2001

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Hor:nsburger had three hits each. East Central returns to action this Thursday when the Diamvnd Warriors host Lincoln 'I'Tai. at 10 a.m. and enrenam Delgado at 4 p.m. EC travel:: to Mississippi Delta on Monday. March 5, for a 5 p.m. .::ingle contest on the ~Ioorhead campus. EC wins with homer Freshman Lewis Bradford's two-run homer in the seventh inning gave East Central a 6-4 win over visiting Northwest and salvaged a split of the Feb. 14 double– header at Chris Gay IV Memorial Field. Bradford's blast came in the nightcap and marked the first season win for East Central (1-3), which began the 2001 campaign by losing a doubleheader to visiting Bevill State of Fayette, Ala., on Feb. 10. Also scoring on the former \Scott Central standout's game-winning hit was fresh– man Kenny Stewart, who ear– lier doubled and reached third on a sacrifice bunt by sopho– more Justin Reed. Sophomore southpaw Brandon Fish (1-0) was the winning pitcher. The Diamond Warriors fell 4-1 in the first game.

pitcher Monte l\figliacio lifted East Central to a 6-5 \rnl ewer East Mississippi Sund afternoon in the final day competition in ihe ann Rush Classic held at l!endian Community Colle~e The victory at;.. marked a milestone fo!' D amond Warrior head coach Jamte Clark, who n ~ched his 350tb win at Ea.:,~ Central Clark bas led the EC program ,mce 19 / . In addition LD hi:; clutch

hittmg, Migliacio. a ...opho– more ri~ht-hander. pitched :-e-\·en ...trong innings to earn hi, fir:,t \\in ot the season for the 2-6 Diamond Warriors. Jason Wooten picked up the Soph. Warrior save. Migliacio's sixth-inning Kent Chamblee of homer also scored Hal Carthage is in his final year Thompson and Turk Stovall, on the East Central dis– which gave EC a 4-3lead. mond. As a freshman, he The Lions tied the contest batted .336, with six dou– in the top of the seventh, but bles, eight RBis and also the Diamond Warriors scored 22 runs.

responded with two runs in t he bottom of the inning thanks to an RBI single by Thompson and Stovall's RBI double. Thompson led East Central at the plate with tru·ee singles. Stovall and Josh Chaney had two hits each. In other tournament

action, East Central fell 14-8 to Jones County Junior College on Saturday and lost 12-5 to host MCC on Friday night. The Diamond Warriors col– lected 15 hits against Meridian, with Thompson's four singles leading the attack. Chaney and Dee

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