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"In junior college you are never out of any ballgame," he said. "We have just got to get those middle (relief) guys to stop the bleeding, get a big stop and get us 1n here and get some confidence with the bats." ECCC came out swing1ng the bats, going up 1-0 in the top of the first thanks to an RBI double by Monte Migliacio. The Eagles tied the game in the bottom of the inmng when Tyler Scarbrough drew a bases– loaded walk to force 1n Travis Garner who had walked to start the tnning

East Central starter Amts wno walked three and hit one in the first inning , settled down to str·ke out the next two hitters.

The Warnors caner gm bacl< to pick up two more runs in the second . The first came 0 11 an RB stngle by Hornsburger and the second came when Hornsburger s.v ped home on a double-steal play.

ECCC stretched that out to 5-1 when the Warriors touched LaRocca for four s tng es and l'NO runs in the fourth.

"Martin d dn t have n1s break1ng ball," McNickle said . "So they were sitting on the No. 1 p1tch and when you don't have other pitchers then it's easy to hit " The Eag es t ed the game at 5-5 quickly in the bottom of the fourth thanks to an RB doub'e by Garner and RBI singles off the bats of Rory Thornton Dusun Cliburn and Scarbrough.'Then the ECCC right fielder m sp1ayed a fly ball by Chris Knight, allowing two more runs to score and me Eagles to take the lead for good. Ternemc Thomas fo lowed that by smashing a triple to right-center, then me Eag1es used Singles by Garner and Thornton and a two-run tnple by Gray to go up 12-5. Garner finished the mght with three hits for MCC, while Hal Thompson had four s1ng1es to lead East Central. Josh Chaney and Hornsburger also had three h ts for the Warriors, who finished the night with 15 hits. · JONES 12. EMCC 7: The Bobcats scored four runs in the top of the eighth to answer an East Mississippi rally on the Wf'Y to their third win of the season The Bobcats had built a 7-2 lead, only to have EMCC cut it to 8-6 thanks to a two-run seventh inning. But JCJC answered with four in the top of the eighth.

"That was the key to the ball game I think," said veteran Jones coach Bobby Glaze. "Just to go ahead and keep scoring and keep scoring ."

Matt McAlpin ripped three singles and scored three runs to lead the Bobcats, while former Quitman High School standout Kyle Valentine (1 -0) picked up the win on the mound. Tyler Lowros picked up three hits and scored three runs to lead the Lions , while Josh Buckley had a double, single and drove in three runs.

Steve Oglesby (0-2) took the loss on the mound for EMCC.

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