2003

Seasons winding down for E Warriors so t d v1s10n sets W'th MCC EMCC By ROCI0 hiGG1 SOThAM ns Ed11or sa~nfi~e tl) made it a 4-3 game. A dela}ed steal b) Jake 'ester produced a ~leridian error and the game-tying run. then Dexter Sellers delivered an RBI double for the go-ahead run.

Jim Tally. who got the complete– game win. then set down Meridian in the home half of the seventh. Brian McNeil added a double and a couple of RBis for the Warriors. ln the second game, Meridian scored three unearned runs in the fourth inning to overcome an early 2- 0 deficit. Chris Rayborn (6-2) got the win and Brent McMillan the loss. Josh Morgan's two-run homer in the ftflh inning pushed MCC ahead 5- 3, then Aaron George hjt a two-run homer in the sixth to spark a five-run rally that broke the game open. • East Central 2-5, East Missis– sippi 1-6: Last Wednesday at home, the Warriors and Lions gave the fans their money's worth in a couple of bamburners. In the first game. Jarrod Vaughn allowed only three hits in six innings of work to get the win, out-dueling EMCC's Lee Boyd, who gave up five hits m six innings. ''(Vaughn) pitched a jewel, and so d1d their guy," Yarbrough said. Former Union standout Justin Darby got the save for East Central. In the second game, EMCC jumped out to a 5-l lead - East Cen– tral rallied to tie it - and the L10os won it in the eighth inning on an unearned run. A solo home nm by EC's Michael Dunn sent the contest into extra innings.

The Diamond \\ amors of Ea~1 Central Commurury CoDege won a couple of Central OJ\ tSton battle:- last week. ECCC ~olit \\1lh fir.-;t-pl.u.:e \1end– ian last Saturda~. JU'I three days after doing the ~ne w1th ri"al East Mis is– sippi. After bemg postponed on Thesday, the Warrior'> won a 2-1 thriller over EMCC in Lhe first game last Wednes– day. but dropped a 6-5 decision to the Lions in eight innings in Game 2. Against Meridian, EC won the opener 5-4, but lost I0-4 in the second game. The Warnors entered this week with a mark of 16-18 overall. and they took a 4-6 division record into Thes– day's doubleheader at home against Hinds. ECCC is at home again Friday against Copiah-Lincoln, then won't play agam until next Wedne day :April 23) at Holmes. • East Central S-4, Meridian 4- 10: The Warriors staged a miraculous :hree-run rally in the seventh inning to :>eat the first-place Eagles in the fin.t ~arne Saturday. "Our guys deserve credit,'' ECCC 1ead coach Jake Yarbrough said. 'They battled hard all day." East Central trailed 4-2 going mto :he seventh, but wao; down to its lm,t ;trike soon after Destin Moore's RBI

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opener agamst '""""·""""'....... .. EC trailed J~ t 1-0 = x1h mning, wnh B 055 Eulh Whitfield me plate. ~ serorid rame. the teams bed _-2 before ~1CC's Jennifer soo roped 11 three-run double oprned the floodgate·. •• tal Moore - another Phill\. ,taJldout - had an RBI m ~ first inning to plate • • 1

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