1995

WEEK OF

Warriors sweep Raiders By Albert Crowther The Mend1an Star DECATUR - The weather wanned Saturday afternoon. So did the East Central Community College baseball team. . The Warriors picked up then· fourth consecutive victory. over visiting Three . R~vcrs Community College, wmnmg a 19-15 slugfest. East Central improved to 11- 8 while the Raiders fell to 6-10.

Three Rivers scored fir~t. get– ting three runs in th.e lop of the first inning, thanks m part to a two-run home run by Aaron --:.-----------"'--...-;...;;;;;;==.;;;...;;~-==-=--------.o..;;..;;'-,._;;__ __ __;;~ NeECCC came back in the bot- ECCC

the mound for East Central. Bill Collyott (1-21 ~utTered the loss, allowing 11 runs on eight hits in two-thirds of an inning walking only one. : Cook led ECCC by going 4- for-5 with a triple, a double. two singles and two RBI. Gardner was 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and two RBI. Nelson was 3-for-3 with a double, two singles and two RBI. Ricky John and Bryan were each 2-for·l'i with a double and single. Bryan added three

RBI. The Raiders were led b· ~cCauley, who was 5-for-6 ..: all singles - with three RBI South was 3-for-6 with a two run homer. a double. a sing1 and six RBI. Quire was ::l-for 4, New was 2-for-4 with a t wo run home run, a single anc two RBI. ECCC takes the field agait Wednesday at home at 4 p.m against Copiah-Lincolr Community College. Three River" ended its 12 game road tnp at 3-9.

tom of the innin~ and scored 12 Continued from page 18 runs as 16 Wamors went to the------------ plate. . . The Raiders got five runs in . ~on Cook had two ~tts m the thE' top of the eighth on two mmng. a double and ~mgle, and hits. McCauley blasted a two– two RBI. run s ingl e to cut t he ECCC ··cook and rKenyon) 9ardner ~ead to 19-12. have great bat speed,. ~CCC The Raiders scored three coach J~ume Clark satd. ~~th runs in the top of th e nint h on teams h1t t~e ball well today. a ba s es-loaded doubl e by The Ratders narro\~ed the South to get to the final score. lead to 12-4 on an RBI-smgle hy East Central had 19 hits LeRoy McCauley in the top ofand Three Rivers had 13. the second. J oey Rigdon got the win on

The Raiders scored two more runs in the top of the fifth on a two-run home run by Jason South to cut the ECCC lead to 12-6. The Warriors scored two nms in the bottom of the inning to increase their lead to 14-6, thanks to a two-run single from Kevin ~el.::on. ECCC scored a run in lhe bot– tom of the sixth on a solo homer by Gardner to increase it~ lead to 15-6. "ECCC has good pitching, a couple of runner~ wit,~ good speed and good defen~e. Three Rivers coach Stacey Burkey said. "They are a solid ball team.''

Three Rivers cut the lead to 15-7 on an RBI-single by Jeremy Quire in the top of the seventh. East Central scored fow· runs in the bottom of t,he inning to -A.=T,....--- increase the score to 19-7. · Brooks Bryan belted a three-run ___ _ double with lhe bases loaded to spark the scoring. See ECCC, Page 68

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