Indians rebound to earn split with Mineral Area
Adam Gore/LetsGoICC.com
FULTON, MS - ICC rebounded to pick up an 8-6 win over Mineral Area Community College (MO) in the second game of a Sunday afternoon doubleheader.
Nick Brooks (Starkville) went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, a walk, a RBI and a run scored while Hayden Williams (Amory) went 2-for-3 with a 2RBI, a walk and scored a run to help Tucker Akin (Ridgeland) pick up his first win of the season.
The Indians (3-1, 0-0 MACJC North) got off to a good start pushing across a pair of runs when Ethan Gill (Pontotoc) reached on an error and Bryce Williams (Ridgeland) lifted a sac fly to right field in the bottom of the first.
The Cardinals' (3-1) bats came to life to plate six runs in the top of third inning to take a 6-2 lead, but the Indians answered with 5 runs to retake the lead in the bottom half of the inning.
Gill led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch and advanced on a single by Tanner Poole (Amory) before scoring on another single by Bryce Williams. Poole scored on a one-out double by Brooks and Bryce Williams tied the game 6-5 game in favor of the Cardinals when he scored on a two-out single by Hayden Williams before Luke Gibbs (Oxford) followed with a single to plate Brooks and Hayden Williams.
The Indians added an insurance run in the bottom of the fourth when Poole scored on a bases loaded walk issued to Hayden Williams.
Akin picked up his first collegiate win in relief of CJ Hodges (Winona).
Indians rebound to earn split with Mineral Area
Mineral Area College
6
Itawamba CC
8
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mineral Area College (3-1) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
Itawamba CC (3-1) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
Posted: Feb 09, 2014