1991

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Warriors hi By MARTY STAMPER Star sports writer DECATUR- When a team starts a season, one of its hopes is !hat the last game it plays will be for something important. East Central Community College's baseball War– riors found lhemselves in just that situation Thurs– day a they hosted Pearl River. An ECCC split at Gulf Coast Wednesday, along with a PRCC sweep of Southwest, meant that the Wamors needed a sweep in Thursday's MJCA South DtviSlon doubleheader to force a one-game playoff with PRCC for a berth in the MJCA state tournament \\hich begins today at Gulf Coast. ECCC held a 5-3 lead through five innings in the opener. but PRCC scored four runs in the sixth and added t"''O more in the seventh to take a 9-5 win. PRCC (26-1.! overall, 16-7 South) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the flrst on a two-run homer from Ja-

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mie Williamson. ECCC (18-20, 13-10) evened the game on a two– run homer over the scoreboard by North Alabama signee Wendell Whitehead in the bottom of the first. Brent Rossler gave PRCC a 3-2 lead in the sec– ond on a single to left field The Warriors got a line-drive RBI-single from Jake Yarbrough over a leaping Dustin O'Neal at second base in the fourth and took a 4-3 lead when Scott Hines' grounder got past Williamson at third base. The Warriors loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, but got only one run with it coming on a passed ball. ECCC's Jerry Dupuy (5-4), who came on in relief of Jon Powers in the third inning, ran into control problems in the sixth as he_walked three. Along

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