Campbell Perfect At The Plate In Doubleheader Defeat At Blue Mountain

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – The Rust College baseball program lived up to the namesake of their road trip . . . blue . . . as they had a difficult time slowing the Toppers of BMCU in a pair of seven inning affairs, 10-2 and 11-0.

The Basics: 

• Score (Game 1 – 7 Innings)
• • Blue Mountain Christian – 10
  • Rust – 2
    

• Score (Game 2 – 7 Innings)
• • Blue Mountain Christian – 11
  • Rust – 0

• Records
• • Rust (1-12, 0-0 Gulf Coast)
  • Blue Mountain Christian (10-3, 1-2 Southern States)

• Location
• • Blue Mountain, Mississippi – BMCU Sportsplex

• Series History (Since 2011)
• • Blue Mountain Christian Leads 20-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2011)
• • Blue Mountain Christian (W20) | Rust's Last Win: N/A

Rust Top Performers:

• Xavier Campbell did not know what getting out looked like, at least not on Tuesday, going 3-for-3 in game two with a double against Toppers pitching.

• Rashid Muhammad drove home the only two runs of the doubleheader in a single swing, bringing both Malik Berrien and T. Howard around to score.

• What Campbell did at the plate on the backend of the twin-bill, Matthew LeBlanc had a similar stat line in the opener, managing a 2-for-2 showing (both singles) as he also swiped a bag.

• Christian Hill reached base thrice in the first contest, being one of two players to draw multiple walks (Kyrent Cole being the other) while also notching a hit.

• Mykelti Jordan and Tyler Keys were both lights out at the backend of the pen, combining to throw four scoreless innings with just a single walk as their only blemish in addition to three strikeouts.
  

Next:

• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference competition begins its second season in northern Mississippi on Saturday as the Baseball Bearcats begin a three-game series with the Talladega Tornadoes in Alabama with first pitch of a doubleheader starting at 11:30 a.m. and the final matchup being Sunday at noon.

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