Friday, March 29, 2002
PRCC, Southwest split
Wildcats win 1-0, then lose 1-0 to drop to 19-6 overall, 7-3 in league play

     POPLARVILLE   Pearl River split with Southwest Mississippi in South Division
community college doubleheader baseball action here Friday, winning the first game 1-0, but losing the nightcap by the same score.
     PRCC dropped to 19-6 overall and 7-3 in division play with the loss, while
Southwest improved to 10-15 and 4-8.
     The Wildcats went up 1-0 in the bottom of the first when Eric Adkins of Purvis
bashed a two-out double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored off a single by
Jeff Middleton of Mobile.
     Only four Southwest players reached base in the contest.
     Middleton (3-1) hurled a one-hitter in picking up the win. He struck out six over
his seven innings on the mound, while walking two. Lucien Weber (2-4) was the losing pitcher, striking out six, walking none, and hitting two batters.
     Eric Adkins of Purvis paced PRCC's six-hit attack with a double and a single,
while Nate Murray of Bogalusa, Jake Smith of Picayune High, and Jared Harris of
Poplarville all singled.
     Marshall Varnado's lead off double in the top of the sixth was Southwest's only
hit.
     In the nightcap, the Bears scored the winning run in the top of the seventh when
Michael Clements walked and Dustin Wilkinson followed with a single. That set the
stage for Varnado's RBI single to ice the game.
     Winning pitcher Mike Dumiller (2-2) struck out two in the bottom of the seventh
with a Wildcat base runner at third. He finished the game with seven strikeouts, while
walking two.
     Jonathan Mitcham (3-1) of North Forrest was the losing pitcher in going the
distance. He struck out five and walked three.
     Justin Gros of Oak Grove paced PRCC's four-hit effort with two singles, while
Adkins and Jason Santiago of St. Stanislaus both singled.
     Southwest finished with six hits   all singles by Wilkinson, Varnado, Tim Daigle,
Phillip Coffey, Brady Sledge, and Justin Chiasson.
     Pearl River travels to Copiah-Lincoln in Wesson Tuesday for a 4 p.m. division
doubleheader, then visits East Mississippi in Scooba next Thursday for a 3 p.m. non-
division twin bill.