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Big ninth inning gives Bears win over Holmes

| By: by Cody Junkin
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Southwest Mississippi Baseball traveled to Perkinston on Tuesday, February 17th to play Mississippi Gulf Coast and Holmes in a doubleheader.

The Bears lost 4-5 to Gulf Coast and won 6-2 against Holmes.

Against Gulf Coast, Matt Newman started on the mound for the Bears. Newman pitched five innings and only allowed 1 run and recorded 1 strikeout.

Dom Smith, Will McLeod, Luke Simmons, and Nathan Carter each saw time on the mound after Newman and each recorded 1 strikeout of their own.

Southwest had 7 hits in the game.

Tanner Moore and Robbie Hokamp had 2 hits each. JD Hidalgo, Luke Simmons, and Tee Robinson all had 1 hit.

Hokamp and Moore each had a double as well.

Moore gained 2 RBIs on his 2 hits. Justin Domiano and Luke Simmons each had 1 RBI.

Southwest won their second game of the afternoon 6-2 against Holmes Community College.

Andrew Hoff started at pitcher for the Bears, pitching 3.1 innings with 3 strikeouts and only 1 run allowed.

Wyatt Garrett came in for .2 of an inning and recorded 1 strikeout.

Easton Boyte picked up the win for the Bears pitching 4 innings. Boyte recorded 3 strikeouts and only gave up 1 run during his time on the mound.

Nik carney pitched the final inning putting up 2 strikeouts and closing out the game for the Bears.

The game was close between Southwest and Holmes until the final inning.

After three innings, it was tied 1-1 with the Bears run coming from a Tanner Moore score on a Justin Domiano sac fly.

Tied 2-2 after seven innings, the Bears got their second run when Drew Swan scored on a Luke Simmons sac fly to center field.

The Bears put up a big 4-run ninth inning in a low scoring game to go up 6-2 and eventually seal the win.

Back to back singles from Drew Swan set up for a sacrifice bunt from Jonathan Miller to put the runners on second and third base.

Then, a Luke Simmons single scored both the runners pushing the score to 4-2 for the Bears.

After advancing to second during the throw to home, Luke Simmons scored from second on a Tanner Moore bunt single.

Now leading 5-2, Cam Bolden got on base after Tanner Moore was picked off stealing second.

Stealing second himself to get into scoring position, Cam Bolden scored the final run of the game on a Justin Domiano single putting the score to 6-2.

The Bears racked up 10 hits in the game with Drew Swan having 3 of them.

Tanner Moore, Cam Bolden, Justin Domiano, Robbie Hokamp, JD Hidalgo, Tristain Haynes, and Luke Simmons all had 1 hit.

Luke Simmons led the team with 3 RBIs with Justin Domiano following close behind with 2 RBIs of his own.

Cam Bolden (x2) and Tanner Moore stole bases in the contest.

"That was our first date against in-state competition. I was really pleased with how we matched up. We had a couple of situations in game one that caused us to lose the game, but overall we played well," said Head Coach Jack Edmonson, "in game two we pitched and played defense really well and were able to execute on offense. We were able to pull away and get a win in the ninth inning, and we were able to win another close game which will help us throughout the year."

The Bears (8-3) will be back at home on Friday, February 20th to play Rend Lake Community College in a doubleheader.
 
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