RAYMOND — The way Northeast Mississippi right-hander Brad Luna was pitching, opportunities would be few and far between for Hinds Community College.

The sophomore pitcher pitched a complete-game gem, allowing only one run on seven hits, as Northeast beat Hinds 6-1 in the opener of the Wes Cliburn Classic on Thursday. Hinds defeated Panola (Texas) 2-1 in the nightcap.

Hinds (8-3) split a doubleheader with Northeast in the season opener.

“Not a very good game on our part,” Hinds coach Sam Temple said. “You’ve got to give credit to Northeast, they’ve got a really good team this year. We decided to hit late rather than early. A lot of credit goes to Luna, their pitcher. He’s one of the better pitchers in our league. This is early-season college baseball and we’ve got to use these games as a teaching point to us.”

Hinds starter Fraser Adams kept the opening contest close on the mound for most of his 42⁄3 innings, as Northeast could only scratch out a single run against the lefty.

In the fourth, the Tigers got an RBI single from Seth Kennedy to expand their lead to 2-0.

Hinds finally strung together consecutive hits in the fourth. Manny Estrada and PCA product Michael Busby ripped Luna for one-out singles. Busby was later thrown out at second, but Zach Polzin flied out to right to allow Estrada to sprint home for the Eagles’ only run of the day.

In the fifth, the Tigers knocked Adams out of the contest. A double by Michael Collie led off the frame and  Jordan Gurley scored him on a RBI single. Hunter Mize singled to put two in scoring position for leadoff man Ty Shirley, who ripped a single into the gap to score both and give Northeast a 5-1 advantage.

Michael Porter relieved Adams after Stuckey’s single and induced an easy flyout to center to end the threat.

Ben Wallis completed the scoring for Hinds with an RBI single in the seventh.

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