Bulldogs look to knock off No. 4 PRCC

PERKINSTON — The hottest team in the country visits Ken “Curly” Farris Field on Tuesday when archrival Pearl River stops in for an MACCC baseball doubleheader.

The No. 4 Wildcats have won 25 straight games and are unbeaten in MACCC play. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.

Buy your tickets ahead of time to save money. It costs $7 for adults or $5 for youth online, or $10 and $7 at the gate. Tickets are available at http://mgcccbulldogs.com/tickets, and the game will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch.

Records

• MGCCC: 25-13/11-7 MACCC, T-5^th place in conference
• Pearl River: 38-5/18-0 MACCC, 1^st place in conference

Last Time Out

• MGCCC swept Coahoma on Saturday in Clarksdale, winning 16-7 and 4-3.
• PRCC swept East Mississippi on Saturday in Poplarville, winning 6-4 and 8-4.

Previous Meeting

On Feb. 28, Pearl River edged Gulf Coast 6-5 in 11 innings at Poplarville.

Notes

• Gulf Coast is second in the MACCC in walks (224) and third in doubles (72) and getting hit by pitches (81).
• Brandon Cain (So., Mobile, Ala./Baker) is third in the MACCC in triples (4).
• Marc Stephens (So., Orange Beach, Ala./Gulf Shores) leads the conference in batting (.469) and on-base percentage (.576). He’s third in hits (61).
• Dom Jackson (Fr., Gulf Breeze, Fla./Gulf Breeze) is second in the MACCC in slugging (.726) and home runs (10). He’s fourth in walks (29), seventh in doubles (12) and ninth in RBI (42).
• Kaden Irving (Fr., Gautier/Gautier) is 10^th in the MACCC with 11 doubles.
• Charlie Keller (So., Mobile, Ala./Mobile Christian) is second in the league with a .551 on-base percentage, and he’s fifth in hit-by-pitches (13).

Three Ahead

• Wednesday, April 17: at Hinds, Raymond, 3 p.m. doubleheader
• Saturday, April 20: at Northwest Mississippi, Senatobia, 2 p.m. doubleheader
• Wednesday, April 24: vs. Meridian, Perkinston, 3 p.m. doubleheader

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