2008

EC Diamond Warriors get sweep~ division lead Eac;t Central Conununity College's baseball team improved to 18-11 follow– ing sweeps of Jones County Junior College and Meridian Community College squads last week. •· ECCC sweeps MCC for division lead give ourselves a chance, I just didn't know we'd score five liKe that."

trailed 5-4 going into the fifth.. The Diamond Warriors tied the contest at 5-5 in their frame or the inning only to have Jones take a 6-5 advantage in the sixth. EC would take the lead for good ~ the bottom of the sixth at 7-6, and added two runs in the seventh and one in the eight to preserve the win. Tn the second contest, Parkman sin– gled in Hall for the winning run to com– plete the sweep. CoJeman homered and Jones had three singles to lead the offense. Parlunan and Jack Edmondson of Nanih Waiya had two singles each and Deon Williams belted a triple. Jones was credited with the win for EC on the mound. The right-hander allowed two hits and no runs through one and two-thirds innings. He fanned one batter and walked one. Right-hander Carey Miller of Louisville burled one inning, allowing four earned runs on two bits. He walked one batter. Starter Steven Barnes went four and one-third innings, allowing one earned run on three bits. He fanned seven batters and walked two. Barnes is a product of Covington High School in Folson, Lu

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Meridian regained the lead at 9-8 on a sixth-inning sqlo shot by Shannon Steed, but the Diamond Warriors scored twice in Z the bottom of the inning and held on for <( the win. :I: Jones sealed the victory by pitching a ~ scoreless seventh inning in relief. W ln addition to his three-run homer, 0 Lafferty singled and finished with four :) RBis to lead the offen<.e. Other bitters :I: were Coleman and Parkman, two smgles a. each; Jones and Jacob Casey of Union, w doubles each. Tyler Vick led MCC with :I: two homers and five RBis. 1- Robert Westbroor was lhe winning pitcher for EC, allowing one earned runs on two hits in one inning of relief. Westbrook is a product of Newton County High School. Jones fanned one batter and allowed no hits to earn the save. Starter Jesus Aleman of Belle Glade, Fla.• allowed six earned runs on nine hits through five mnmgs. He fanned three batters. In the second contest, EC got aJJ the runs it needed in the first inning thanks to See ecce, page 28

Josh Lafferty's three-run homer helped propel East Central Community College's Diamond Warriors to a 10-9 win over Meridian Community College in the first game, and southpaw Gregory Stovall shut down the Eagle offense with a 2-0 decision in the second contest With the doubleheader sweep, East Central improved to 16-11 overall and 2- 0 in league play, while Meridian slipped to 10-12 and 0-2. Lafferty's blast tied the contest at 8-8 and capped a five-run fifth inning, eras– ing an 8-3 Meridian advantage. Brian Jones, a product of Allen County High School in Adolphus. Ky., had earlier dou– bled in !I pair of runs setting the stage for Lafferty's game-tying dinger, which can'IC on a 3-0 count Lafferty is a product ofQuitman High School. 'That was the most important inning of the day," remarked second year ECCC head coach Neal Holliman of the live nm, fifth stanza. 'They went up big on uc; and we came buck with u liw -!»pol I knew we had to answc1 in thai 11111111p In

The Diamond Warriors posted J 0-7 and 6-5 decisions over Jones on Fdday after taking a pair of contests (10-9, 2-0) from division rival Meridian on Tuesday, March 18. East Central moved atop the MACJC Central Division following the wins over MCC. ln the first game with the Bobcats, Clint Coleman of Louisville led the EC offense with three singles. Kylie Ming, also of Louisville, had two singles and collected two RBis. ZeEricka Hall of Carthage belted a triple. Southpaw Timothy Maloney of Northeast Lauderdale got the win for EC, allowing one earned run on four hits through three and one-third innings. He fanned two batters. Starter RobertWestbrook, a right-han– der from Newton County High School, p1tched five and two-thirds innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits. He fanned Rix batters and walked three. EC led 4 I after three innings and hut

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