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Monday, February 25, 2002

I LOCAL SPORTS Warriors outlast MCC, 15-14 3 ] .;e" Byrd/staff writer ~e:::> 25 2002

l"'e·e ..vas a whole lot of runs, hits, home runs and errors on display ~ tr~e fnal game of the Rush Classic here Sunday evening at Scaggs Fteld. ! s; ng East Central and home-standing Meridtan Community Co ege combtned for 29 runs, 38 hits. seven home runs and ntne e"'rors B...; ; .vas Warrior pitcher Aaron Gisler, ECCC's sixth pitcher of the game who came in during the bottom of the ninth to get the game's "~a :nree outs preserving the Warriors' 15-14 win . :. ;n the vtctory, East Central grabbed a share of the Rush Classic ·; e ,.., th Jones Junior College. Both teams fintshed the four-team ·ouno robtn wtth 2-1 records. r.1er1dtan . who made six errors including one which led to seven Jnearned runs in the third, falls to 4-8. The Eagles did excite their 'ans by rallying from a near run-rule twtce, the last coming at 15-5 '1ead1ng into the bottom of the eighth. They also hit four home runs . ·1 don't know what to say . You could call it a great comeback, but I'm sorry " Federico said before cutting his words short. East Central coach Jake Yarborough was happy to see hts team ans.ver 1n a ttght situation once MCC started putting pressure on in the n1rtn down JUSt 15-12. wou d \e iked for us to have finished it early, but we needed to be tes;eo under pressure This game was a lot like the games yesterday Satwrcay It's been a long weekend," Yarborough said. St I that didn't seem to matter to MCC coach Mike Federico.

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Toaay was another wild game. If you like to see hits, this was the game Both teams hit the ball really well ."

East Centra erupted for seven runs in the third inning to erase a 1-0 MCC lead . All seven runs were unearned after a two-out error by MCC.

http://www.meridianstar.com/meridianstar/myarticles.asp?P=485147&S=584&PubiD=789.. . 2:25 2002