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' n1c Warriors scratched for a pair of runs in th<· bottom of the seventh inning to makt• tlw score 20·14. One run scored on a single by Richie Long and the second run scored 011 an <•rror to bring ECCC to within seven run-. of the Eagles. MCC poured on more offense in the eighth inning with five runs to push the score back to double digits at 25-14. LeGrange added his second homer of the game that drove in a pair of runs in the inning and Hunter Trawick had a two run s ingle in the eighth. ihe Warriors scored six runs in the eighth and one run in the ninth, but would come up short as MCC took the wild 25 ·21 win. Long added a three run homer in the eigth inning for ECCC and Long also had an RBI singk~ in the ninth inning for East Cen· tral.

to 17-8. East Central also added one r un in the fifth inning to respond and make the score 17-9. Stokes continued to lead the way for the Warriors and drove in the run on an RBI single. The Eagles scored one run in the sixth inning and Farmer once again provided the offense for MCC with an RBI single to make the score 18-9, but ECCC came right back witl1 three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to build the score to 18-12 in favor of MCC. Two r uns scored in the inning on a throwing error by MCC and the third run scored on an RBI single by Donnie Tab b. MCC tried to distance themselves from East Central in the top of thr seventh _inning with two runs to make the score. 20-12. Kenny Sanders had an RBI single in the inning and Pace drove in a run on a sacr i, fice fly.

tonight and our games this weekend have so much riding on them." East Central (33-13) will travel to Jackson this weekend to battle Jones in a key MACJ C doubleheader that begins at 1 p.m.The Warriors trall the Bobcats by one game in th e South Division and the winner of the division will host the regional tour– nament next month. East Central would continue to s lowly creep back into the game with three runs in the fourth inning to cut the Meridian lead to 16-8. Stokes blasted his second home run of the game in the fourth inning which drove in a pair of runs and the third run of the inning scored on an RBI groundout by Lawson. MCC would put anoU1e r run on a very busy scoreboard with a solo hom<.> run by Farmer in the flfth inning to move tl1c score

MCC continued to extend its lead in the top of lh<' third inning with two more runs tp mak<· the score 16-1. Roberts drove both • uns in for the Eagles with his second home 1 un of the game to give MCC a comfortable lead. East Central would try to .make a l·onwback in the bottom of the third inning h} chipping into the Meridian lead with fo ur runs to make the score 16-5. Quin ..,tokes drove a pair of runs in for ECCC ' ilh a home run and Blake Lawson added a two run single in the four run third inning for the Warriors. · "Our main goal coming into tonight was to get better," said East Central head coach Neal Holliman. "We have not been playing very well as of late and I think we got better ECCC, MCC combine for 46 runs in single game

c one run in the bottom of the first inning to cut the M~C lead to 4-1. Vincent Kortbawi drove in the lone run of the first inning for the Warriors on an RBI single. Meridian extened its lead in a huge way with 10 runs in the top of the second inning to make the score 14-1. The Eagles sent 14 batte rs to the plate in the second inning and collected nine hits in the frame. The inning was highlighted by three run home run by Michael LeGrange and Darren Farmer also added a two run double in the second inning. Corey Dickerson also added a two run home run in the ten run inning for MCC. ~ See MCC on page C3 ~ ..L ._, .._ 0 .._ ~ 0::: 0::: a.. 0::: a.. < w a.. w < t> z en ~ z ;: East Central responed with

Decluar against Meridian Community College Wednesday night there wa~ no doubt that the offcne was on display. The Eagles are War– riors combined for 43 hits and 46 runs as MCC would walk with a wild 25-21 victory over East Central-in local junior col· lege baseball action. The two teams also com– bined for 10 home runs in the game and three players had at least two home runs in the crazy game in Decatur. 11 There was no doubt that both teams had great lights at the plate, 11 said MCC head coach Chris Rose. 11 We needed a good win going into such a key Miss-Lou Conference series thi-. weekend 11 MCC (27-16) will o)ll' n a thrl'e game seri<>s with Balon Rouge Community Collcg<.· this wed,c•.nd \vith the Mi!'S· Lou Conkrcnct~ Chanwi· onship on the lint:. The Eagles can win the regular season

championship with a sweep of the Bears this weekend. Tht> series begins with a double– header on Saturday at 2 p.m. and the series concludes with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. MCC started its offensive explosion in the top of the firs I inning with four r uns to take a 4-0 lead over the Warriors. Jonathan Pace started the inning by reaching on a double down the line in lefl and crossed the plate moments later on a home run by Ben Kingsley to make the score 2-0 in favor ofMCC.Tite Eagles added two more runs in Ute frame on another home run to make the score 4-0. Former Meridian High standout Kenny Roberts belted the long home run off the scoreboard in left cenlcr to give MCC the_four run edge·.

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