04 Jun

numbers to crunch

2 — Games ahead in the Southern League South for the first-place Mississippi Braves, who won their third straight game Monday night behind rehabbing big leaguer Brandon Beachy. 7 — Number of players at Mississippi schools who are listed on Baseball America’s Top 200 draft prospects chart (June 11 issue). They are Mississippi State’s Hunter Renfroe and Adam Frazier, Ole Miss’ Bobby Wahl, Stuart Turner and Mike Mayers, East Central Community College’s Tim Anderson and Northwest CC’s Cody Reed. Also on the list are Richton’s JaCoby Jones (LSU) and Pascagoula’s Colin Bray (Faulkner, Ala., State JC). 8 — Wins by former Ole Miss star Lance Lynn of St. Louis, after beating Arizona on Monday. 10 — Complete games this season by Belhaven’s Chris Good, who earned second-team NAIA All-America laurels after a 14-3, 2.18 season. 12 — Times reached base by State’s Alex Detz in the Starkville Regional; he was the MVP as the Bulldogs advanced to play Virginia in a Super Regional. 1,000 — Hits in the big leagues by Brian McCann, the former M-Braves star who reached the milestone in Monday’s win against Pittsburgh. 61,433 — Total attendance at the Starkville Regional, including 8,662 on Monday, when the Bulldogs beat Central Arkansas for the championship.

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