No. 3 Pearl River takes down Itawamba and Holmes in non-conference meeting

GOODMAN, Miss. — The No. 3 Pearl River baseball team hit the road Tuesday evening to face a pair of MACCC foes in non-conference matchups and took down Itawamba 6-1 and Holmes 8-2.

"I thought we did an excellent job today of being locked in during our first at-bat," head coach Michael Avalon said. "We scored in the first inning of each game and set the tone early. Our pitchers did an excellent job of pitching ahead of the count throughout the day."

PEARL RIVER 6, ITAWAMBA 1.

Pearl River (12-3 overall) set the tone early, scoring a run three batters into the afternoon. Creek Robertson (Oxford; Madison Central) singled and promptly swiped second base, and Hollis Porter (Hurley; East Central) ripped a single up the middle to bring him home, 1-0.

Eli Waters (Petal) delivered in his second start of the year, racking up two strikeouts and a ground out to end the first inning.