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games these two squads played will be ECCC's starting pitcher. TI1e Warriors will use Josh Miller in the firs t game of the region tournament. The left– bander went 9-2 with a 2.42 ERA in the regular season, and he struck out 72 batters in 70 innings pir·ched. "I'm sure they (Gulf Coast) has a good club, but they didn't see Josh the first time we played," Yarborough said. And though ECCC hasn't seen any game action s ince its sweep of Hinds in late April, the Warriors have s tayed s harp on t he field . ECCC held an evening prac– tice on Tuesday to get ready for the night game against Gulf Coasl on Thursda}'. "We are still sharp," Yarborough said. "We have been working just as hard as we did during the season. Our guys are OK."

year. ECCC faced Gulf Coast on Feb. 17 on the Bulldogs' home field. TI1e Warriors fell in boU1 games of the doubleheader, their first losses of the season. ECCC started the year with six straight wins on its home field. Yarborough said he isn't putting too much s tock in what happened against the Bulldogs in February as the teams get set to meet two months later. "Both team are going to be very dif.(erent at this time of year,'' Yarborough said. "We made a lot of errors and weren't very sharp when we played them (in February). It is going to be like two dif– fe rent teams when we play each oilier again." One of the biggest differ– ences from the first two . . '

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