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vers flows Central riors' Williams gets four hits y Stamper j starter Greg Smith (0.2). The Star The Raiaers had beaten Nor– theast 4-1 and Jones 11-5 earlier on their spring break tour.

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'UR- Despite a 4-for ;>erformance from 1\~n . , Bast Central dropptrrl ugfest to Three Hl\'l'r :hris Gay IV Field Mu noon. ~ivers had 20 hits, whl 11. e the best hitting tC:lf)l in two years," ECCt' nie Clark said. "Taklr1';-~ g into consideralitlll , be one of the top tlu t we've seen in my tWn e. " Rivers is a perennl1ll er in Missouri, mukin, on's finals three of th ears. vas definitely our bc~t production we've hn I • Th1·ee Rivers cott<' 1 is said. "We definite! :bec~use Jamie's squall g right back at us th e." siting Raiders (5-0 gle runs in the first anil ings and added tw e third when Tim Elh ie Ayers ripped coi homers off ECC· • •

Thr ee Rivers led 5-0 before Williams hit the first of his two homers in the bottom of the fourth. Alfred Triplett, who had reached on an error, also scored. The Raiders added three more runs in the fifth and another in the six to lead 9-2. Triplett and Williams added RBI singles to close the gap to 9-4 in the sixth. The 5-4 Warriors added four runs in the seventh. Scott Hill doubled and Scott Fulcher, who turned in two sparkling defensive P..lays in the game, singled. After l'riplett added an RBI single, Williams smashed his second homer of the game, a three-run shot well beyond the 320.foot sign iu left field. ''Williams had a great day," Clark said. The freshman right fielder came in batting .056. "He hnd hit the ball hard several times, but he hit it right at peo– ple. J don't know if there's such a U1ing ns a hard .056, but his was." 'J'hrec llivers added three uncnr·ncd J"Uns in the eighth, with n :1msscd bnll and an error by HiiJ nt first base leading to the updBin

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3-for-3 with three walks~ He scored four runs and had two RBI. Jamie Rader also had four hits for the Missouri team. Matt Harris 0-Q) got the win, while Tim Sharp earned a save, pitching the final two innings . Four ECCC pitchers combined to issue 10 walks "I think it's safe to say this was our first bad pitching perfor– mance of the year," Clark added.

ECCC, which is currently among the top two teams in the MJCAA 's South Division, scored twice in the eighth when, with the bases loaded, Fulcher was hit by a pitch and Triplett walked. Williams came up with two outs, but his slow roller was field– ed by Raider shortstop John Moon in time for the third out. Moon also had a great day at the plate for Three Rivers going

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