2008

WEEK OF si.J, j,_· ...-, --~-~- RUNDOWN

In the opener, a polar opposite from the nightcap, the two teams combined for 20 hits and ECCC rallied from an 8-3 deficit to take a 10-9 win. MCC out-hit East Centralll-9 in game one, but seven walks from Eagle pitching and three errors would allow East Central the chance to come away with a win. The Eagles appeared to be in control throughout the early stages, as former West Laud– erdale standout Tyler Vick con– nected on a pair of homers in con– secutive innings to give MCC an 8-3lead. In the fourth inning, Vick lined a 1-strike pitch from ECCC's Jesus Alaman over the center– field wall for a two-run shot before delivering a three-run blast in the top of the fifth. Thi:::. one, a towering shot over the left– field wall, gave MCC a com– manding five-run lead. Trailing 8-3, the Warriors immediately responded witl~ a five-run fifth inning. Against MCC reliever Brent Gough, the War– riors began to fight back when Brian Jones doubled in a pair of runs to cut the lead to 8-5, set– ting the stage for a game-tying, three-run home run off the bat of left-fielder Josh Lafferty which capped the comeback. "That was the most important inning of the day," Holliman said. "They went up big on us and we came right back with a five-spot I knew we bad to answer in that

East Central Community College's Allen Cheek gets caught in a rundown during the sixth Inning of the first game in Decatur while a teammate scores the winning run before Cheek is tagged out by Meridian Community College's Jarrod Parks. The Warriors won 10-9 and swept the doubleheader.

inning to give ourselves a chance, I just didn't know we'd score five like that." After MCC's Shannon Steed laced a solo home run in .the top of the sixth, ECCC once again ral- . lied, scorilig two sixth inning runs to regain the lead. After Clint Coleman singled to lead off the inning, catcher Chris Parkman delivered an RBI single to tie the score. One batter later, courtesv runner Allen Cheek took off on a steal attempt to second base, allowing Ze'Ericka Hall to score the go-ahead run from third. When Jones came on in relief and shut the door with a 1-2-3 sev– enth inning. the ·warriors had an unlikelv \\;n. ''That was big," Holliman added. \'hen you look back on these games, they'll just be two out of 16 conference games, but the way we won today really says a loL" Offensively, Vick led the way with two hits and five RBis for MCC while Scott Mosely added three singles. For East Ceqtral, Lafferty, Coleman and Parlcman had two hits apiece. See Warrtora Page 83

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Meridian Community College's Josh Demoney leaps over East Cen– tral Community College's Jack Edmondson after tagging him out along the first base line after a sacrifice bunt Tuesday afternoon.

Warriors From Page 81 While the result in game two was the same, the storv was much differenL - With Stovall and :-.tee starter Tyler Mc~lullen locked in a pitchers' duel, the Warriors struck for the only two runs of the game

in the bottom of the first inning. McMullen, a freshman

first with no runs, that was huge for our confidence," Holliman aClded. Stovall dominated the Eagle bats for more than six innings before handing off to Jones, who retired the final two batters of the game for his second save of the day. ' Offensively, Hall bad a pair' of hits for ECCC. "It's always big to beat a quality team like Meridian, but we had 14 more confer– ence games to go ," Hol– liman said. MCC will return home to host Gulf Coast Friday while East Central will host Jones County.

APPEARED righty from Southeast Laud– erdale who reverse trans– ferred from Ole Miss - allowed just five hits and struck out six in six innings, allowed a double from War– rior DH Brandon Williams and a triple from Hall to fall CA.RTHAGtNIAN ____ ___, behind 1-0 in the first. Jones pushed the lead to 2-0 with SCOTT COUNTY TIMES ____ an RBI single that scored Hall. UNION APPEAL________ For his part, Stovall ran

into trouble just once, allowing runners to reach first and third in the top of the first before llJSCape without any damage. "When he got out of the

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