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EC Warriors fall to 7-8 with Three Rivers on tap

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Bv MARTY STAMPER Democrat sports editor

a one-hitter and struck out nine as EC knocked off the previOusly-unde– feated Bulldogs in the opener Ken– yon Gardner had a grand slam and Brooks Bryan went 3-for-4 to pace the Warriors. Chris Bond had a single and a double, while Dusty Ivey had two singles. Gulf Coast took the nightcap behind Doug Thompson's five-hitler. EC's only run came on a second in– ning home run by Kevin Nelson. Ricky John had a pair of singles for the Warriors. Thompson improved to 3-0, while Mitch Covington (0-2) took the loss. BOSSIER PARISH 5·6, ECCC 0-4: The Cavaliers took a pair of games from the Warriors Thursday in De– catur. Michael Whitlow tossed a no– hitter for Bossier in the opener. Brandel Russell <0-1) took the loss. Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth in the nightcap, EC loaded the bases with only one out but was able to score just one run. After the Cavahers took a 6-4 lead in the top of the eighth. EC had the tying run at second base but was unable to come up with the key hit. Warrior starter Hank Thoms < H J took the loss, despite holding llw defending Region 23 runnerup Ca\.'a liers to four runs in 7 plus lllllllli!S

The East Central Community Col– lege Warriors suffered through a 1-5 week on the baseball diamond las t \\"eek, but did put a to-run whipping on prev iously-undefeated Gulf Coast. The good news is that the Warriors have road trips to South Division powers Gulf Coast and Pearl River out of the way. The Warriors host the tradition– ally-strong Raiders of Three Rivers in Poplar Bluff, Mo., in a five-game series this weekend. The teams open play Thursday with a single game at 5 p.m. with doubleheaders set for 1 p.m . on Friday and Saturday. EC takes a 7-8 record into the series. "Our pitching has been very good, but it takes more than that to win and we aren't getting the other things," ECCC head coach J amie Clark said. EC was no-hit and two-hit in last week's games and key defensive lapses resulted in one loss. ECCC 10-1, GULF COAST 0-3: The Warriors s pht a South Division doubleheader a t Pe rkinston on March 8. Jason Wilkins (3-1) tossed

East Central third baseman Raym: •nd Johnson (left) of Philadelphia tags out a Bossier Parish runner in a rundow 1n Thursday's second game of a doubleheader in Decatur. EC is host1ng Three Rivers of Poplar Bluff, Mo., in five-game senes. Thursday-Saturdlly The Warriors are out to snap a five-game losing skid. EC rell to 7·6, while Bossier 111l· Pearl River led 7-0 in the opener Mitch Covington fell to 0-3 in tt proved to ll!l. . . before EC's Ron Cook broke up the nightcap as the Warriors failed · PEARL RIVER 7·5. ecce 2-0; T111• shutout with a homer m the top of cross the plate.

Warriors dropp1•cl hoth games of t1 the seventh. EC stranded 10 runners South Division dnuhll•ht'ader nt in the setback. Brooks Bryan <1-2)

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