No. 17 MGCCC drops doubleheader to No. 15 Pensacola State
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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Pensacola State College | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
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Pensacola State College | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 3 |
No. 17 Mississippi Gulf Coast dropped a softball doubleheader at No. 15 Pensacola State on Wednesday, losing 6-3 and 7-5.
Gulf Coast trailed 3-0 after three in the first game, but rallied to tie it with an RBI single by Abbott Stafford (So., Glenmora, La./Glenmora) in the fourth and two in the sixth. Emaleigh Coates (So., Lucedale/George County) got down a squeeze bunt, and Stafford tied it up with a sacrifice fly.
Pensacola State got a two-out three-run homer in the sixth for the winning margin.
The Bulldogs got out to a 3-0 lead in the second game. K.K. Agner (So., Horn Lake/Magnolia Heights) had an RBI double in the first and scored on an error. Breanna Green (So., Saraland, Ala./Saraland) singled in another run in the second.
Pensacola State (18-2) scored four in the second and twice in the third, before Gulf Coast cut it to 6-5 with an RBI double by Jones, who scored following a steal and error.
Pensacola State added a run in the fifth, and Gulf Coast had a runner cut down at the plate to end the sixth.
Jones went 4-for-8 in the doubleheader with two doubles. Green had three hits.
Gulf Coast is 7-10, and the Bulldogs are back on the road March 12 to open MACCC play. They'll travel to Northeast Mississippi.
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