1995

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McBride, Nelson and Ivy all crossed the plate in their half of the inning. Bryan, ·McBride and Nelson scored in the seventh to t.ie the game at 9-9 and send it into an extra inning. In the eighth, Chi·is Ezell walked and after Ricky John was intentionally walked , Bryan singled home Ezell with the winning run. • East Centr a l 10. Itawamba 1: The Warnors got five good innings from Willi~ Lally, who got his first decision. : Michael Gable took the los" and fell to 0-2. Ivy was 2-for-2 with a dou– ble, Carv Lambert went 2-for- 2 with ·a grand slam home run, Nel~on was 2-for-3 with a double and a homer and Ron Cook added a triple to lead the Warriors nt the plate. The Indians picked up their lone run in the top ,of the first . ECCC got all the runs it need– ed when Nplson and Ivy scored in the second. The Warrior:; got six more in the fourth when Qook. lvy, Chris Bond, Hank Thoms , Lambert and Shane McGee all scored. The big hits in the inning were Cook .. s triple, Ivy's double :md Lambert's grand slam. East Central then closed out the scoring in the fifth on Nelson's homer. Chris Bond later :;cored the final run of the game.

By Will Price The Meridian Star

DECATUR - After losing a doubleheader Friday night, the East Central Community College Warriors bounced back to beat sweep Itawamba Community College Saturday. East Central took the first game 10-9 in eight inning::; then won the nightcap 10-1. The two wins put the Warriors at 6-3 on the season while the Indians fell to 2-8. Brooks Bryan, ECCC's fifth pitcher of the game, got the win and is now 1-0 , while Brad Stokes , ICC's third pitcher, suffered the loss and fell to 0-2. Bryan also went 4- for-5, scored two r uns and drove in the winning run. Dusty Ivy went 3-for -4, with a home run and Kevin Nelson had two doubles. Brian Pepper put the Indians up 1-0 with his homer in the second inning but the Warriors tied it in their half of the second on a homer from Ivy. ICC seemed to put the game away in the third inning when it scored five runs and then added another in the fifth for a 7 -1lead. But ECCC rallied, starting its comeback in the fifth when Ivy reached on an error and later scored. Aft.er the Indians took a 9-2 lead in the sixth , the Warriors cut the deficit to 9-6 when Bryan, Greg

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