GOODMAN – No. 2 Jones County took two from Holmes here Wednesday afternoon at Charlie Donald Field.
JCJC scored seven runs in the sixth inning and won game one, 12-2 in six innings. The Bobcats then completed the sweep over the Bulldogs with an 8-3 decision in game two.
Jones has now won 18 straight games to improve to 37-7 overall and 22-4 in the MACJC.
The “magic number” for JCJC to be MACJC regular season champion and top-seed going into postseason play is one. The Bobcats need to win one game Saturday at Meridian or Pearl River must lose one game at Coahoma. The Wildcats are currently 21-5 in the league, but JCJC owns the tiebreaker because they swept the Wildcats on April 24.
The Bobcats end regular season play with a 2 p.m. doubleheader Saturday at Meridian.
The season is over for Holmes. The Bulldogs end the year at 17-26 overall and 4-24 in the MACJC.
JCJC 12, Holmes 2 (6 innings)
A two-run home run by Jake Mason (West Lauderdale) highlighted JCJC’s seven-run, sixth inning.
Trace Henry (Mooreville) doubled and singled, while R.J. Brown (Columbus, Georgia) had two singles. Mason homered and had two RBIs, while Luther Woullard (D’Iberville) doubled and scored three runs. Robbie Woody (Madison Central) singled and had two RBIs, while Brandon Hale (Pontotoc) and Tate Pepper (Ocean Springs) added singles.
Will Freeman (Semmes, Alabama) pitched all six innings and is now 7-1 on the year. The reigning NJCAA Division II Pitcher of the Week allowed two runs (one earned), five hits, walked none and struck out seven.
Matt Warren singled three times for Holmes.
Kendrick LeJeune, the first of six Bulldog pitchers, went one inning, allowed three runs, two hits and took the loss.
The Bobcats led 3-0 after one inning, 4-1 after three and 5-1 after four.
JCJC 8, Holmes 3
Home runs by Hudson Harris (West Jones) and Brown sparked JCJC in game two.
The Bobcats trailed 2-0 entering the third inning before taking a 4-2 lead, capped by a two-run home run by Harris. Brown added a two-run home run in the fourth.
Harris also had a single. Mason and Woullard added doubles with Henry, Woody, Hale and Miguel Morgan (South Jones) getting singles.
Tyler Spring (Stone) went the first six innings and got the win. He allowed three runs, four hits, walked three and struck out nine. Spring is now 8-1 on the season. Bryce Fagan (Petal) pitched a perfect seventh inning and had two strikeouts.
Jimmy Burse homered for Holmes.
Starter Jeff Crenshaw got the loss. He went 3.1 innings, allowed seven runs, seven hits, walked four and struck out four.
Holmes led 2-0 after one. The Bobcats led 4-2 after three and 7-3 after four.
