getting pierced

Jones County Junior College, seemingly loaded with strong arms, swept East Central in Ellisville on Friday and climbed to 15-5 (first) in the MACJC South Division. Andrew Pierce, the sophomore right-hander from Stringer, came on for Vito Perna to notch a save in a 5-3 win in the opener. This came three days after the Southern Miss signee beat Southwest 3-0 with a one-hit, 14-strikeout performance. Pierce is 7-1 and has three saves for the 29-13 Bobcats. Perna is 7-0. And Logan Riddell, who tossed a four-hitter in Game 2 on Friday as JCJC took a 2-1 victory, is 6-4. As of this morning, the Bobcats are trailed in the standings by Gulf Coast at 11-7, Pearl River at 11-9 and ECCC at 11-11. Nothing’s really settled yet in the seven-team race for the division’s four postseason berths. Holmes, which swept Itawamba at Fulton in a big twinbill on Friday, has clinched at least a share of the North title at 17-5. Northwest is 13-5, ICC and East Mississippi 12-8 and Northeast 11-9.