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ECCC Diamond Warriors sweep From press reports

In the first win over Co– Lin, Richie Long of Carthage and Andn.. Yates of Grenada each homered and ingled, and Donnie Tabb of Nesho– ba Central contributed four singles to lead the EC offense. Long also led in RBls with four and Tabb knocked in a couple of runs. Yates also collected an RBI. Also having productive outings at the plate were Vmcent Kortbawi, a product of Hale County High School in Moundville,Ala.. two dou– bles and three RBis; Charles Hill of Carth~e, double and single; Ernie Triplett of Louisville, two singles; and Blake Lawson of Biloxi, sin– gle. Hill and Triplett also col– lected an RBI each. Right-hander Cal Cossicb

of Ocean Spring!> got the win, as he hurled 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief and allowed just one hit He also fanned six batters and walked one. Starter Barry Meeks, a product of Patri– cian Academy of Sweetwa– ter,Ala., pitch 2/3 inning and allowed two runs on four hits. Willard Bacon of Choctaw Central hurled three innings, allowing five runs on five hits. He also fanned a batter and walked one. In the second game, Long slammed two home runs and collected four RBis, Hill belted a home run and sin– gle and had three RBIS, and Tabb contributed a dinger and two RBis to lead EC sluggers. Other hitters were Kortbawi, double and sin-

gle; Triplett and Yates, dou– bles eac)1; and Lawson and Quin Stokes of Carthage, singles each. Designated hit– ter Ricardo Velez of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, had two RBis, and single runs were knocked in by Kortbawi and Triplett. Right-hander Allen John– son of Lena was the win– ning pitcher. Johnson, a product of Leake Academy, pitched 2 113 scoreless innings in relief and allowed just one hit. He also fanned a batter. Starter Colton Mitchell of Lake went 2 2/3 innings, allowing one run on two bits. The southpaw also fanned two batters and walked one. Lefty Austin Buchanan of Neshoba Cen– tral hurled a scoreless final inning and did not allow a

J!a:st Central Community College's balleball team grabbed a pair of victories from Copiah Lincoln Com- . munity College Friday after– noon in Wesson, rallying from an early 3.0 deficit to claim a 12·7 decision in the opener. then cruised 13-1 in the second contest to com– plete the sweep With the wins, the Dia– mond Warriors improved to 24-8 overall and 6-4 in the MACJC South Divi ion. East Central is currently tied for second in the South with the Jones County Junior Col– lege Bobcats who come to campus Wednesday. Double– header action begins at 2 p.m. at the Clark/Gay Base– ball Complex.

Copiah-Lincoln hit. The Diamond Warriors at the Clark/G.l}" Ba~eball Complex. Competition was prenously scheduled to start at 2 p m. Two seven- are led br head coach =--:eal Holliman' and assistants l\tichad Avalon and Hunter Vick.

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East Central Community College's doubleheader with visiting Jones County

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