1991

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Warriors spli 0 ,. still seek playoffs

was 5-for-6 on the day. The Bobcab had the bases loaded\\ ith no outs in the sixth, but ECCC reliever Jerr) Dupuy struck out Todd ~ash and got a double play ground ball to silence the rally. ECCC 's Wendell Whitehead reached on a two-out error in the bottom of lhe sixth and scored on Jamey Champion's double to cen– ter field. Trampas Amadee pro– vided an insurance run with a triple to right field. Both hits barely eluded JCJC outfielders. Jones had two on with two outs tn the seventh, but Dupuy (5-3) struck out Correll Keys to pre– serve the win. In the opener, JCJC got a lea– doff homer from Scott, followed by a triple from Shane Herrington to take a quick 2-0 lead. Scott added an RBI-double in the fourth, while Herrington's sac– rifice fly gave the Bobcats a 4-0 lead. ECCC's only run came in the fourth when Whitehead singled and scored on Champion's double. Nash singled home JCJC's final run in the sixth.

, DECATUR- East Central Community College' Warnors los~:llittle ground m the1r quest for a far e postseason baseball , bcr:tP fter a doubleheader split & v"th 'ones Wedne~day. but the) slill cuntrol their own destiny as , tho. a on winds down. 1 JCJ C took Wednesday's o~ne.r, 5-l. before ECCC rallted 2 Jor a 7-5 wtn in the nightcap. u P.G~C is in third place 10 the MJGA South Dh ~::.ion race at ) l2-~. The Warrior' arc 17-18 O\ r. 11. Pearl River mO\ d mto socodd place at 13-7 v. ith a triple– header sweep of Co-Lin. Jones is 8-12 in lhe league, 19-22 overall. After dropping the opener . ECCC fell behind 3-0 in the top of lhe first m the nightcap. A five-run second frame got the Warriors back 10 the playoff hunt Bntten Oubre, Clay Coun ille, and Scott Hines each had doub ec; w1th Courville's driving in v.o runs. Jake Yarbrough added an REI– single. Jones got one run back 10 the third on Dusty Hodgc:-o · sacrifice Oy and tied the game in the St~th on Jody Scott's RBI-singiC~ SeOlt

£ rig~t'al thc~. In the second game, we were hatting just out of their reach." ECCC visi ts league-leading Gu lf Coast Saturday at 3 p.m., while JCJC plays Hinds at 1 p.m. in Laurel that same day. ECCC hosts Pearl River on Tuesday. JCJC------·~·~·----200 201 0-S 11 0 ECCC------------000 1000-161 \\ P - Mtko Reid (6-S). LP - Jon Powers (3·3). lb- JCJC: Jody Scou. Shane Herrington. Roger Wood; OCCC: JameyO!ampion. JCJC.~~--~·-·~-·-·~·~·-···301 001 0-S 9 3 ECCC -~··--·-···--·-·········- OSO 002 x-7 I0 0 Wt - leqy o.ruY ($-3), LP- Jeremy Hadley (J.,~ JJ -l:CCC: l'ra.-.pu Amadee. IIR- on lJ. I v., "PPt:J\ L n

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"In the first game, the tone was set when the leadoff bauer hit the home run ," ECCC coach Jamie Clark said. "I really felt we played fairly decent. We hit some balls well , but they made the plays. I don ' t think you can feel too bad when that left-handcr (Mike Reid) beats you because he's a pretty good pitcher." Reid (6-5) tossed a six-hitter. ECCC had only one error in the two games. " In the second game, Dupuy came on and threw I ike we fee l he'sgoingtothrow,"Clarkadded. "It's a game ofinches. ID the first game. we were hitnnl!-th

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