Meridian Sweeps Past Coahoma  

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Eagles extended its winning streak to four by taking a doubleheader sweep over Coahoma (12-4, 12-3) on Tuesday night at Scaggs Field. The Eagles improved to 8-7 with the sweep of the Tigers and will return to action on Friday afternoon against Alabama Southern. The game is scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. first pitch at Scaggs Field.

MCC                      12

Coahoma               4

The Eagles took advantage of eight Coahoma errors in the opening game to take an eight-run victory. MCC ended the first game with seven hits and had two players with two hits. Wade Wass and Johnny Tolson each finished the game two hits apiece, while Tyler Dixon and Gabe Woods each had two-run doubles. Caleb Delee earned the pitching win for Meridian by working out of the bullpen and collecting two strikeouts.

Wesley Gregg led the Tigers with a two-run double and Malcom Marshall added a run scoring hit for Coahoma.

 MCC                      12

 Coahoma               3

MCC banged out 10 hits and got a solid pitching performance from freshman Mitchell Babb to secure the sweep. Babb worked four innings and finished the game with nine strikeouts for Meridian. Woods led the charge in the second game for the Eagles by driving in five runs on three base hits. Tolson added a base hit and knocked in three runs in the victory.

Jermaine Jones led Coahoma with two base hits and a run scored and Sancez added a run scoring single in the loss for the Tigers.