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fifth and one in the seventh -behind Savell. Fittingly, the Warriors' right-hander was involved in the game's final putout. After inducing a grounder to Coward, the Warriors' fir t baseman, Savell sprinted Qt.£ the mound to take the flip to the bag and record the final out. ·'The defense and hitters just took it over," Savell said of the win. "The defense got me out of a lot of jams and kept my pitch count low. I thought J did my job and hit my spot well." The two Warriors' hurlers put their team in a position that no other club that sur– vived into the tournament's final two days. Meridian Community Col– lege used 10 pitchers in its first three games, and Mis– sissippi Delta Community College - which ECCC played on Saturday - used seven pitchers after three games. Delgado (La.) C~m­ munity College used mnc

pitchers in itshree games in the tournam€'t. ECCC, whih finally used relievers in i~ third game, used six pilcl:rs in its firs t three games 1f the tourna– ment.

Not a Md spot to be in with just one more win to go to advance to a Super Regional and a shot at a trip to the Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.

shoulders,'' Miller said. "I felt like when it came down to it - every thing s hould fall on me win or lose." Savell's outing - while just as long- wasn't has daz– zling as the performance from the first night of the regional. The ~ophomore. who graduated from Newton Hi).(h School, threw a solid gam•'. giving_up three r~ns on .scvt·n hits w1th one stnkeout 111 a 9- 3 win over Southwest \1igsis– sippi Community Colll'P'' on Friday. Savell's number::.; w~rf'n't as overwhelming as the num– bers put up by Miller - or for that matte r, Clark - but he was able to lean heavily on an ECCC defense that play flawless in the second game of the regional. Southwest hit into 16 groundouts and flew out six times and ECCC turned two doubie plays - one in the