For the second Friday in a row, St. Aloysius’ baseball team toppled Tallulah Academy.

Evan Mallard pitched a gem, striking out eight batters in six shutout innings, and the Flashes blew the game open by scoring six runs over the last three innings as they defeated Tallulah Academy 9-1.

St. Al (5-6) won 14-4 when the teams played last Friday at Bazinsky Field in Vicksburg, and then again in the rematch in Tallulah.

Carson Smith hit an RBI double and scored in the third inning to stake the Flashes to a 3-0 lead, then their late-inning surge put it away.

Keller Bradley scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning, Pierson Smith hit an RBI double and Carson Smith an RBI single in the sixth, and Pierson Smith and Clark Hobson both had RBI singles in the seventh to make it 9-0.

Tallulah’s only run came on an RBI single by Denton Ray in the bottom of the seventh. Ray was 1-for-2 with a single, walk and RBI, and Luke Moberley had two hits for the Trojans (4-4).

Pierson Smith and Carson Smith both finished with two hits and two RBIs for St. Al. Walt Andrews also reached base three times and scored a run, and Sadler Lambiotte was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

Mallard was sharp on the mound for the Flashes. He went six innings and scattered four hits and two walks while striking out eight. Max Hargrave finished up in the seventh inning.

Madison-St. Joseph 16. Vicksburg 0
Jackson Winans and Brandon Burkes drove in three runs apiece, and Madison-St. Joe scored in every inning of a run-rule shortened win over Vicksburg High (3-8).

Burkes was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored, and Winans was 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored.

Nick Carson was 2-for-3 with a triple for Vicksburg, and Kaleb Doss had a single and a stolen base.

The Gators will host Greenville Saturday at 2 p.m. at Showers Field.