Wildcats split doubleheader with Coastal Alabama South

BAY MINETTE, Ala. — No. 8 Pearl River baseball saw two polar opposite games Saturday when it split a doubleheader against Coastal Alabama South 13-9 and 4-3.

"I thought what happened today is what happens a lot in JUCO baseball," PRCC coach Michael Avalon said. "The first game is high scoring and in the second game the pitching staffs adjust and settle down."

PEARL RIVER 13, COASTAL ALABAMA SOUTH 9

The Wildcats (10-2) got down early to Coastal Alabama (6-7) 4-0 before Wiley Cleland (Columbia; Columbia Academy) hit a solo shot over the right field wall to put PRCC on the board.

Noah Barron (Hoover, Ala.) followed it up with a double that scored Matt Taylor (Raleigh) and cut the Wildcat deficit to two.

Coastal Alabama answered back with a two run homer to extend its lead to 6-2 in the bottom of the third.