2005

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ough offered me one. and I've enjoyed it ever since. Corey Coward is batting .309 with eight doubles and 32 RBI. Other top hitters are Taylor Petty (.309), Ross Pine (.293, 3 HR. 16 RBI) and Van Wilson (.285, 8 28, 4 HR. 20 RBI). "Corey Coward started off the year real slow, but he's been on fire here lately," Yarborough said. "He's hit– ting well over .400 in the con– ference. He's getting on base a lot with 20 walks." "We're built on our pitching and defense. We've got guys that know how to move runners and get them in scoring position," Yarbor– ough added. "'fhat's how we try to knock them in. We're not going to go out there and hit a bunch of home runs. We're going to try to move

some guys over and run some bases. We're not a pow– erhouse as far as hitting, but we're going to try to go out there and get the job done." Top hitters for NEO are Aljay Davis (.446, 7 28, 33 RBis. 43-of-47 SBs), Joseph Godinez (.351, 13 28, 7 HR, 51 RBis), Kirt Kleindienst (.338, 27 RBis), Chris Hardin (.328, 5 HR, 37 RBis) and Nicolas Boisvert (.333, 6 HR, 68 RBis). The top pitchers arc Nicholas Bleau (5-l, 4.29), Edgardo Cepeda (6-1, 4.71), ].T. King (8-0, 3.39) and Simon Gagnon (5-l, 4.96). 'The Golden Norsemen are batting .327 and have a 5.02 team ERA. Opponents are batting .242 off NEO pitching. Leading the 37-24 Cen– taurs of Maple Woods at the plate are Jake Blackwood • (.387, 20 2B, 19 HR. 75 RBfs, 21-of-22 SBs), Josh Aber– crombie (.375, 16 28, 6 HR, 47 RBis), Nick Jaros (.347, 13 28, 5 38. 5 HR, 54 RBis, 27- of-31 SB). Ross Kelling (.382, 12 28, 11 HR, 67 RBis) and Chris Redman (.335, 11 28, 36 RBfs). The top pitchers are Joey Haug (6-7, 4.20 ERA), Tyler Lipscomb (6-2, 3.83) and Lonnie Patterson (4-2, 4.24). The Centaurs are batting .318 with a 5.37 team ERA.

breaktng ball to go with it. n Defensively, the Warriors are fielding at a .937 clip. Marcus Davis is the top hitler, batting .312 with 10 homers and 29 RBI. He's been successful on 12-of-16 stolen base attempts. "Davis is ow· No.3 hitter," Yarborough said of the 2004 21st-round draft pick of the Florida Marlins. ''He's a good runner and has a good arm in the outfield. He's an out– standing center fielder. He can run and go get it." Davis came to ECCC from Magee after Copiah-Lincoln failed to protect him. "Coach (Keith) Case said he never did get a chance to come watch me, so he didn't have a scholarship for me,'" Davis said. ··coach Yarbor-

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