2004

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East Central drops divisio11 tilts

in the opener. Jim Tally (2-3) went six innings on the hill to cam the win, while Marcus Davis hit a home run. Mario Thomas added a double for the Warriors. Losmg pitcher Brent McMillian and Corey Coward each had two sin– gles for EC in the ccond game. On Saturday, the Warriors lost a seesaw battle in the 9-5 opener, then were routed 11-1 in the nightcap. ln Game I. EMCC built a 6-0 lead, but a three-run homer in the top of the sixth by Robby Carey helped pull the Warriors wtthin 6-5. That's as close as EC came, as tJ1e Ltons got three insur– ance runs in the bottom of the sixth. Hunter Holley (3-2) of Philadelphia was the starting and lo!>ing pitcher for East Central. which got two hits apiece from Carey and Coward. - from staffreporrs

East Central Community College dug itself a hole in the Central Divi– sion baseball race last week by drop– ping three-of-four contests. The Warriors ventured to highly– touted Holmes Community College last Wednesday and drilled the Bull– dogs 13-3 in the first game of a dou– bleheader. But ECCC lost a 6-4 heart– breaker in the second game, then got swept at East Mississippi by scores of 9-5 and 11-1 on Saturday. That sweep dropped the Warriors to 10-20 overall and l-5 in division action. EC was to host nationally– ranked Meridian Community College Tuesday and will go to Hinds Friday for two league contests. In last week's split at Holmes, the Warriors erupted for eight runs in the top of the seventh inning to break open a close game and take a 13-3 win

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