2010

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East Central Diamond Warriors rally twice to .sweep Gulf Coast East Central Community

ning at 3 p.m. on the Raymond campus. After managing just one run in the first four innings in the opener with Gulf Coast, the EC offense got rolling by scoring four runs in the fifth inning and six runs in the sixth frame to notch the come-back victory. Quin Stokes of Carthage and Ricardo Velez of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, each homered in the opener, and multiple bits were registered by Donnie Tabb ofNeshoba Central, Andre Yates of Grenada and Charles Hill of Carthage. Tabb tripled and dou– bled with two RBis; Yates had two singles and three RBis; and Hill belted two doubles and col– lected two RBis. Vmcent Kort– bawi, a product of Hale County High School in Moundville, Ala.

Rtght-hander Allen Johnson was the winning pitcher in relief, allowing one run on one bit ' through two innings. The Leake Academy product also fanned four batters and walked three. Starter Ernie Triplett of Louisville pitched 2 213 innings and allowed one run on two hits. The southpaw fanned one batter and walked three. Right-hander BarryMeeks of Patrician (Ala.) Academy hurled l 213 mnings, allowing two runs on two hits. He also fanned two batters and walked two. South– paws Bobby Bryan of Crossett, Ark., and Willard Bacon of Choctaw Central pitched 1/3 inning each. Bryan allowed three runs on four bits and walked a batter. Yates and Triplett had multi– ple hits to lead the EC offense in the s&ond contest. Yates dou– bled and singled, and Triplett had two singles and collected an RBI. Singles each were recorded by Tabb. Kortbawi. Stokes and ~~,~~~~~·aru~~.~· - ..,z and Richte Long ot Canhage were credited with an RBI each. Right-hander Cal Cossich of Ocean Springs got the win in relief. He hurled the final 1/3 inning and fanned one batter. Donnie Tabb, a right-hander, got the start and went 1 213 innings. He allowed four runs on six bite;, fanned three batters and walked two. Right-hander Tyler Dalton of Winston Academy went three innings and fanned T t)},ree batters. Lefty Austin Buchanan of Neshoba Central :S hurled two innings, allowing

College's baseball team regis– tered impressive rallies in claim– ing a pair of wins over Missis– sippi Gulf Coast Community College Saturday at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex. The Diamond Warriors over– came a late 6-1deficit in the first game to post an 11 -7 victory, and scored three runs in the bot– tom of the seventh for a 6-5 squeaker in the nightcap to com– plete the sweep. With the victories, East Cen– tral improved to 28-8 overall and 10-4 in the MACJC South Division. The Diamond War– riors are currently in second place behind Hinds Community College, which leads the divi– sion at 9-3. The two squads will battle Tuesday, April 13, begin-

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The Diamond Warriors are led by bead coach Neal Holli– man and assistants Michael Avalon and Hunter Vick.