After a surprising upset Friday night, the Starkville High baseball team couldn’t quite complete the storybook ending.
Madison Central, rated the No. 2 high school baseball team in the country earlier this month by Baseball America, defeated Starkville 19-1 in five innings in Saturday’s winner-take-all Game 3 in the MHSAA Class 6A playoffs.
After the Yellow Jackets struck first with a run in the top of the first, Madison Central put the game away early with 12 runs in the bottom frame. Madison Central scored a run in all four innings it batted.
The Yellow Jackets, who gave Madison Central only its second loss of the season Friday, collected three hits while allowing 11 hits.
Hodge is the former sports editor for The Dispatch.
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