BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College sits all alone at the top of the Southern States Athletic Conference baseball standings after a weekend three-game sweep at Blue Mountain Christian.

The Stallions began with a 12-11 comeback over Blue Mountain in the first game of Friday's doubleheader, then capped it with an 8-2 victory. Saturday's game ended 6-1 in ABAC's favor. 

The victories give ABAC a 33-14 overall record and 17-7 in the SSAC. They are a game ahead of Thomas University (16-8) going into this week's regular season finale against UT Southern (13-11). Loyola and William Carey are tied for third at 15-9.

ABAC and UT Southern have a doubleheader scheduled Thursday beginning at 2 p.m. The third game will be Friday at 1 p.m. A sweep Friday would clinch the regular season championship.

GAME 1

After perhaps their roughest first two innings of the season, ABAC turned it around. Six runs over the 6th and 7th innings secured them a 12-11 win.

The teams were tied at 11 going into the 7th. Chasin Cash broke that tie with a single through the left side to score Quinten Rawls.

Tre'von Lee, who entered in relief in the 6th frame, gave up a one-out single in the bottom of the 7th, but a pop-out and fly to center ended the game.

ABAC scored three in the 1st: a bases-loaded walk to Joe Cooney to bring in Quinten Rawls and a Drew Rothschild double to play Cash and Zack Bowman. 

However, BMC not only scored five in their half of the 1st, but tacked on four more in the 2nd, leaving the Stallions down 9-3.

ABAC edged closer with a three-run 4th. It was Cash coming through again, this time clearing the bases on a double down the line. Bowman, Rawls and Billy Girgis came in and the visitors were now down 9-6.

Two innings later, the Stallions had a lead.

Girgis touched home on Bowman's sac fly; Cash doubled in Rawls before coming in on another sac fly, this one by Cooney. ABAC was down a run when Cameron Campbell homered, plating Dylan Davis.

Blue Mountain scored one run in the bottom of the 6th to tie, setting up Cash's game-winner.

The top of the order went 12-for-13 for ABAC. Rawls had five hits, Cash four and Bowman three. Cash drove in five runs and Rawls scored four times.

Reliever Drew Hurst came in during the 2nd and kept the Stallions afloat with two earned runs over four innings. Lee pitched the last two frames for his third win of the year.

GAME 2

Unlike the first game, the Stallions took a lead and only added to it.

Two runs crossed in the 2nd, courtesy of hits by Cameron Campbell and Quinten Rawls, scoring Kam Taylor and Campbell, respectively.

Blue Mountain had one run in the same inning, but by the time they scored again, ABAC had added six to cruise to victory.

Chasin Cash continued his hot streak with a solo homer in the 3rd, but was ejected after flipping his bat as he began his trot around the bases. Dallas Durden played the remainder of the series at first base.

Drew Rothschild made it 4-1 by bringing in Taylor on a sacrifice fly. In the same inning, Talan Watson picked up an RBI by driving in Campbell.

In the 4th, Dylan Davis came in on an unearned run and Campbell made it two homers in as many games, this one a two-run shot scoring Taylor.

BMC had a homer of their own in the 5th but got no closer. Lalan Ellis, earning his first save of the year did so by pitching three innings of no-hit ball. Kade Haywood gave up two runs over six innings pitched in winning his seventh game of 2026.

Taylor had three hits, including a double and a triple. Campbell drove in three runs.

GAME 3

ABAC wrapped the series Saturday, 6-1. After all the runs of the first two games, this one was quieter - for eight innings.

Blue Mountain had a 1-0 lead through three frames. The Stallions got a single run in the 4th on a Joe Cooney double (scoring Cameron Campbell), then took the lead in the 6th on a solo blast by Dylan Davis.

And that's where it stayed until a four-run explosion in the 9th.

An error brought home Quinten Rawls for an insurance run. Campbell came through with a two run single. Kam Taylor and Zack Bowman were the night's last two runs.

Both starting pitchers went deep, extremely deep into the game.

Trypp Lumpkin threw a complete game at 134 pitches. He struck out six and gave up 10 hits, eight of them singles.

BMC's Benji Webb was credited with 141 pitches before exiting in the top of the 9th. 

The Stallions had 14 hits, three each by Bowman and Cooney. Campbell drove in two runs.