2007

SA, The Neshoba Democrat, Philadelphia, Mjss., March 7, 2007 ECCC Diamond Warriors take pair from Bevill - Fayette

East Oktibbcha Hi gh School in Starkville, led the D1amond War– riorc; at the plate \\ ith three singles and one RBI. He al so scored two runs. Harris and Chns Parkmnn of Pulaski had doubles each and col– lected two RBis apiece. Parkman, a transfer from the Uni\erslty of We t Alabama, also scored a run. Warren Bowling of Florence also doubled and scored twice. Wash– ington singled and knocked in a run and Chad Go!>selln.of Brandon ~ingled. East Central scored two ru ns in the fi rst tnnmg, three in the ~ec­ ond. l\\0 in the third, one in the fourth and three in the fifth. Bevtii-Fayette tallted once in the second inning and scored three runs in the third . The Diamond Warriors ho!.t ltawamh a Community College beginning at 3 p.m. Sawrda} and \\ill participate in a one-da} tour– nament Sun day, March 4 i n Shreveport, La. ECCC travels to Wallace-Selma Tuesday. Double– header acti on get!> underway at I p.m on the Selma. Ala., campus.

East Central Community Col– lege 's baseball squad evened its record to 6-6 fo llowing a double– header sweep of Bevill-Fayette February 27 on the Decatur cam– pus. The Diamond Warriors pounded I I hits to take the fir$t contest by a 7-2 margin and cruised to an 11- 4 victory in the nightcap. The vic– tories avenged an earlier double– header loss (3-2, 9-4) on the Fayeue, Ala., campus. Southpaw Gregory Stovall of Ne hoba Central got the win in the opener, as he pitched five score– less in ning and allowed just two bits. He also fanned three batter:; and walked two. Right-handerl; J osh Denson of Carthage and George Wa hington of Demopolis, Ala., pitched an inning each. Den- · son allowed two runs on one hit and walked one batter, and Wash– ington. a transfer from Central Alabama Commu nit y College , gave up one hit and fanned one batter. Washington, Jacob Thames of Magee and Brian Jones, a product of Allen County High School in

Adolphus, Ky., had two hits each to lead the Di amond Warri or offeQsive attack. Singl e each were recorded by Josh Lafferty of Quitman. John Harri s of Morton and Miss issippi State Universit} transfer Warren Bowling of Flo– rence. Thames also collected two RBls and Harris knocked in a run. Jones and Washington also scored twice. East Central scored four runs in the first inning. one in the fifth and two in the sixth. The \ISitors scored their two runs in the sev– enth inning. Right-hander Joe Patterson of Morton improved his record to 2-1 as EC completed the sweep. Pat– terson allowed four runs on four hits through five innings of work. He also fanned five batters and walked one . Right-banders Jesus Aleman of Belle Glade, Fla., and Earnesto Green , a product of Jack– so n Provine, pitched an inning each. Aleman, a transfer from the Uni versity of West Alabama. fanned one batter and walked one. and Green allowed two hits. Terrell Hendrix. a product of

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