1996

East Central wins 6 of 7; shares By MARTY STAMPER Dt•nwcrat .1port.1 ediwr hitter, striking out \1\ and .,.,:lJ. Ray Ivy dmve in n pillr of.

nw1ed w the top 11 the outh Division q,mc.Jings with the :\lar~h 19 :,weep of South– \\Cst 111 Decatur. Kenn~ F\tep and Willis Lilly limited the Bears to JUSt one run and six hit · in the twinbill In the opener. E~tcp tossed a fou r-hitter, Hril..ing out six and " all..mg two, as he improved to 6-2. The Warriors got three-runs in the bottom of the first on a bases-loaded double by Greg McBride. McBride ripped a three-run triple in the second inning as the Warriors extended their lead to 7- 1. Tommy Bost had an RBI-tnple in the fourth frame. eric Cook had a two-run smgle in the sixth as the Warriors put the I 0-run rule into effect. In the nightcap, Lally (5-2) tOssed a two-

glc in the second innmg ~'h Williams added a sacrifice f'; plate the final run.

The En1.t Central Commun11 y Collcg~· Warrior:. won six of their se1 en hasl'hall games last wed. a~ they unproved to 17-9. The Warrior~ have won 14 of their last 17 games and share the South Dn 1sion lead with Jones and Gulf Coast with 5-1 league marks. EC will host Jones Saturday at I p.m. in a l..ey league doubleheader Slightly over the midway pomt of the sea son. Tommy Bo:.t of Neshoba Central and Marcus Thames ol Louisville ha1·e lxlth bro l..cn the school record for triple.., in a season Bost, wnh e1ght. and Thames. "'1th :-1x. haH: o;urpassed the old mark of five. • EC 11-3, Southwest 1-0: The Warrior:.

• Jackson (Tenn.) State J.S , visiting Generals built a 9-0 ... first 6 112 innings as the} 1mr~ with the March 21 win at Decat1...r EC rallied in the eighth II"" '1.:. Butler mashing a two-run home; Ricks ripping a three-run shot Warriors to within 9-6. A five-spot by the Generals in the ninth insured the win. Richie White (4-0) struck out ~~ allowed· only four hits O\ er the fi innings to get the win. Joey Rigdon (0- 1) took the I '' 3S EC fell to 13-9. .md 'our

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