BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – GAME 1 – BMCU and Mobile kicked off their SSAC series here Friday in doubleheader action, with Mobile grabbing Game 1 by a score of 12-2.
The Rams got three runs in the third but did most of the damage in the fifth and sixth innings, scoring nine runs across those two innings.
Sam Bowman and Trey Simpkins caused most of the Toppers' problems, as the pair combined for six hits and six RBI for Mobile.
Blue Mountain would get its runs in the first on a Will Crawford RBI single and then in the fourth when Austin Garrison scored on an error.
Garrison and Redding would both have two hits each for the Toppers in the loss.
Benji Webb (5-5) was saddled with the loss for Blue Mountain, tossing 4.2 innings, giving up eight earned runs on nine hits with four Ks.
 
GAME 2
Blue Mountain looked to be in control in the nightcap, but a faulty ninth inning would give the Rams a 5-2 victory, along with the series.
The Toppers opened the scoring in the bottom of the third with a sac-fly from Josiah Rivera to score Hayden Redding.
Rivera struck again in the bottom of the seventh, knocking Redding in again with an infield single.
Topper righty Cameron Gordon shut down the Mobile offense for seven innings until the Rams would tie it in the top of the eighth with an RBI single from Sam Bowman and an RBI double to left by Jaron Harris.  BMCU shortstop Austin Garrison would cut down a runner at home on the play on the relay from left to keep the score even.
Mobile would break the tie in the top of the ninth after the Toppers had to go to the bullpen, as the Rams would get three bases-loaded walks to take the 5-2 lead and victory.
Despite the stellar outing, Gordon (3-5) would take the loss on the bump, tossing eight innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with six Ks.
Redding finished with three hits, while Rivera had two and a pair of RBI.
The two teams will complete the series Saturday at Topper Field with first pitch at 1 p.m. CT.
 
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