2004

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Warri r baseba I eam earns first two wins ECCC 10, Jones 7

of five East Central batters with multiple hits, drm·e a looper into shallow left field, scoring Derrell Ash– ford and Michael Dunn. Robby Carey thrust the Warriors in front later in the inning, belting a three– run homer down the left field line and putting East Central up 8-7. MCC 10, ECCC 0 The Eagles scored seven runs in the bottom of the second inning, which were more than enough as MCC took a 10-0 over East Cen– tral. Community College at Scaggs Field. ECCC 3, EMCC 2 The Warriors (2-3) tallied their fmal run in a 3-2, 10- inning win over East Mis· sissippi Community Col– lege (2-3) on a balk. which allowed ECCC pinch run– ner E>aniel Harrison to score. ECCC relief pitcher Brent McMillan notched the win allowing no runs on three hits with four strike– outs in four innings. The Warriors ended the game recording seven hits, and the Lions had si.x hits in the loss.

A late offensive burst helped East Central Commu– nity College overcome field– ing woes in a 1{)-7 win over Jones Junior College in the Rush Classic on Saturday. Down 5-0 after the second inning. East Central rallied with eight runs in the fmal three innings. "We've been struggling hitting the ball lately," said Warriors head coach Jake Yarbrough, whose team picked up its first win of the season. '·It was good to see us hit the ball as well as we did.'' East Central got on the scoreboard in the top of the third on a two-out, two-RBI single by :Michael Dunn, but Jones rebuilt its five– run lead in the bottom of the fourth when Burch hit a two-RBI single. Burch hit 2- for-5 for the Bobcats, who took their 7-2lead into sev– enth inning. Warriors catcher Bradon Ezell scored in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Mario Thomas, beginning a comeback for East Central that the War– riors completed in the eighth. Dexter Sellers, who finished 2-for4 and was one

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