Kody Kimbrough
Kody Kimbrough went 3-for-3 with 2 HR and a career-high 5 RBIs against Co-Lin.
13
Winner Northwest NWCC 5-2
1
Copiah-Lincoln CLCC 5-6
Winner
Northwest NWCC
5-2
13
Final
1
Copiah-Lincoln CLCC
5-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Northwest NWCC 1 5 3 0 4 13 13 0
Copiah-Lincoln CLCC 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2

W: Smith, Colt (2-0) L: Shane Brown (1-1)

2
Winner Delgado DCC 10-1
1
Northwest NWCC 5-3
Winner
Delgado DCC
10-1
2
Final
1
Northwest NWCC
5-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Delgado DCC 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0
Northwest NWCC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2

W: Ebersole (2-0) L: Liles, Colin (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Kevin Maloney

Rangers Split a Pair with Co-Lin, #6 Delgado

WESSON – Northwest split a pair of games at Copiah-Lincoln's Sullivan Field on Saturday morning, knocking off the Wolfpack 13-1 in five innings before falling 2-1 to 6th-ranked Delgado on an RBI-single in the final frame.

Northwest moved to 5-3 on the year while Co-Lin fell to 5-6 and Delgado improved to 10-1.

(Game 1) Sophomore Kody Kimbrough went 3-for-3 with two home runs, a double and career-high five RBIs as the Rangers pounded out 13 runs off 13 hits in five innings against Co-Lin.

Freshman Colt Smith (2-0) tossed a complete game, scattering three hits, one run and a career-high eight strikeouts.

After trading single runs in the first inning on Dalton Dulin's RBI-double and Adrian Brown's RBI-double, it was all Northwest as the Rangers outscored the Wolfpack 12-0 the ensuing four innings.

A five-run second inning, highlighted by Kimbrough's two-run home run to left center, and three-run third inning, gave the Rangers a commanding 9-1 lead after three.

Jamell Newson was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and RBIs in the leadoff spot while Stephen Sexton, Dulin and Kimbrough all finished with multiple hits in the win.

(Game 2) A great pitcher's duel ensued in the Rangers' final game of the day, playing Delgado, last year's World Series participant, to a 2-1 game and falling in the final inning.

Clay Casey's solo home run to left in the second gave Northwest a 1-0 lead before Delgado answered right back with a run of its own in the third on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.

Northwest had the go-ahead run 90 feet away in both the fifth and sixth innings with only one out, but both times could not scratch across a run. 

Delgado then scored the eventual game-winning run in the seventh as Troy Lewis reached on a fielder's choice, stole second, reached third on a failed pickoff and then scored on a bloop single to right by Cody Ducote.

The duo of Brooks Vial and Jonathan Ebersole (2-0) struck out 11 Rangers and scattered four hits and a run. Peter Barton tossed the first three innings before Colin Liles (1-1) closed out the final four and was the hard-luck loser despite allowing just two hits and no earned runs.  

Northwest will return to action on Sunday, March 1 at 10 a.m. against 5th-ranked Southeastern Iowa. The doubleheader will be played at Warren Central High School in Vicksburg, Miss. Live stats will be available.