2010

went seven innings, gave up threE runs, nine hits, one walk and struck out six. Ryan Waters pitched 12-3 innings, gave up six unearned runs, three hits and struck out three. He took the loss and is now 3-4. Colton Mitchell, the third pitcher of the evening for ECCC, posted the win. He went 2 1-3 innings, gave up no runs, no hits and struck out one to improve his record to 7-3. The Warriors outhitJones, 12-! Long homered and singled for ECCC, while Moore, Yates and Lawson all had two singles each. Stokes doubled, while Myers , Tabb and Hill each s ingled.

grab and threw to first, but Moore was called safe on a bang-bang play to load the bases. DonnieTabb followed \Vith another s)o\\ roller to Graham Odom nt hortstop. He tiellled the ball. but it was throv. n wide of first base and all three ECCC runners scored. Yates was then hit by a pitch and Limg came to the plat('. He blasted his 13th home run of the season, a thrcl"-run shot over the right field wall and suddenly, U1e Warriors were up 9-3. The Bobrals were limited to five hits. Landry had three singles and Robertson had two singles. Pierct• started for the Bobcats,

Pierce got a strikeout and a double play to get out of the inning unscathed. ECCC, though, would respond to tie the game in the sixth. Andre Yates singled and Richie Long followed with a single. Quin Stokes then followed with a two– run double to center to make it 3-2 before Charles Hill delivered a two-out, run-scoring single to make it3-3. fhat set the stage for the deci– sive top of the ninth. With two outs, Blake Lawson singled and Jerrod Myers followed with a walk. Darmaal Moore then hit a slow roller to third. Chase Headrick made a bare-handed

ECCC from page Bl Friday in an elimination game. The winner of that game will qualify for the Region 23 Tournament next week. The season \\ill end for the loser. Pearl River lost 4-0 to Hinds in Thursday's opening game. The Warriors (37-15) will take on Hinds at 4 p.m. in a winner's bracket gan1e. The winner of the JCJC/Pearl River game takes on the loser of the Hinds/East Cen– tral game at 7 p.m. in an elimina– tion game. Trailing 3-0, the Warriors loaded the bases with no outs in the third, but]CJC starter Andrew