1996

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Warriors keep playoff ECCC splits with visiting Gulf Coast By Ricky Sullivan The Mer dian Star

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DECATUR - It's one thing to know 'vhat you've got to do in order to qualify for the play– offs, but it's quite another to accomplish the feat. Coach Jamie Clark's Warriors of East Central entered Saturday's game need– ing to win at least one game of their South Division double– header with Gulf Coast Community College, and that's just what they did. After losing the opening game 8-2 to the South Division champion Bulldogs, the Warriors managed to salvage the crucial split. "We knew we had to come out and beat a great team at least one game today, and we did that," Clark said. "We would have liked to have -.:wept, but we didn't With the split, the Warriors moved to 30-19 over 1!1 and 14- 9 in the league, but must wait on the re::,ults of the Hinds and Jones County contest before determining exactly where they stand in the playoffformat. The Bulldog-.. who have already clinched a spot in the playoffs. went to 35-15 and 19- 4. To earn the all-important split, ClaTk turned to freshman lefthander Kenny Estep, who held the talented Bulldogs in

The Bulldogs got an excellent pitching performance fro m Terrell Dea,on, whq ran his sea- on recol"d to 9-1. Deason scat– tered the hits, ::-truck out seven and ga\e up only one earned om - a so]o homer by ECCC's .J.ason Lathem. . "(Dea,.on) ts the best p1tcher \\'e've "een all venr and we've seen him twtce-and .he's domi– nated us both times " Cla rk said. "He's JUSt an experienced college pitcher." The Bulldog' jumped out in front 5-0 after four innings of play- behind Anthony Green's :two-run ,..,mgle i'l the third and Eric Hogue',:, two-run homer in the fourth - and never looked back. Green had a n incredible day at the plate for the Bulldogs , oing 6-for- w1th ~ix singles.

Lalley came in to get the save, "I got a little tired there in the end and couldn't seem to get the last out," Estep said. "But we knew what we hod to do and went out and got the job d01w." After falling behind 1-0 in

check until late in the ::;eventb mning when they struck for a pair of runs on three hits. Up until that point, Estep (9- 5) had only allowed five hits. But after two outs in the la:.t frame, the Bulldogs started to get lo the freshman and Willi"

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