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Bear pitching shows out in home opener

| By: by Cody Junkin
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Southwest Mississippi Baseball played Mineral Area College in a three-game series on February 6th and 7th for their first home series of the season.

The Bears lost game one to Mineral Area 5-14, won game two 5-1, and lost game three 4-6.

Games one and two on Friday the 6th were both 7 inning contests.

Game one started out as a close game for the first four innings with Mineral Area only leading 1-0 during that time.

Rhyson Carroway started the game on the mound for the Bears with 5 strikeouts allowing only 1 run on 2 hits.

Mineral Area's bats got hot in the fifth putting up 5 runs followed by 8 more runs in the top of the sixth. Giving them a 14-0 lead on the Bears.

The bottom of the fifth looked promising for Southwest as they put together a string of hits and good baserunning to put 5 runs on the board.

Justin Domiano and JD Hidalgo both earned 1 hit and 2 RBIs in the inning with the last RBI coming from Luke Simmons.

The Bears would go on to lose game on 5-14.

Matt Newman took over on the mound to start game two for the Bears. In five innings, Newman produced 8 strikeouts allowing only 1 run and 1 hit.

Game two was a defensive battle but hits from Tristain Haynes, Robbie Hokamp, Drew Swan, and JD Hidalgo would lead the Bears to their 5-1 game two victory.

Haynes had 2 RBIs while Cam Bolden, Robbie Hokamp, and Drew Swan each added 1 RBI.

Bolden (x2), Hidalgo, and Hokamp all stole bases as well.

Nik Carney finished the last two innings on the mound putting up 3 strikeouts of his own.

Matt Newman threw 45 strikes on 69 pitches and Nik Carney threw 28 strikes on 50 pitches.

Andrew Hoff started on the mound for the Bears in a 9-inning game three on Saturday the 7th.

Hoff put up five strikeouts in two innings but also let up a grand slam in the first which left Southwest in a 0-4 hole early.

Mineral Area went up 6-0 over the Bears by the top of the 4th before the Bears finally answered in the bottom of that inning with 3 runs of their own.

Cam Bolden, Justin Domiano, and Robbie Hokamp each had 2 hits in the game.

Hokamp also had 2 RBIs with Bolden and JD Hidalgo each having 1 RBI.

Robbie Hokamp hit a triple and a double in the contest. JD Hidalgo and Jonathan Miller both recorded a double as well.

With the bats warming up Southwest came back within 2, finding themselves down 4-6 going into the 8th inning.

Southwest saw four more pitchers on the mound after Hoff. Dom Smith (4), Konnor Cazenave (1), Luke Simmons (2), and Brian Hankinson (3) combined for 10 more strikeouts bringing the team
total to 15 strikeouts in game three.

While the defense remained strong, the offense could not catch up and the Bears would fall to Mineral Area 4-6 in game three, losing the series 1-2.

"I thought we played really well other than three innings. That was possibly one of the best teams we will play all year," said Head Coach Jack Edmonson, "I was proud of how we played not proud of how we executed. I'm excited about this week and the opportunity we have to play more quality opponents."

"Matt Newman threw a gem in game two Friday to give us a win. We saw a lot of really good things. Just need to clean up a few little execution things," said Edmonson.

The Bears (3-2) play again at home on February 10th against Florida Post Grad.
 
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