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Bears sweep Rend Lake with another walk-off win.

| By: by Cody Junkin
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Southwest Mississippi Baseball played Rend Lake Community College in a two-game series at home on February 20th with Southwest winning both games 5-4 and 4-2.

Game one ended 5-4 in a Bears walk-off win, the team's fifth of the season.

Wyatt Garrett started on the mound for the Bears, pitching four innings with 2 strikeouts and 3 runs allowed.

Konnor Cazenave also pitched 2 innings allowing only 1 run.

Nathan Carter pitched the final inning with 1 strikeout and picked up the win for the Bears.

Rend Lake went up 2-0 quickly in the top of the first inning.

Two innings later, the Bears tied it up 2-2. The two runs came from back to back singles from Tristain Haynes and Tanner Moore to get into scoring position. Then, a Justin Domiano scored
Haynes and advanced Moore to third. In a rundown scenario, Moore scored at home followed by Domiano getting tagged out in the base path with the game now tied 2-2.

Rend Lake scored in each of the next two innings taking a 4-2 lead.

The Bears scored 1 run in the bottom of the sixth. Tanner Moore doubled to get into scoring position and scored after a Robbie Hokamp single bringing the score to 4-3 with Rend Lake leading.

Surviving the top of the final inning, the Bears found themselves down 1 with three outs left in the game.

Luke Simmons opened up the hitting with a single then got to third base after a steal and a sacrifice by Cam Bolden.

Tristain Haynes singled on a bunt scoring Luke Simmons in the process tying the game 4-4.

Tanner Moore singled on a line drive to left field scoring Tristain Haynes resulting in a Bears 5-4 walk-off win.

Tanner Moore had 3 hits in the contest. Robbie Hokamp and Tristain Haynes each had 2 hits. Justin Domiano and Luke Simmons both had 1 hit.

Tanner Moore, Justin Domiano, Robbie Hokamp, and Tristain Haynes each had 1 RBI.

Luke Simmons and Tristain Haynes stole bases in the game.

Game two was another close game that ended in a 4-2 Bear win.

Rhyson Carroway started at pitcher for the Bears in game two.

Carroway pitched 5 innings and recorded 9 strikeouts allowing only 1 run while picking up the win for the Bears.

Brian Hankinson pitched 1 inning with 1 strikeout.

Nik Carney also pitched an inning with 1 strikeout and picked up the save for Southwest.

The Bears went up 4-0 early scoring 2 runs in both the second and third inning.

The first two runs came after Drew Swan and Luke Simmons both reached base on singles. The pair both scored on a Cam Bolden single to right field.

The next two runs came from Tristain Haynes getting on base on a walk, and Tanner Moore hitting a double to get both runners into scoring position.

Haynes scored and Moore advanced to third base after a Justin Domiano sac fly to center field.

A Robbie Hokamp single scored Tanner Moore for the last Bears run of the evening bringing them to a 4-0 lead.

The pitching would hold up for the Bears allowing only two runs in the next four innings leading to Bears 4-2 win.

Tanner Moore, Robbie Hokamp, Drew Swan, Luke Simmons, Cam Bolden, and Tristain Haynes all had 1 hit in the game.

Cam Bolden had 2 RBIs while Justin Domiano and Robbie Hokamp each had 1.

Tristain Haynes and Tanner Moore each had a double.

Robbie Hokamp had one stolen base as well.

"Proud of the guys and the way they fight to win close games. Our pitching has been great, we've got a really good group all around. Excited to see what we can do" said Head Coach Jack Edmonson.

The Bears (10-3) play Baton Rouge Community College on Monday, February 23rd in New Orleans then Hinds and Co-Lin at home on Wednesday, February 25th.
 
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