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ach SAFE AT HOME · mtral Community College's James Harris scores a run for the Warriors as Meridian N H mity College's!ommy Lett loses the handle on the ball. oun1au, S d ' "HT h . s on ... atur ay. ne ad a chance to the fifth m the run-ruled game. '· 111 •P ronfere':lce on our own, and we didn't .Jo!'lh Miller recorded the win for ECCC, • ~he or~.swn. I never thought we could allowing one run on one hit with four strike- ,ch ! us p~or. . outs in four innings. Petty went 4-for-4 with six \ .. C~ '!1crea~ed 1ts lea_d to 13-0 in the RI3£s, and Wilson finished with a double, triple o ncl mnmg of! an RBI lnple from Wilson and two RBis. crlll Rill single fro.m Petty. Michael Robbins took the loss, lasting only r~'Y J_ones .drove 111 ~run for MCC in the a third of an inning. He gave up eight runs, til mmnR WJlh a sacnfice ground out, but one earned off four hits and four walks F:c answered with three more runs off a ' ·

1/re-run homer by Petty in the fourth inning fo a 16-llead. MCC's ~lichael Murray dosed lhe ~coring with a two-run single in the top of

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balls and wild pitches. They took advantage of that." Dusty Davis took the win, giving up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts in four innings of relief. Lieberman went 3-for-4. Cody Savell took the Joss, allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts in 3' innings of relief. Marcus Davis and Will Pearson each had two hits.

ECCC took a 3-l lead in the bottom of the third, scoring on a wild pitch and a sacrifice bunt from James Harris. The Eagles tied the game again in the top of the fourth inning, scoring on a wild pitch and a single by Joey Lieberman. "You can't make a lot of mistakes against (MCC)," Yarborough said. "We walked some guys, had some passed

fifth inning on a wild pitch. "We did not come out playing sharp at all. and we actually stole one away from (ECCC)," said Cai11et, whose team produced just eight hits in the doubleheader. ECCC took a 1-0 lead in the second inning off a MCC error that allowed Ross Pine to score, but the Eagles tied the game at 1 in the top of the third inning, scoring on a Warriors' error.

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MCC ECCC 4 3 The Eagles' game-one win didn't look much better than their game-two loss. MCC came back from deficits of 1 and 2 runs to tie the game at 3, and the Eagles scored the winning run in the