After getting run-ruled 11-1 in the opening game of a doubleheader Tuesday at No. 3 Pearl River, Jones College could've packed it in.
But they didn't.
The Bobcats showed a ton of grit to rally for a huge 6-5, extra-inning win in Game 2 that was suspended into Wednesday afternoon due to lighting issues at Dub Herring Park.
Jones won two of the three season meetings and improved to 32-14, 17-9 in the MACCC. PRCC dropped to 40-10, 19-7 in league play.
Jones hosts Itawamba to close out the regular season on Friday. First pitch of the doubleheader is set for 2 p.m.
PRCC visits Northwest Friday to end regular season play.
Pearl River 11, Jones 1 (8 inn.)
The Wildcats homered three times, added four doubles and got a 7-inning start from Luke Lyon to run-rule the Bobcats in the opener.
PRCC scored four in the second and led 9-1 through four.
Beau Bryans’ (Madison Central) RBI-single plated Chase Honeycutt (DeSoto Central) for the Bobcats' lone run in the fourth.
The Wildcats were well-balanced with 14 hits from eight different players. Former Jones commit Triston Hickman was 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBIs.
Eli Walker (Gulfport) was chased after two innings. Francisco Elvira (West Jones), Tate Duncan (Columbia Academy) and Blake Summerlin (Northwest Rankin) threw the final six frames.
Honeycutt had two of the Bobcats' five hits.
Jones 6, Pearl River 5 (9 inn.)
The Bobcats trailed 2-0 after one and 5-4 after four before Marquette Gibson’s (D’Iberville) RBI-single helped tie the game in the fifth and eventually force extra innings.
Peyton Bell’s (Mobile, Alabama) RBI-double in the ninth scored Gatlin Sanders (Madison Central) for the game-winning run from second. Sanders led off the inning with a single and was then sacrificed over to second by Tristan Pearson (Biloxi).
Trailing 2-0 in the fourth, two Wildcat errors helped Jones tie the game before an RBI-single by Bryans and Sanders RBI-double put the Bobcats on top 4-2.
PRCC responded in the bottom half of the fourth thanks to Will Passeau's three-run homer.
Drew Druckenmiller (Mobile, Alabama) went 6.2 innings before Bryans and Luke Lycette (Northwest Rankin) tossed 2.1 scoreless to keep Jones within striking distance.
Gibson's single to center tied the game at 5-5 in the fifth, scoring Bell after he led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch.
PRCC was held to two hits the final five innings and Bell's double would provide the big hit Jones needed in the ninth.
Preston Soper led off the bottom of the ninth with a single before Gibson helped turn a ridiculous 4-6-3 double play to erase him. A groundout then ended the game.
Lycette got the win in two relief innings.
