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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 ~ the mound to take the t1ip 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 Jot of jams and kept my pitch count low. I thought ~ did my job and hit my spots 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 ~ts 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 moe

pitchers in itshree games in the tourname t. ECCC. whrh finally used relievers in i~ third game, used six pitcers in its first three games 1f the tourna– ment.

Not a b~d 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 ] unction, Colo.

shoulders," Miller said. "I felt like when it l:ame down to it - every thing should 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 sophomore, who graduated from Newton High School, threw a ~olid ganu . giving up three run~ on sewn hits with one strikeout in a 9- 3 win over Southwest Missis– sippi Community Collcf.. • on Friday. Savclrs numbers wen•n't as overwhelming as the num– bers put up by Miller - or for that matter, 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 s ix times. and ECCC turned two double plays - one in the