1994

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ECCC takes two from ltawamba By Will Price The Mend1an Star Ricky John then s ingled both runners home. Bryan walked and Cooley delivered his three-run homer. -

DECATUR - The ECCC Warriors swept two baseball games from the visiting I tawamba Indians Sunday, taking the first game 8-3, and then winning the nightcap 16-7. The victories improved the Warriors to 5-1, while Itawamba fell to 5-6. ECCC next sees action at Hinds Tuesday, while the Indians will host EMCC in their open– ing division contest. Brooks Bryan picked up the first game win, in relief of Tommy Holland while Chris Willis suf– fered the loss. ECCC got eight hits, with Brandon Gray going 3-for-4, with a triple and a double. Shannon Cooley was 2-for-3 with a home run. Itawamba picked up six hits, one of those a homer by Stacey Hathcock. MI thought Holland threw real great, having come off of arm surgery, and then (we had) Bryan come on strong in the fifth after walking two, get– ting a strikeout and a double play," ECCC coach Jamie Clark said. "I think that was the key to the game. We were down 3-2, and had the bases load– ed- The Warriors scored in the first, when Bryan walked and then rounded the bases on Gray's triple. The Indians went ahead 2-1 in the fourth, when Brent Farrar and Shawn Holliday both scored. ECCC tied it in its half of the fourth after John Herrington walked and later scored on a passed ball. Hathcock homered in the fifth to put the Indians back on top 3-2. Cooley singled in the fifth, and moved up two bases on passed balls before scoring on Gray's double. ECCC then wrapped it up with five runs in the sixth, Michael Petyak led off with a walk, followed by Matt Smith, who reached base on an error.

Cooley, a preseason J UCO All-America who has committed to Northeast Louisiana, has three home runs for the year. He hit his third one in the second game. •• "This was my best day," Cooley said. "I had been in a slump wit h only two hits prior to today." • ECCC 16, Itawamba 7: The Warriors picked up 14 hits to the Indians' 11 in the second game. Cooley proved he not only could hit, but also came on in relief of winner Mike Hammack in the fifth inning with ECCC leading 10-7 and shut the Indians down the rest ofthe way. Kevm Austin took the loss. Raymond Johnson and Kevm Nelso, both went 2-or-3 to lead ECCC. Nelson had a triple, while: Johnson had a double. In addition to the homer, Cooley also added a double, as di d Dusty Ivy and Chns Estes. Itawamba had three home r uns, one each from Jeff Harmon, Stephen Hood and Chad Dill. John, Cooley and Gray all scored in the first to give ECCC a 3-l lead. After Dill's ·homer cut 1t to 3-2, Chris Bond and Chris Ezelle both scored giving the Warriors a 5- 2 lead after: two innings. The Indians then tied it 5-5 in the top of the third, but ECCC came back in its half of the third and scored five when Byran , Petyak, .Johnson, Ezelle and John all cro~!'ed the plate. Harmon hit his two-run shot in the fifth making it 10-7 and bringing on Cooley. Ivy led off the fifth with h1s double and Cooley homered making it 1 12-7 Petyak, Ron Forsythe, Mark Fanning and Herrington, running for Estes, all scored in the sixth for the final margin of victory.

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