2010

After tra!lmg 3-0 through fi, c mnings, Sto~cs belted a double lo centerfield, sconng Yates uud Long, nho each reached base w xth smglcs. Hill slapped a run– scoring single that brought pinch-runner K~vin Harris of Newton home Jrorn llurd to trc the score at 3-J. Lawson later set the stage for the upset \ ictory with a single and Jcrrod l'vfyers of Jackson St. Andrews fol– lowed \\ith a walk Moore reached base on an intield hit. sending Lawson to third and Myers to second. Tabb fol– lowed with a grounder to the infield but a thro\\ing error to first base allov.ed all three EC base runner-: to score. Yates then came to bat and \\'aS hit by a pitch and Long follo"cd with his 13' homer of the season, a three– TWl shot over the right-Iicld waH. Mitchell shut down the 8ohcat oftense in th(; bot– tom of the ninth and was cr!!d– itcd with the wrn. Mitchell al– lowed no hrts through 2 113 innings in relict. He lanned one batter. Erme Trrplett of Lou–

"Our ultimate goal continues to be to win the Reg1on tournament and ad– vance to the Junior College World Series," said Holliman. The NJCAA Division II World Series is scheduled May 29- June 5 in Enid, Okla.

ECCC 8, PEARL RIVER 7 The Diamond War– riors, who held a 3-0 lead un– til the Wildcats rallied for five runs in the seventh inning, overcame a 6-3 deficit with their own five-run rally in the top of the ninth mning and held on ·for the one-run vic- tory as the clock was about to strike midnight. The ninth-inning heroics began when Velez walked and was later moved to second on a single by Darmaal Moore of Stone County. Long followed with a walk and loaded the bases. Stokes hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Velez. Kortbaw1 followed with a triple to right field, scoring Moore and Long. Yates then tripled to nght field and Kortbawi scored. Hill sent Yates home with a single to right field and EC was back on top at 8-6. Pearl River added a run in the final frame and had a runner on third base when the game ended on an infield groundout. Stokes belted a two– run homer in the sixth inning and finished w1th three RB1s to lead the EC offense. In ad– dition to triples recorded by Konbawi and Yates, singles were contributed by Moore, Hill and Lawson . Kortbawi was also credited with two RBis. Long, Yates and Hill also knocked in a run each. Long was the wmning pitcher m relief, allowing one ~.:arned run on two hits during an in– ning of work. He fanned one

isville "as the staner and al– lo\\ cd one earned run orr three hrts through 2 l/3 mnmgs He limned one bauer and V.'lllked four. Tyler Dalton ot W1I15ton Academy prtched 4 l/3 mnrngs in mHidlc rche1 and allowed on earned ,m on wo hils. The nght– hander 'lib.:> fanned th c halters and walked or c. Long cuntrrbutcd a smgle maddrllon to l11s hon1e nuL Also credited wrth I\\O hils each were Y.1tcs, Lawson nnd Moore