2005

ECCC Diamond Warriors Sweep Hinds; Qualify for Region Tournament

as he sent a towering shot over the right field lights. Pine was also credited with a single. OtherEC sluggers were Corey Coward of Noxapater, two singles; and James Harris of Morton and Will Pearson and Jo– seph Cavenaugh, both of Newton County, singles each. Southpaw Josh Miller of Elysian Fields , Texas , picked up the win for East Central, improving to 9-2. Miller fanned four and al– lowed eight hits in six in– ntngs of work. Right-

DECATUR--Powered by Marcus Davis' three home runs and Sam Thames' game-winning single, East Central Com– munity College swept a doubleheader from Hinds Community College Satur– day afternoon thus quali– fying for the Region 23 Tournament scheduled May 5-8 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston. The Diamond Warnors, who improved to 25-21 overall and 6-10 in division competition under fourth– year head coach Jake Yarborough, cruised to a 9-2 victory in the first game and rall ied for three runs in the bottom of the sev– enth to take an 8-7 victory in the nightcap. East Cen– tral and Northeast were tied for the final spot in the Region Tournament but the Tigers were elimmated following a weekend split with rival Northwest. Davis, a sophomore out– fielder/pitcher from Magee, gave EC a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game one and later added a two-run blast for the easy win . Designated hitter Ross Pine, a product of Live Oak High School in Watson, La., al so homered for East Central

hander Kevin Hatch of of Morton, double; and Carthage worked the sev– enth inning and allowed two hits and fanned one. Thames' heroics occurred with one out, the bases loaded and the game tied at 7-7. Thames, a product ofNewton County Acad– emy, also singled earlier in the contest. Pearson, single. Right-hander Cody Savell of Newton was credited with the win. improving his record to 4-6. Savell was on the mound for three in– nings, allowing four runs 9n seven hits. Right-hander John Fortenberry of Carthage started on the mound for the Warriors and was relieved after four innings of work. Fortenberry fanned one, walked two and allow.ed eight hits. Other sluggers in the one– run victory were Davis, home run and two singles; Van Wilson of West Lau– derdale, double and single; Coward and Harris, two singles each; Ken Gordon

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