Southwest's baseball team traveled to Perkinston on Tuesday to play Mississippi Gulf Coast and Holmes in a doubleheader, with the Bears losing 5-4 to Gulf Coast and winning 6-2 over Holmes.
Against Gulf Coast, Matt Newman started on the mound for the Bears. Newman pitched five innings and only allowed one run and recorded a strikeout.
Dom Smith, Will McLeod, Luke Simmons and Nathan Carter all saw time on the mound and each recorded one strikeout of their own.
Southwest had seven hits in the game.
Tanner Moore and Robbie Hokamp had two hits each. JD Hidalgo, Luke Simmons, and Tee Robinson all had one hit. Hokamp and Moore each had a double as well.
Moore gained two RBIs on his two hits. Justin Domiano and Luke Simmons each had one RBI.
Southwest won their second game of the afternoon 6-2 against Holmes Community College.
Andrew Hoff started at pitcher for the Bears, pitching 3.1 innings with three strikeouts and only one run allowed.
Wyatt Garrett came in for .2 of an inning and recorded a strikeout. Easton Boyte picked up the win for the Bears, pitching four innings. Boyte recorded a trio of strikeouts and only gave up one run during his time on the mound.
Nik Carney pitched the final inning, putting up twp strikeouts and closing out the game for the Bears.
This one was close between Southwest and Holmes until the final inning.
After three innings, it was tied 1-1, with the Bears' run coming from a Tanner Moore score on a Justin Domiano sac fly.
Tied 2-2 after seven innings, the Bears got their second run when Drew Swan scored on a Luke Simmons sac fly to center field.
The Bears put up a big four-run ninth inning in a low-scoring game to go up 6- 2 and eventually seal the win.
Back-to-back singles from Drew Swan set up for a sacrifice bunt from Jonathan Miller to put the runners on second and third base.
Then, a Luke Simmons single scored both the runners, pushing the score to 4-2 for the Bears.
After advancing to second during the throw to home, Luke Simmons scored from second on a Tanner Moore bunt single.
Now leading 5-2, Cam Bolden got on base after Tanner Moore was picked up stealing second.
Stealing second himself to get into scoring position, Cam Bolden scored the final run of the game on a Justin Domiano single putting the score to 6-2.
The Bears racked up 10 hits in the game with Drew Swan having three of them. Tanner Moore, Cam Bolden, Justin Domiano, Robbie Hokamp, JD Hidalgo,Tristain Haynes, and Luke Simmons all had a hit.
Luke Simmons led the team with three RBIs with Justin Domiano following close behind with two RBIs of his own.
Cam Bolden (x2) and Tanner Moore stole bases in the contest.
“That was our first date against in-state competition. I was really pleased with how we matched up. We had a couple of situations in Game One that caused us to lose, but overall we played well,” head coach Jack Edmonson said. “In Game Two we pitched and played defense really well and were able to execute on offense. We were able to pull away and get a win in the ninth inning, and we were able to win another close game which will help us throughout the year.”
The Bears (8-3) will be back at home on Friday, February 20 th to play Rend Lake Community College in a doubleheader.
