Bulldogs fall to Warriors; face Jones today in Region Tournament
DECATUR --- The Holmes Community College Bulldogs fell here Tuesday in the Region 23 Tournament to East Central Community College, 8-5.
Holmes fell to 34-19 overall and will face the No. 3 seeded Jones Bobcats at 2 p.m. today at East Central. Jones fell to Co-Lin on Monday, 13-6.
Against East Central on Tuesday, the Bulldogs got on the scoreboard first when Hunter Azemar launched a solo homerun over the left field wall to put the Bulldogs up 1-0.
Holton Hartzog got the start for the Bulldogs but gave way to Brenden Skirtech, who went seven innings giving up two runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and three walks, in the second inning. The Warriors answered with four runs in the bottom of the first inning.
The Bulldogs answered with two runs in the top of the second when an Amari Conley single scored Jacob Lott, who singled, and Will McClure, who walked, to make the score 4-3 before the Warriors scored two more runs in the second to make the score 6-3 after two. Holmes was unable to score in the third before East Central added another to lead 7-3 after three innings.
Holmes scored two runs in the sixth when Thomas Kuhn scored on a fielder's choice from McClure. Lott later scored on a wild pitch to make the score 7-5 at that point.
East Central scored in the sixth to end all scoring.
Lott had two hits for the Bulldogs in the game, and Azemar had the only multiple base hit for the Bulldogs.
MATCHUP
The Bulldogs and Bobcats split two games during the season. Jones took the first game, 4-3, while the Bulldogs won the second game, 17-6.
The Bulldogs feature 11 players hitting near the .300 threshold including: Thomas Kuhn, Grenada, .359; Xavier Myles, Brandon, .343; Amari Conley, Grenada, .331; Hunter Azemar, Lafayette, La., .343; Jacob Lott, Southaven, .333; Cade Clinton, Sumrall, .316; Nicolas Schwing, Madisonville, La., .296; Sam Roy, Oxford, .284; Brenden Skirtech, Madison, .283; Landon Wallace, Kosciusko, .274; and Will McClure, Oxford, .266. Brandt Dickerson, Maddox Moreland and Ethan Trimble bat .500 in limited appearances and Kaiden Rosetti bats .333.
Other statistical leaders include: runs scored, Conley (64), Azemar (52), Schwing (50), Myles (41) and Wallace (36); hits, Azemar (62), Kuhn (60), Myles (57), Conley and Schwing (55), Roy (44) and Clinton (43); doubles, Conley (14), Azemar (13), Kuhn (12) and Clinton (11); triples, Myles (3) and Conley, Schwing, Roy and McClure (2) each; homeruns, Azemar (15), Conley (10) and Myles (8); RBI, Azemar (57), Myles (52), Conley (46) and Schwing (44); and steals, Schwing (39) and Conley (27).
Pitching leaders include: John Paul Bucker (Starkville, 9-2 record), 72 innings, 3.25 ERA, 55 hits, 32 runs, 26 walks and 86 strikeouts; Ethan Trimble (Brandon, 4-0 record), 40 innings, 4.02 ERA, 42 hits, 24 runs, 11 walks and 26 strikeouts; Josh Fleming (Hammond, La., 4-4 record), 48 innings, 4.31 ERA, 45 hits, 29 runs, 25 walks and 43 strikeouts; Vince Glorioso (Brandon, 4-0 record), 19 2/3 innings, 4.58 ERA, 18 hits, 10 runs, seven walks, 21 strikeouts; Holton Hartzog (Dexter, 5-3 record), 43 innings, 5.23 ERA, 42 hits, 37 runs, 31 walks and 47 strikeouts. Other pitchers include: Carson Moon (Sumrall, 2-0 record), Seth Terrell (Walker, La., 2-1 record), Aidan Bellman (D'Iberville, 1-1 record) and Brenden Skirtech (Madison, 2-6 record).
Holmes scores 7.58 runs per game and is giving up 5.56 runs per game.
The Bobcats feature eight players hitting near the .300 threshold including: Chase Russell, Madison, .377; T.J. Dunsford, Grand Bay, Ala., .359; Evan Rogers, Flowood, .344; Brice Ainsworth, Brandon, .331; Cole Manuel, Clinton, .303; Braden Smith, Brandon, .301; Talan Theriot, Luling, La., .282; and Dominick Regira, Gonzales, La., .261.
Other statistical leaders include: runs scored, Dunsford (46), Theriot (43), Rogers (39) and Smith (38); hits, Dunsford (60), Rogers (55), Theriot and Russell (46), Smith (44) and Manuel (43); doubles, Dunsford (15), Theriot (12) and Rogers, Smith and Regira (10) each; triples, Smith (3) and Rogers, Regira and Bryson Jones (2) each; homeruns, Smith (9) and Dunsford, Manuel (6) each and Rogers and Russell (5) each.
Pitching leaders include: Caden Freeman (Holly Springs, 2-2) 0.46 ERA, 19 2/3 innings, eight hits, five runs, 12 walks and 15 strikeouts; Andrew Marble (Hurley, 4-1) 2.91 ERA, 58 2/3 innings, 44 hits, 25 runs, 16 walks and 75 strikeouts; Chase Russell (Madison, 5-2) 2.97 ERA, 57 2/3 innings, 51 hits, 24 runs, 12 walks and 33 strikeouts; Josh Lee (Gulfport, 6-1) 3.90 ERA, 60 innings, 63 hits, 27 runs, 11 walks and 62 strikeouts; Micah Daniell (Hattiesburg, 5-1) 4.24 ERA, 34 innings, 31 hits, 20 runs, 15 walks and 22 strikeouts; Colton Smith (Bossier City, La., 3-3) 4.65 ERA, 40 2/3 innings, 38 hits, 33 runs, 19 walks and 42 strikeouts; Brycen Smith (Sumrall, 4-1) 4.82 ERA, 28 innings, 23 hits, 21 runs, 20 walks and 28 strikeouts; T.J. Dunsford (Grand Bay, Ala., 1-1) 8 1/3 innings, seven hits, nine runs, four walks and 10 strikeouts and Coleman Capaci (Kenner, La., 1-0) 5.91 ERA, 10 2/3 innings, 14 hits, 11 runs, four walks and six strikeouts.
Jones scores 7.12 runs per game and is giving up 4.89 runs per game.