MCC Highlanders, Gators Split
 By: Candice Kelm SuperCentex.com Correspondent
 February 2, 2010

The McLennan Highlanders split today’s doubleheader with the second-ranked San Jacinto Gators.

San Jacinto took game one 4-0. Braden Embry had a double for the Highlanders and Landon Stanford took the loss on the mound.

MCC bounced back to win the second game, 3-2 in 10 innings. Cliff Archibald picked up the win and Garrett Carey went 3-5 including a double and the single in the 10th to score the winning run.

The Highlanders are 3-1 on the season and travel to Lufkin on Saturday for a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Angelina.

San Jacinto 4, McLennan 0
San Jacinto    100 200 1 – 4 5 1
McLennan      000 000 0 – 0 2 2
Chris McKenzie, Mark Herrera (6) and Ryan Hornback. Landon Stanford, Daniel Minor (5) and Steve Singleton. WP: McKenzie; LP: Stanford. Leading hitters – San Jacinto: Ryan Hornback (2-3); McLennan: Braden Embry (2B).

McLennan 3, San Jacinto 2
San Jacinto    100 001 000 0 – 2 10 1
McLennan      100 010 000 1 – 3 8 0
Tyler Wright, Hunter Silva (5), Andrew Beasley (7), Daniel Hoke (9), Clay Schrader (10) and Johnson Miller. Travis Martin, Taylor Burrow (5), Ryan Turner (7), Cliff Archibald (10) and Joel Quintanilla. WP: Archibald; LP: Schrader. Leading hitters – San Jacinto: Ryan Hornback (2-4, 2B); McLennan: Garret Carey (3-5, 2B) and Mat Beasley (2B). Record: McLennan 3-1.