2001

Two of tho :: e de!ens tve plays we re i -::~ n!:' ~"'~"; ..... double plays. One was a tag– out at the plate off an outfield assist with East Central then tbro~ing to second to nail another runner. The other DP was a line drive to shortstop Holly Turner, who doubled a Lady Lion runner off first base. · , "We made some plays, Anderson said of his team, which bad three errors com– bined Tuesday. "And in the second game, we bit the ball pretty well. . "For a couple of teams like us and East Mississippi that were both playing for the first time, I thought we did well both days." • Monday: In the first twinbill at Scooba Monday, East Central won the first game 5-2 behind Casey, but the host Lady Lions took a 10- 8 slugfest in the nightcap. I n Game One, Sommer Averett - another freshman from Union - had two bits, as did Turner, a former South Choctaw Academy standout. Austyn Gordon had a triple

The r.:tonc. wlio had~~ Jm,tatlOnal. used fivt> pitch– ers in the contest, and EMCC head coach Bill Baldner said for the most part he was pleased with their perfor– mances. "We did real good with pitching," Baldner said. "They outbit us 10-6 but until the seventh inning, we hadn't walked .a batter or allowed a run." "Oglesby just had a little trouble throwing strikes for us." The Lions fell to 1-7 on the year with the loss, _but according to Baldner thmgs haven't been as bad as the record indicates. "We've had some games like this one, where when you look at some of the things you did along the way, you say 'if we had only do~e this or only done that, tt would have been mpch differ– ent," be said. Rocky Higginbotham is the sports editor of The Meridian Star. E-ma1l him at rhigginbotham@themendi– anstar.com.