2008

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EC Diamond Warriors show no 'mercy ., on Mercyhurst

each. Ca'e~ also scored three runs ru. d1d Chris Parkman of Rale1gh Ste\en Barnes was the win– ning pileher. allowing just three hih through five scoreless 1nning~. He fanned five batters. Barnes is a product of Cu' ington H1gh School in Folson. La. The "isitor:. committed \C\en errors in the loss. In the second game, the Diamond Warriors jumped out to a 4-0 first-i nning lead and added a -,ingle run in the sixth to post the \ ictof). EC ...tuggers were Carey ~hiler ot Lou1svil!e, double: and Brian Jones. a product of Allen Count) K) ) lhgh School. and Casey. smgles each. 1iller abo had t\\ ORBb.

Jared Clark of Brandon got the win for EC on the mound. Clark hurled five scoreless innmgs. allowing just two hits. He fanned six batters and walked two. Robert Westbrook. a product of Newton County High School, pitched the final two inrungs, allowing just one hit. He struck out two batters and walked one. East Central travels to Itawamba Community CoUege on Saturday, March 1 for a dou– bleheader getting underway at 2 p.m. on the Fulton campus. Road games also scheduled at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia on Tuesday, March 4 and at Pearl River Community College in Poplarville on Saturday, March 8.

- From school reports East Central Communtt~ College's Diamond Wan·ior:. took a pair of conte!>L\ from "i ~­ iting Mercyhurst Northeast Wednesday. cruising 12-0 in the opening conte~t and.compleung the doubleheader sweep with a 5-0 decbion in the nightcap. East Central, wh 1ch improved to 9-6 overall, needed just three hits to win the opener - a five-inning affair due to the I 0-run rule. Hits were recorded by Josh Lafferty of Quitman, triple: and Jacob Casey of Union and Dcon Williams. a product of Tuscaloosa County High School, singles each. Williams led in RBis with four and scored two runs. Casey and Lafferty were credited with two RBls

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