EMCC’s Jaxen Forrester earns MACJC Pitcher of the Week honors

SCOOBA – For his no-hitter during last Friday's road win over East Central, East Mississippi Community College's Jaxen Forrester has been named MACJC Baseball Pitcher of the Week.

A sophomore right-hander, Forrester had nine strikeouts and two walks during the Lions' 10-1 nightcap victory over the Warriors last week in Decatur.  He allowed only five ECCC batters to reach base, while throwing 61 of his 93 pitches for strikes, during the seven-inning complete game.  The only score Forrester gave up was an unearned run in the last inning on an infield throwing error.

Earlier in the week against Northwest Mississippi, Forrester had four strikeouts, including a dropped third strike, in one inning of relief work.  For the week, the Spanish Fort, Alabama product struck out 13 batters and walked three while allowing only two runs (both unearned) on just one hit during eight total innings of work.

For the season, Forrester owns a 2-1 record with a 2.93 earned run average in nine pitching appearances for head coach Brett Kimbrel's EMCC Lions.  Along with his 34 strikeouts in 27.2 innings pitched, Forrester has allowed only 13 total hits on the year.