2005

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Warriors come up empty in district tournament FORT SMITH. Ark. - The East Central Community College baseball team had pret- ty much used its by pitching and Marty ?efcnse to achieve Stamper tts success on the baseball diamond this spring. So when those two elements "We fell short. This is proba– bly the worst defensive day that we've had all year, and unfortu– nately, it came at this time. Defensively. we've been very strong this year. ft's just that all of a sudden it hit us in one day. We just didn 't execute.~ NJCAA South Central District

Warrior sophomore center fielder Marcus Davis had a good showing as he hit a home run in each game and went 4-for 8 • with four RBis. "Marcus is a good ballplay er," Yarborough said. "He's got a lot of ability and he played well. He steps up when we need him to and this was one of those days we needed him to be at his peak and he was there. "He'll have a chance to go on and play professional baseball We expect him to go a long way in his career.- Northeastern Okla. 8 ECCC 3 The Golden Norsemen scored six unearned runs off six EC errors in taking the day's opener. Two errors in the third inning led to five unearned runs for NEO as a 1-0 Warrior advantage turned into a 5-l deficit. NEO's big hit in the inning was a two– run triple by Noel Ahumada. EC had taken a l-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Davis hit a 1\vo-out single to center field and scored on another single to

weren't up to their usual stan– dards Fiiday. the Warriors made a hasty exit from the NJCAA Oi\ i-.ion I SouthCentral District 1oumament at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. The Warriors lost 8-3 to eventual tournament champion Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in their first game and were eliminated with a 9-4 loss to Maple Woods (Mo.) Community College in their second game The Warriors finished their season with a 29 23 record. EC committed six errors against NEO which led to six unearned runs. The Warriors fol – lowed that with an eight-error per– formance against Maple Woods. EC pitchers combined to issue a dozen walks in the two games. "We just didn't execute defen– sively." EC head coach Jake Yarborough said. ''You've got to be playing your best defensively when you·re in a tournament like this. and we didn't.

Tournament at Fort Smith, Ark. Friday's Scores

Game 1: Northeastern Okla homa A&M 8. East Central 3 Game 2: MapleWoods (Mo.) 9. East Central 4 Game 3: NEO 7 Maple Woods 5 10 inning~ Saturday's Score Game 4. 'lEO 14 Maple Woods I center by Corey Coward. The Warriors got their second run in the sixth as Davis Jed off with a !>olo homer in the right– field corner. ll was his 11th of the year. The 42 19 Norsemen got that run back in the bottom of the inning as Nick Patterson reached on an error and scored on a two-out infield hit by Joseph Godinez. EC got back-to back doubles from Van Wilson and Taylor Petty in the top of the seventh to close to within 7-3. The 29-22 Warriors had

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