Eli Walker (Gulfport) and Blake Summerlin (Northwest Rankin) were brilliant on the mound and eight different Jones College Bobcats picked up at least one hit in an 11-1 run-rule victory over Copiah-Lincoln here Tuesday at Community Bank Park.
Jones moved to 3-2 on the season while Co-Lin dropped to 2-5.
Walker, making his first start since having Tommy John Surgery exactly a year ago, scattered four hits and a run over four innings in a no-decision.
Beau Bryans’ (Madison Central) RBI-double and Tristan Pearson’s (Biloxi) RBI-single gave Jones a 2-0 lead in the first and they'd never look back.
Co-Lin pulled within a single run on Tyler Wolfe's single, but the Bobcats would score nine unanswered over the final six frames.
Pearson added a two-run single in the third to make it 5-1 and Luke Lycette (Northwest Rankin), Peyton Bell (Mobile, Alabama), Gatlin Sanders (Madison Central) and Bryans all added RBI-hits in the seventh s.
Jakob Wax’s (Prairieville, Louisiana) leadoff double in the eighth setup the game-winning run. He advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a wild pitch to end the game early.
Summerlin threw the final four innings to earn the win, allowing one hit with six strikeouts.
Jones out-hit Co-Lin 12-5 with the Wolves committing five errors.
The Bobcats travel to Decatur on Friday to face sixth-ranked Kirkwood (Iowa) and Wallace State-Hanceville (Alabama).
