emotional times

One week after pitcher Chase Wroten’s tragic death from a stroke, Hinds Community College returned to the playing field on Friday. In what had to be a very emotional day for the Eagles at Moss Field in Raymond, they swept an MACJC South Division doubleheader against Copiah-Lincoln 4-3 and 8-4. Freshman Tyler Akins carried the day for Hinds, getting the win on the mound in the opener and homering in both games. Hinds, which began the season ranked in the top 10, is 21-15 and 7-11 in the South, still in the chase for a berth in the postseason.
P.S. Mississippi College honored its seniors on Friday at Frierson Field in Clinton, and three of them came up large in the rubber game of its series against LeTourneau. After dropping the opener of the doubleheader, the Choctaws fell behind 5-0 in Game 2 but rallied for an 11-8 win. Seniors Andy Smith and Stuart Magee blasted home runs for MC, and senior Terrell Prescott notched his first career save with three scoreless innings. Magee, a Hinds CC product, leads the Choctaws with nine homers and 42 RBIs. He drove in three runs in the series opener on Thursday. MC (22-16), which has a regular season game left against Tougaloo on Tuesday, will play at Concordia-Texas next weekend in a best-of-3 series to start American Southwest Conference postseason play. The winners of the four opening round series advance to the ASC Tournament. … Millsaps’ season likely ended with its 2-and-out performance in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. The Majors (24-18) are a longshot for an NCAA Division III Tournament at-large bid. It’ll be the second straight year the Majors have missed the postseason.