1998

EC DiamondWarriors defeat Southwest CC

The East Central Community Col– lege Diamond Warriors complete(:~ a– double-header sweep of conference foe Southwest and moved the War– riors to within one game of league– leading Gulf Coast. East Central, which claimed 7-1 and 4-1 victories over the host Bears Saturday afternoon, improved to 19- 15 overall and 8-4 in South Division play. Gulf Coast's division mark now stands at 9-3 following a week– end split with Co-Lin. Freshman hurler Jason Willis of Philadelphia went the distance for EC in game one, improving his record to S-2. Willis fanned seven, walked two and allowed just four hits in the 7-1 victory. After a Southwest homer gave the Bears a 1-0 lead, East Central rallied for three runs in the sixth and took control of the division matchup. Freshman Brodie Meadows of Bran– don gave EC the lead for good when his two-run homer also scored

sophomore Jav McClendon of Bel– zoni who earlter 5mg ed \\ill., )C~t r singled and "COred m the mrung. East Central padded 1ts lead 7n the se\'enth ''hen sophomore Enc Weaver of ;:-..:e\"t ton tallied on a .,ingle by sophomore Ron Perktnc; of Louis,·ille, tollo\\ed b\ Meadows' bases-loaded tnple \\htch !>Core Perkins, ~kCienaon and Ou ... tin Matthews of Monroe Sophomore Dan Cres..,eH ot Lake got the ,,-in in game t\\0 unpro\ing his record to o-1 In claiming the 4-1 decision, Gre......ett ·anned "e'en, walked one and allO\\ed ;;even htts. Southwest earned a uro..t-mrung 1- 0 lead to the f· urth ''hen .,oph 'more slugger Greg \\ ood of Decatur tied the contest with hi_., t\\t~lfth homer of the season and ~15~ round tnpper as a Diamond \\'arnor. \\'oc

The aivis10n battle remained tied through the c;cventh and went into extra innings, when Matthews broke the deadlock with his lead-off homer in the eighth. Freshman Chad Chapl– on of Holt, Alabama, later doubled, sconng Michacl Hall of Carthage and Joey Allen of Junction City, Arkansas. East Ce_ntral maintained 1ts 4-l advantage behind the pttching of Sophomore Chris Tullos who came in relief for Gressett in the eighth and was credited with the save. East Central faces another tough week of action, as the Diamond War– riors travel to Delta on April 7; host Co-Lin in makeup games beginnin'g at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 9; and entertain Hinds starting at 1 p.m. Friday, April 10. East Central jour– nyys to Jones on Tuesday, April 14, in competition that gets under way at 4 p.m. in Ellisville. AU games are double-headers.

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