Colby Tubre (D’Iberville) punched out 10 in seven solid innings to lift No. 13 Jones College to a win in the opener, 6-2, and Tristan Pearson’s (Biloxi) two-out, two-strike, two-run single in the final inning in the nightcap helped No. 13 Jones College rally for a 7-6 win for a twinbill sweep over East Mississippi here Saturday afternoon.
Jones improved to 20-6, 5-1 in conference play, while EMCC fell to 12-13 and 1-5 in the MACCC.
The Bobcats have won 11 of the last 15 over the Lions and are 10-1 away from home this season.
Jones welcomes Co-Lin to Community Bank Park on Tuesday for a pair. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
Jones 6, EMCC 2
Tubre's career-high 10 punchouts and a 4-for-6 game for Beau Bryans (Madison Central) was the key to a game one Bobcat win.
Jakob Wax’s (Prairieville, Louisiana) RBI-single and Luke Lycette’s (Northwest Rankin) fielder's choice gave Jones a 2-0 lead in the second they wouldn't surrender.
Tubre didn't allow a hit until the fourth, a solo homer by Evan Radford to put EMCC on the board.
Locked at 2-1 through seven, a pair of Lion errors and Gatlin Sanders’ (Madison Central) RBI-single gave Jones some breathing room at 4-1. They'd score two more insurance runs in the ninth on a sac fly and passed ball.
Chase Honeycutt (DeSoto Central) and Pearson also doubled for Jones in the win.
Tubre scattered three hits, one earned run and the 10 strikeouts to improve to 3-1.
Jones 7, EMCC 6
Four straight walks in the top of the seventh, including a bases-loaded walk to Bryans, and Pearson's two-run single helped Jones break away from a 4-4 tie in the final inning.
Jones trailed 3-0 after four before taking its first lead in the fifth.
Wax homered to start the inning and was followed by a Honeycutt double, three straight singles and sac fly to make it 4-3.
Ethan Medlin's RBI-single tied the game at 4-4 after six.
Back-to-back outs to start the seventh looked to turn away the Bobcats, but four straight free passes gave Jones a one-run lead and then Pearson's big single to right made it 7-4.
EMCC rallied to score two in the bottom half and had the tying run at third before a line out ended the threat.
Bryans tossed two late relief innings to get the win and Kace Matthews (West Jones) picked up his second career save.
