored on a Crifasi sacrifice fly to center. The Green and Gold responded with two runs in the home half of the inning to expand its advantage to 8-1.
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Reese became the Choctaws' second run of the game as he stole third and then took home on a throwing error by ATU's Carter Thessing. MC's final blow came in the top of the seventh as Lee drove in Crifasi with a single up the middle.
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The Wonder Boys had five players with multiple hits as the unit totaled 14 on the afternoon as Kandon Bennett and Shelby Quiggins each notched mult0-RBI efforts.
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Shane Scott (1-0) received the win on the hill as he held the Choctaws to one run on four hits with three strikeouts in 4.1 innings.
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Mississippi College returns to action this weekend as it travels to Young Harris, Ga., to face the Mountain Lions. The three-game series is set to begin on Saturday, Feb. 12 with a doubleheader and the series finale scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 13. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. central both dates.
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