The LeTourneau University dropped a twinbill to host Mississippi College, 2-1 and 14-11 on Saturday afternoon.
Mississippi College (8-11, 7-8 ASC) scored twice in the bottom of the seventh in game one and rallied from an 11-9 deficit to score five runs in the seventh and eighth inning to pick up a 14-11 win in game two.
Game 1
Garrett Methvin, Sean Sellers and Bryce Griffin each had two hits but the rest of the LeTourneau order was held without a hit in a 2-1 loss.
LeTourneau took a 1-0 lead in the first as Griffin and Sellers singled to start the game, the two moved to second and third, respectively following a sacrifice bunt. Then, Methvin picked up his first RBI of the game with a single up the middle.
The game remained 1-0 until the seventh inning. With one out, the Choctaws' Tate Ratcliff singled up the middle. He moved to second on a ground out for the second out of the inning. With two out, then, Layton Grant singled to left field, scoring Ratcliff just ahead of the throw to tie the game at 1.
After a LeTourneau pitching change, Grant stole second and the Choctaws' Robbie Jernigan doubled down the right-field line to score Grant for the come-from-behind win.
LeTourneau starter Cody Whitley picked up the loss for his first defeat on the season, falling to 4-1. MC starter Jayme Monroe went the distance, allowing six hits and an earned to run to improve to 1-4.
The YellowJackets return to Longview for its next four games including an out-of-conference game on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Conrad-Vernon Field against Wiley College. LeTourneau comes into the contest with an 11-0 mark at home.