NATCHEZ &8212; C.J. Wright arrived at Adams Christian with a keen eye for the ball, excellent athletic ability but one small flaw in his batting stance.

It got corrected quickly.

And now the former Natchez High three-sport athlete has really heated up at the plate. He came into Tuesday&8217;s contest against Copiah Academy hitting at a .522 clip, and he had two doubles with the second one driving in the game-winning run.

His double in the sixth scored two runs as the Rebels took a 6-5 win over Copiah to stay unbeaten in District 3-AA and record their 26th straight win at home.

&8220;I&8217;ve been keeping my weight back,&8221; said Wright, who drove in a run with his first double. &8220;They&8217;ve been helping me out a lot. Mr. (David) New and Coach (Brian) Rabb have been helping me out in the cage. They helped me out with that. They already knew what my problem was (when I got here).&8221;

Wright&8217;s double came with the score tied at 4-4 in the Rebels&8217; half of the sixth after two the first two batters reached base. He hits after slugger Timmy Foster in the lineup, and Wright came up after Foster was hit by a pitch and delivered with a shot to center that bounced in front of the center fielder and went to the wall.

Suddenly, the opposition is having to struggle with a hot-hitting batter ter for Adams Christian not named Foster or Cole Bradford.

&8220;We worked on his mechanics a little bit and changed it up,&8221; Adams Christian head coach Ron Rushing said of Wright&8217;s swing. &8220;But he&8217;s got a good eye for the ball, keeps his hands back and puts the ball in play. He&8217;s been swinging it well, and he stepped up and delivered. That&8217;s what a senior does.&8221;

It allowed the Rebels to snap out of a bit of a funk against Copiah starter Brock Campbell and put the game away to stay unbeaten in district. Campbell walked eight and hit five batters, but he held the Rebels to just five hits.

He walked Matt Barnes to lead off the sixth and hit Foster before facing Wright.

&8220;It was a fastball right down the middle &8212; it was like a beach ball,&8221; Wright said. &8220;He was wild, but you just had to take your time and look at the ball. When you see it, retaliate. He had a pretty good curveball. But we should have beaten this team by way more.&8221;

Wright had the only RBI of the game on hits for the Rebels, and they had to hold on in the seventh to put the game away. They left 12 runners on base, but the Colonels had similar frustrations with nine left on base &8212; including the tying run on third at the end of the game &8212; off Adams right-hander Timmy Foster.

&8220;Leaving people on base &8212; we&8217;ve got to find somebody who wants the bat in their hand at the end of the game,&8221; Copiah head coach Scotty Cline said. &8220;For the most part, we played some of the best baseball Copiah has played in a long time. If we can keep this up, we&8217;ll win a lot of ball games. Timmy Foster is one of the best pitchers in the state. For the most part, I&8217;m pleased.&8221;

Foster fanned 11, including seven in the final three innings, but had to fight through that tough seventh inning. Jed Stevens reached base on an error to lead off the seventh, and Bennett Wilson fought the count to 1-2 and fouled off two pitches before slapping a grounder to third that the Rebels misplayed.

The error brought Stevens home and allowed Wilson to get to second. A wild pitch moved him to third, but Foster struck out the next two guys to end the game.

&8220;Bennett is our best hitter we have right now,&8221; Cline said. &8220;Teams shift on him, and he hits it the other way. I was pleased with the way Phillips Douglas swung the bat tonight, and I thought we had a shot to win it with him hitting at that last at-bat.&8221;

The Colonels tied the score at 4-4 in the sixth off Foster when they loaded the bases with one out.