1995

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JUCO baseball

Coving on hurls one·hitte East Central roll to doubleheader sweep of IWCC

By Mark Beason The Mend1an Star DECATUR- The Blue Jay's of Iowa Western Community College wanted to take advantage of Mississippi's climate to hone their baseball skills. They still need more work. East Central got a strong one-hit performance from pitcher Mitch Covington in the first game of a double– header and received timely hitting in the second contest to sweep Iowa Western 8-0 and 9-5 Tuesday in Decatur. East Central improved to 15-11 while Iowa Western fell to 6-6. Covington (1-0), a fresh– man from Denham Springs, La., was devastating, going six innings, striking out six and walking just two. He faced the minimum number of batters. "Mitch Covington came out tonight and threw great," Warriors' coach Jamie Clark said. "He has done a great job of making the transition from high school to college." The Warriors got on the board in the bottom of the third inning. After Chris Ezelle walked and Ricky John singled, sophomore center fielder Brooks Bryan singled home .Ezelle. John and Bryan abo came around to .:core in the inning 1ve Ea::t Central a 3-0

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