2007

EC splits with N'west, sweeps Jones Special to The Record East Central Community Col– lege's baseball squad won three of its first four home games in 2007 as the Diamond Warriors split a dou bleheader with Northwest Missis– sippi Community College on Fri– day after earning a pair of wms from Jones County Junior College on Tuesday, Feb. 13. With the three victories. the ECCC squad improved to 3-4 under frrst-year head coach Neal Holli– man. In the split with Northwest, the Rangers rallied for three r uns in the top of the seventh to claim an 11-9 decision in the opener, and the Diamond Warriors scored tvvice in the bottom of the sixth to break a 4- 4 deadlock and held on for the 6-4 victory in the nightcap. Jesus Aleman. a transfer from the University of West Alabama and Belle Glade, Fla., resident, took the loss for EC, as he allowed three runs on three hits in one-and-a– third innings. Brian Jones, a prod– uct of Allen County High School in Adolphus, Ky., pitched 2/3 of an inning and gave up tlu·ee runs on four hits. Joe Patterson of Morton was the starting pitcher for EC. allowing four runs on seven hits through frve innings of work. He also fanned three batters and walked one. Top EC hitters were George Washington of Demopolis, who c homered, collected three RBis and scored twice; John Harris of Mor– S ton, two singles and two runs scored; and Chris Parkman of L Pulaski, who also hit twil singes and scored twice. Washington and \! Parkman are transfers from Cen– tral Alabama Community College S and the University of West Ala- P

ROBBIE ROBERTSONrrHE NEWTON RECORD East Central Community College's Joe Patterson, a sophomore from Mor– ton, delivers a pitch to the plate Wednesday aga1nst Northwest m Decatur. bama, respectively. .

ing two hits and one run. Washington homen•cl again in the nightcap and Casey singled. scored three times and walked twice to lead the offenshe attack. 'l'he wilmin:; pitcher was Daniel Carela, a product of Washington High School in New York. Carela allowed three hits through five innil1gs. Jones frumed four batters in two innings of work to record the save. East Central travels to rvlississip– pi Gulf Coast Community Cqllege in Perkinston on Thursda) and will be guests of Soutlnvcst Missis· sippi Community Co1leg1· 111 Swn– mit on Saturday. Both doublehead ers begin at 1 p.m. The Diamond Warriors have a rematch with RPville-Fayette beginning at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Feb. '27. EC fell twice to Beville (3·~. 9-·1) m the second match-up of the 2007 campaign.

In the second ganw. . Josh Denson of Carthage earned the \\ m. allo\\ ing no runs on three hits through two innings. Starter Gregory Sto vall of Neshoba Central pitched flve innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits. He also fanned four batters and walked four. Jordan Robinson and Jacob Casey, both of Union. were the top hitters for f<~C with two singles each. Casey also scored two runs and Robinson scored once. In the sweep of Jones. EC won the frrst contest by a 5-4 mcu·gin and posted a 4-2 decision in the night– cap. Washington was the offensive standout in the opener as he home· red and tripled. collected three RBis and scored twice. Aleman tossed three innings 111 relief and picked up'*the win. allow

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