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South Division Standings (Through April 9)

By MRTY STAMPER lkirz:D<:rat Sp rt Eduor The Ea t Central Commu– n i t) College Warriors won three of the r four baseball game-. )a,.t \\eek, including a South Divi::.ion sweep of Hinds on Saturday. to improve to 17- 18 overall and 8-5 in the divi– sion. • Bishop State at EC, ppd.: The April 3 doublehead– er at Decatur was rained out and has been rescheduled for May 2 at 3 p.m. • EC 20, Holmes 17: After spotting Holmes a 7-1 lead after an inning and a half, the Warriors scored nine runs in the bottom of the third to take a 12-7 lead in Wednesday's slugfest at Decatur. The highlight of the nine– run frame was a grand slam to right field b} Toby Pinson that put EC up 12-7. Holmes tallied three runs in the top of the seventh to take a 15-14 lead but EC scored six runs in the bottom of seventh for the win. Daniel Munn had a two-run single and an RBI-single for EC, 15-17. Jayeson McDonald had two singles and a triple. Spence Latimer and Kent Chamblee each had a pair of REI-singles Kris Moore had a pair of singles and two RBis. Monty Migliacio had two sin– gles. Amos Thames {1-1) got the

• EC 3-14, Hinds 1-4: EC improved to 8-5 in the South Division and 17-18 overall with Saturday's sweep at Decatur. In the opener, the Warriors broke up a scoreless battle with a run in the bottom of the fourth. Toby Pinson, Justin Webb, and Patrick Ferris each had a single to load the bases and Judd Sanborn drew a walk to force in a run.

Div. 11-3

1 Gulf Coast 2 Copiah-Lincoln .1 East Central

8-2 8-5 8-6 4-9 3-9 3-11

2 Pearl River 1 Southwest

2 Hinds 1 Jones

1 = Division I 2 = Division II

while the Warriors had 15. EC added a pair of insur- • Mississippi Delta 15, ance runs in the fifth. Kent EC 9: In Wednesday's second Chamblee and Brent Page game at Decatur, North Alaba- both had a single with Pinson rna signee Jayeson McDonald following with an RBI-single. had a rough start as the Tro- Ferris plated the second run jans tallied 12 earned runs on with a sacrifice. five hits, four walks, three hit Pinson, Webb , and Page batsmen, and a passed ball in each had two singles for EC. just one inning of work. Monty Migliacio (4-3 ) Delta added three more allowed only three hits in get– runs in the top of the second ting the complete game win. off Mississippi State signee He struck out four, walked Allen Buckley to take a 15-0 one, and hit four batters. lead before the Warriors began Hinds' only run came on a to peck away. solo homer by ?? Purvis in the EC scored five times in the top of the seventh. bottom of the fifth and got a In the second game, EC two-run homer from Justin spotted the Eagles a 3-0 lead Webb in the fifth inning and a in the top of t he first inning two-run shot from Brent Page before crossing the plate six in the sixth to close to within t.imes in the bottom of the first. 15-9. EC's key hit in the first was Meanwhile, Mario Migliacio a two-run double by Kris (two innings), Monty Migliacio Moore. In the frame, the War– (two innings ), and Judson riors had five hits. Nowell (three innings) com- Webb added a two-run dou– bined fo r seven shutout ble in the third to give the frames. Warriors a 9-3 lead. McDonald (3- 4) took the Chamblee added a two-run loss. single in the fourth as the Justin Stovall had four sin- Warriors stretched out to an gles for EC, 15-18. Webb also 11-4lead. had a single to go with his Three more runs in the fifth homer. Justin Reed and Hal., ended the game on the run Thompson both had two sin- rule.

win with 2 113 innings of relief. He struck out five and allowed two hits and no walks. Brad Russell had a two-run APPEAl homer and a three-run blast for Holmes, 15-17. Robert Fel– LAKE M ton hit for the cycle and had SCOTT five R.Bis. Todd Fowler had two smgles and a two-run UNION ; homer. WINSTC, Holmes banged out 21 hits 1.. VVVI'I I t --

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