2000

o-Lin sweeps Eas Richard Dark ------ --- Meridian Star

DECATUR With 21 games left in the season, Jamie Clark fee ls his East Central Community College Warriors are not a very good baseball team. They certain ly didn't do much to disprove that school of thought Wednesday evening by dropping a doubleheader to the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolves, 6-5 in the rain- delayed ------- opener and Co-Lin 11-8 in the 6 11 nightcap. • callin~ ~rd for the Warriors of ECCC both of the conteHLH UH Warrior pitching failed to um;wcr the call. "(Allen) Buckley was nil over the place tonight, and r thought we left (Jud) Nowell in a few pitches too long. We're not Lhe kind of team l.hat is good enough to win close games ifwe don't do the little things right," Clark said. Although the Warrior ski p– per refused to buy into the notion after game one, a pletho– ra of errors that seemed to be aided by poor field conditions at Chris Gay Memorial Field went a long way toward deciding the final outcome. After initial starter Monty l\1igliacio struggled early, giving '·'P two runs on four hits in the fia 'i'l. anning, brother Mario came not be ing oblc to hold lcadH lute in clmw games held up in

Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star A MIGHTY CUT - East Central Patrick Ferriss smashes an RBI-double ;to center field while Copi£th-Lincoln catcher Breck Honea watches. Ferriss was thrown out at third trying to stretch the do~uble to a triple.

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to make some noi~e of their own. Mer Chuck Welch took third on a pa ir of Co-Lin throwing errors, center fielder Brent Page blas ted nn RBl d9uble l C) got

to his aid and settled down the Wolfpack bats somewhat to get ECCC (13-15, 5-5) in position to compete. Down 4 -0 in the third, it would be time for the Warriors

Toby Pin sort then popped a single, hut the ~·omedy of errors conlilllwd. fin• tho Wolves and by the tinw Co · bin Rlartcr Nick SmiU1 got .hu;t'i" Webb to bloop

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