1998

The Warriors had a chance to pull even in the bottom of the ninth. After falling behind in the count 0-2, Willis ripped a sing~e to left. With the tying run commg to plate, Moates struck out the final three ECCC batters to end the threat and the game. ab rhbl ab r hbl Artmn 1b 5 1 1 0 Grace cf 4 0 2 o HeSS82b 4 j ' l SmJthc 4 D 'D Kelly c 5 0 0 0 Medws dh 4 o 1 o Scott3b 4 000 Willis1b 4010 Shipp ss 3 1 2 2 Sndrs pr 0 0 0 0 Gmrd rf 3 0 1 0 Wood rf 4 o o o Mri\\\ C.,'\)\'\) ~1:.\..~~1.~ C>,'\)'\)'\) .J#.J .f .J To&tls .J1 I 7 I Meridian 300 000 000 - 3 8 0 E. Central 000 000 100- 1 7 1 E-Mathews. LOB-MCC 9, ECCC 6. 26-Artman, Hesse, Tyson. HR– Shipp. SB-Gemard, Merkich. MERIDIAN C.C. IP H RER BBSO Moates, W7·1 9 7 1 1 0 16 EAST CENTRAL C.C. IP H REA BBSO Hardy L 5-S , 5 3 3 , 0 Rushing 8 3 0 0 0 4 Hardy faced one batter in the sec· ond WP-Moates 2. HBP-by Rushing (Hesse), by Rushing (Shipp) T-2:15 A-400. Tyson 3b 3 0 1 1 Pri

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d Jo h He~:.e fol– an RBI ground-rule eft to give the Eagles d After consecutive ~.lu\nJt , Brian Shipp hit a n homer to left to give 3-0 lead. The homer was lOth of the :-cason. race, who went 2-for -4, ~~· .... the bottom of the first

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to :.bort After another strike– out, Clark 'I) on ripped an RBI double into the nght center field gap. Ho'"-e' er 1\loates struck out pinch hitter Paul Clearman to prevent anymore damage.

Paula MerritVThe Meridian Star IT'S MINE - ECCC right fielder Greg Wood fields a base hit Saturday afternoon in the Warriors' 3-1 loss to the Merid1an Community Colleg~e Eagles in the Region 23 Tournament. CARTHAGINIAN_______ _ NESHOBADEMOCRAT________ NEWTON RECORD MERIDIAN STAR -Afx\...------ o

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