1995

Covington h East Central rolls to doubleheader sweep of IWCC

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By Mark Beason The Meridian 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 I o.wa Western fell to 6-6. Covington Cl-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 Warrior s got on the board in the bottom of the third inning. After Chris Ezelle walked nd Ricky John singled. sophomore center fielder Broo~ Bryan singled home Ezelle. ]m and Bryan a!::o came .arc;;;md m the inrunz , Centr a 3-

tSh out the sc r.ng. "The kid (Covington) came out and pitched feat," Blue Jays' coach Noe Bogdanski Q'=liN "T'ho'lr YYH::u·la f.'ho ""1,.,.".,'"'