1999

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"We bad a 65-pitch gan of Fortenberry so that me ought to be able to come h"' • on Sunday if we're still ht·ve," 0 0:: Scheuermann. The finals a n• set I z IIIIC: 0 0::: for 1 p.m. on Sunday. <( ..:: <( "That's very important.," he 1- W 0 .__ said. "We haven't had the f!>r- !Z C ~ en tune of winning run rule games a <( z here. This is probably the first <( m z <( game we've won by the run rule 0 0 - in this tournament Si~ce l'":e .~ :I: ~ 9 been here." ThiS. 1 s 0::: Scheuermann's ninth year us Ill::<( fa W W h

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The start to his ltHun's !). J Region .23 'l'uurnnmcnt Joss to Delgado (Ln.) Community College on Thursday afternoon wHBII'I oxnct ly w11nt EaRL Ccnl rul Community College bead <"ou<:h Jamie Clark had in mind. Delgado struck ·for four runs 10 the top of the first inning in a game played at :\lcridiun Community College's Scaggs Field. knocking East Central net~ .Juf!tll' Willis (9-5) off the mound in tl11 process on the way to a 9-1 win hv the run-rule. "Since we are not a puwe l'fu I offensive team we didn't think w could get very far behind and hm·L~ a chance to win," Clark ::;aid_. "~l~lu very worst that could happen did happen - they knock our starting

"l thought the difference in the game. ~ami;!. was obviously the first. "'I told somebody a couple of tnning," t>aid Delgado bead conch weeks ago that I thought the ,Jon Scheuermann. "Momentum iH best team we had played was Ro importnnt, you get the bull Delgado," Clark said. "This n)llin~ Rnd play off that." wasn't surprising that they l~ast Central has another tough played this well." chore t.oclny as the Warriors, now Willis was roughed up for 26-26 on the year, must face the three hits, four runs, thn•e Gulf Cmtlll. ot 4 p.m. earned runs and a walk in the De Igod o moves to tonight's first inning. ~ gruiHi ut. 7 . ugainst Meridian .Reliever ~nnny Rushing gnvt: Conllllllllil.y Coll<'ge, which defeat- up tw? run~ Ill lhe ~t-wnd, 11!'1 I IH: etl l\liE!fliaflippi l><•lta 8-0, also in Wnrn~>rR h!ll lwhtnd 6 0, 1.1111 firllt ·.round pluy. th<'n JH.t~·ht·c . l \.v. t.!ll ovt·J·IIm ''~lxl "Jt dO!'Hil'li!OI any easier, but hrC';' IU11111gs, gn:111g l111 Ulrat'a:~ llw bl't,uka," Clark said. 1 Vnrnor'R n dann•XJ to wm. )) -.) •odfl'll big first inning wns , . Dclgudo • sin 1'1 er . Lu,k• .lU. - l•urteuhe••'Y (h·5) "HIIVIJ upn 111n o ., Pogo 48 ~lc run in t lm top nf the Lhh.CI, •ut: ot he•· I hun t lwt held .I'~ uRI

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