2005

A Mornent to Remember East Central players celebrate Marcus Davis' sixth inning home run against Northeast– ern Oklahoma A&M College. Photo by Marty Stamper.

chances ro further lighten up the game in the fifth and sixth frames. but stranded five runners. "Things have to fall your way sometimes. and they did– n't." Yarborough said. '"We had opportunities and we just didn't get it don<> at the right time." Warrior ac<> Josh Miller (11- 3) took the loss. allowing six runs (one ('arned) on seven hits and fiw walks in six innings. He struck out five. "I think we marched up with NEO on hits. We may have even had more extra base hits. but their defense made all the plays.- Yarborough said. ·You can look on the scoreboard and see the difference and that's the

errors that were made "

1 lead in the top of the fourth on a run-scoring infield hit by Chris Martin. The Warriors made their biggest showing at the plate of the afternoon in the bottom of the fifth as they scored three times to take a 4-2 lead. Will Pearson and Ken Gordon started the inning with singles. Pearson scored when Wilson reached on an error and Davis followed with a two-run single. An RBI single by Chris Redmon cut the lead to 4-3 in the SIXth. Kevin Hatch (4-2) came on in relief of Cody Savell in the Continued on page 1 A... See Warriors...

NEO starter J.T King (9 0)

got the win.

Davis had two of EC 's eight hits. NEO also had eight hits. Maple Woods 9 ECCC 4 The Warriors led 4-2 through five innings. but the Centaurs got into the EC bullpen and scored six runs over the final three innings to take the win. Davis put the Warriors up 1-0 in the first inning with a solo homer to right-center. Maple Woods tied the game in the third when Nick Jaros sin gled. stole second. and scored on a wild pitch The 38 24 Centaurs took a 2