2011

Warriors take two from nationally-ranked Hinds By Marty Stamper

. four hits in the opener with Tanner Noakley get– ting a double and Darmaal Moore, Charles Hill, and Tyler Brant each getting a single. Bobby Bryan took the loss despite allowing just three bits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out seven. The second game was the opposite of the open– er as the teams combit\ed for 24 hits and 21 rtms. EC bad 10 hits with B.J. Martin driving in three rtms with a single and a home rtm. Brant had a solo homer, Vmcent Kortbawi added a single and a dou– ble, and Richie Long had three singles. EC used a six-run sixth frame-to take a 9-7 lead, but the Bulldogs answered with four runs in the bottom of the sixth to go back on top 11-9. The Warriors used five pitchers in the loss as they fell to 11-9 overall and 0-2 in division action. EC 8-10 Hinds 3-0 TheWarriors bounced back to sweep Hinds Saturday at Decatur to

improve to 13-9 overall and 2-2 in division play. Vincent Kortbawi's two-rtm homer in the fourth inning gave the Warriors the lead for good as they posted an 8- 3 win in the opener. EC tacked on four more runs in the fifth inning. Kortbawi also had a double. Jeremy May had a pair of singles. Charles Hill, Richie Long, B.J. Martin, and Tyler Brant each had a double. Hill also had two RBI. Colton Mitchell got the win as he allowed five hits and two earned runs in six innings. In the five-inning win in the second game, May had two singles and a double. Darmaal Moore added a double and a single, and Martin had a pair of singles. Moore and Hill also had two RBI apiece. Pervis :Mann got the win with four scoreless innings. He allowed two hits. Hinds, which was ranked No. 11 nationally, dropped to 14-6 and 1-3.

Appeal Sports Editor It was feast or famine for the East Central Commtmity College Warriors last week as they dropped a MACJC South Division double– header at Mississippi Gulf Coast before coming back to Decatur to take a pair of games from Hinds. The Warriors entered this week with a 13-9 overall record and a 2-2 league mark. This week, the Warriors were scheduled to host Copiah-Lincoln on Tuesday, then go to Pearl River on Satur day. Gull Coast 1-11 EC 0-10 The Warriors dropped a pair of one-rtm games at Perkinston last Wednesday. Gulf Coast won the opener on Nick Boggs' walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Bulldogs posted an 11-10 win in the night– cap to complete the sweep. The Warriors had just

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