2004

EMCC, East Central split MAC C doubleheader By Marty Stamper E G DECATUR-B second time we've gotten enough runs where he could go out there and relax and pitch." \1ario Thomas went 2-for-3 with three RBis to lead the Warriors.

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In the second game, the Lions were in gbod shape to complete the sweep, jumping out to a 5- 0 lead in the top of the first inning with Mabry hitting a two-run double and Russell Bourland and Justin Best adding RBI singles. The Warriors closed to within 6-3 in the bottom of the third on a two-run homer by Dexter Sellers. .1 The Lions carried a 7-4 lead into the bottom of the fifth when the bottom fell out as four EMCC pitchers gave up 13 runs on 11 hits, nine of which went for extra bases. In the nightmare inning, Jacob Townsend and Marcus Davis led off with back-to-hack homers. Brandon Ezell followed with an RBI double to tie the game. Tally put ECCC up 8-7 with a run– scoring double. Sellers plated a pair of runs with another double. Townsend doubled down the left-field line to make it 11·7 and Davis drove inTownsend with a triple in the right-field corner. Thomas continued the rally with an RBI double. After a pair of walks, Brian McNeil ended the game with a three-run blast. 'That's the best situational hitting and team play that we've had all year," said ECCC assistant coach Reggie Richardson. The Warriors finished the game with 19 hits with seven doubles, two triples, and four home runs. Townsend went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a homer to drive in three runs. Thomas was '3- for-4 with a double and a triple. Sellers was.3-for- 4 with four RBis and scored three runs. Tally was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBis. McNeil also went 3-for-4 and had three RBis. Davis had a triple and a homer to drive in a pair of runs. Ezelle scored three runs. The Lions got nine hits, but only three came atter the fir.::t inning. kod Williams had a single and a double. Mabry and Bratton both had a double.

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Region (23 Tournam t n w • l.ioa'- head coach Bill Baldn r s:ud. • \·ere n '!Ofu(! to be in the state pia~ off • · With the wind b g ut to left-center at Jamie Clark iemorial the teainS staged a spirited 'ersion f Home Run Derby throughout the afternoon. In all the. teams com– bined ior even round trippers The Lion ""ent deep three time ... in the opener with justin Faulkner beltin,;: a ...olo homer in the fourth inning and a two-run bl.as.t in the Sl'vcnth. Brandon Mabry had a s.olo homer in the gecond inning. . The lions also had four double., among their 16 hits. Faulkner wa" 2-for-4 \\ith three RBI:.. He also scored three runs. Mabry wa!> 3-for-4 v.ith a double and a homer. Tyler Bratton went 3-for-5. Dusty Snider was 2-for-t with a double. Trry Barney wa:- 2-for-3 \\o'ith a pair of RBis. Lance Burnham had a two-run double and Blake Pippin added a two-run single. Nate 7\tordecai also doubled for EMCC. The Lions scored twic~ in the fifth. sixth, and seventh frames to pull away from the Warriors. Robert Tucker (3-3) got the win. tossing a five-hit t·omplete game. "We expanded on the lead and I thought Tucker got his composure after the third inning and pitched pretty good," Baldner said. "He's pitched well for us all year. This i:, about the

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