madness

The wind must have been blowing out on Saturday. Everywhere. How else to explain the strain of March madness that infected ball fields all over the area? At Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College scores 17 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Southwest; the two teams combined for six homers on the day. … At Scooba, Northeast CC beats East Mississippi 14-13 in Game 1, then comes back with eight more runs in the capper; the Tigers had 26 hits in the twinbill sweep. … At Mobile, Belhaven erupts for 20 runs on 28 hits in a GCAC doubleheader sweep of the host Rams. … At Ruston, La., Southern Miss plates seven in the first inning and goes on to a 15-7 win over Louisiana Tech; the Eagles hit five bombs. … At Conway, Ark., Millsaps rings up 15 runs on 16 hits to beat Hendrix. … And in the show-stopper of the day, at Memphis, Delta State scores 19 runs in each game — 38 total, for you non-math majors — to blow away Christian Brothers. … Official scorers all over are icing their fingers today.