2000

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ECCC gets good pitching Ea t Central Community

loss despite giving up just two runs and five Kits in seven innings. EC fell to 19-20 overall and 10-7 in the South Division. Gulf Coast upped its marks to 28-11 and 14-3.

seventh scored Lee Martin and Pinson to give EC a 4-0 lead. Webb finished with two sin– gles and a double. Spence Latimer added a pair of singles. • Gulf Coast 2-2, EC 0-1: The Warriors managed just three hits iJ:l each game oi Saturday's twin– bill at Decatur. In the opener, LSU signee Roy Corcoran (8-2) allowed three hits and struck out seven to get the win. Gulf Coast scored single runs in the first and third frames. Brian Knight had two singles for the Bulldogs as they also nad just three hits off Monty Migliado (4-4). EC got a double from S~nce Latimer and a single apiece from Patrick Ferris and Toby Pinson. The Warriors threatened in the bottom of the seventh as Jayeson McDonald and Daniel Munn drew one-out walks. Corcoran came back to get Kris Moore and Justin Stovall to end the game. In tfie second game, Gulf Coast snapped a scoreless battle with a pau of runs in the top of the fifth. Knight and Kenny Dellenger both nad RBI-singles. The Warriors got their lone run of the day in the bottom of the sixth as Ferris led off with a single and Kent Chamblee walked. Monty MigHacio's field– er's choice put runners on the comers. A passed ball on Justin Webb's strikeout enabled Ferris to score. LSU signee Chuck Butler (7 -1) struck out 12 in six innings to get the win. He allowed two hits and walked four. EC's other two hits were a double by Latimer and a single by Chuck Welch. Mario MigHado (1-4) took the

College got four outstanding pitching performances last week, but managed only a 2-2 showing for 1l The Warriors swept a 56uth

Division double- - header at Jones before losing a lea~ue twinbill

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-- "The r,itching has been out– standing,' EC coach Jamie Clark said. "That's seven straight com– plete games in the division. We JUSt haven' t ~ot the hitting to get the job done. ' EC entered the week 19-20 overall and 10-7 in league play. • EC S-4, Jones 2-0: The Warriors improved to 10-5 in the South DivisiOn. In upping their overall record to 19-18, the Warriors got a pair of complete game performances from Jayeson McDonald and Allen Buckley. McDonald (4-4) tossed a six– hitter in the opener, striking out nine and walking two. Brent Page went 3-for-4 with a single, a double, and a triple. Patrick Ferris had an RBI-tr1ple and two RBis in the game. Toby Pinson had two singfes and one RBL while Justin Webb had an RBI-single. Buckley (1-3) tossed a three– hitter for the Warriors in the nightcap, striking out six and walking three. The Warriors scored twice in the top of the third to take a 2-0 lead and added a pair of insur– ance runs in the seventh. In the third, Chuck Welch walked and Kent Chamblee fol– lowed with a double. A single b,Y Page and a run-scoring fielder s choice by Pinson made it 2-0. Webb's two-run single in the

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