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In case you missed this late Friday night, Mississippi College beat Sul Ross State 36-9 in the second game of a doubleheader at Alpine, Texas. According to MC, the 36 runs are the most scored by the team since at least 1997, when the Choctaws moved to NCAA Division III (from D-II). The Choctaws had 28 hits and belted three home runs, two more than they had hit all season to that point. (They also benefitted from a jaw-dropping 12 errors by Sul Ross.) Senior Spencer Brunson went 4-for-7 with four RBIs and five runs. Jeremy Simmons, Mike Kerdock, Blaine Posey and Rob Thomas had three hits apiece, and Thomas, Daniel Wass and Zach Evans homered. MC only failed to score in one of the nine innings, the fifth. But here’s the craziest part: The Choctaws had innings of one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight runs. Cannot imagine that happening too many times before at any level of the game anywhere. … Alas, MC lost the non-conference series two games to one. The Choctaws (6-8) stranded 12 runners in the 12-6 loss in Saturday’s rubber game.