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Ocean Springs, smgle~ each Noakley gave EC a 1- 0lead with his RBI sin– gle in the second inning, which scored Hill. Pearl River tied the game in the fifth frame . Southpaw Colton Mitchell of Lake was the winning pitcher, allowing one 1'\111 on five hits through 6 213 inningti. He fanned 11 batt Prs a nd walked one. H1ght-ha nde r Mitehell Wooten of Edinburg recorded the final out with a strike out . In the second contest, EC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning following Vincent Kort– bawi's run-scoring dou– ble. The Diamond War– riors added two more runs in the frame to take a 3-0 advantage. Pearl River rallied for a 4-3 advantage in the fourth inning but EC' reclauned t he lead

at 5-4 m the top of the fifth after Kortbawi knocked in a run and later scored. The Wildcats tallied four runs in the sixth to grab the lead for good. Kortbawi led EC hit– ters with a double, ~in gle a nd two RBi s. He also scored twice. Kort– bawi is a product of Ha le County High School in Moundville, Ala. Richie Long of Carthage collected two singles and knocked in a run. Other hitters were Tyler Brant of Southaven, double and RBI; and Hill, Noakley and B.J. Martin, a product of Franklinton High School in Mt. Her– mon, La., singles each. Hill also scored twice and Martin scored a run. Right-hander Cal Cossich took the loss, allowing one earned run on two hits through

Kyle Moore's sol home run in the top of the sewnth snapped a 1-1 tie and provided East: Central Commu– nity College's Diamond Warriors with a 2-1 vic– tory over Pearl River Coinmunity College Saturday in the fir::~t of two contests on the Poplarville campus. Pearl River rallied from a 3-0 deficit to poRt an 8-5 dcc:is ion in the second contest nnd ea rn a split of the MACJC South Div1sion doubleheader Following tbe Hplit, East Centra l's record stood at 16-10 ovet·all and 5-3 in league play, and Pearl Rlver, 16-8, 3-3. In a ddition to Moore, a product of Southaven High School, other EC hitters in the opener were J eremy May of Newt on County, two singles; an d Charles Hill of Cru:thage and Tanner Noakley of

Winston County Diamond Warriors TheseWinston Countyathletes are members of the2011DiamondWarrior Baseball Team at fS: Central Community College in Decatur. Pictured from left are Tyler Dalton, Brock Wfltd, Evan Humphries, Fred HamJton and Scott Ming, all of LouisvDie. Dalton is a 5'10•, 1851b., sophomore right-handed pitcher/infielder and agraduate ofWinston kademy.Ward, a s·r, 185 1b., freshman right-handed hur1er, Humphries, a 6'3·, 200 lb., freshmanright-haooed pitcher, and Mi~ a sopho– more manager, are all products of Louisville High School. Hampton is a 5'10", 190 lb., freshman outtlekler and graduate of NanihWaiya High School. Neal Holliman serves as head coach.. Assistant coaches include Michael Avalon, Hunter VICk and Jesus Aleman. (EC Photo)

Academy hurled 113 mning and allowed three earned runs on three hits. Southpaw Willard Bacon pitched the final 2/3 innings and allowed two hits. ECCC host s division foe Jones County Junior College Wednes– day, March 28. Double– header action gets under way at 3 p.m. at the Clark/Gay Baseball

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two innings. He also fanned a batter and walked two. Cossich is a product of Ocean Springs High School. Southpaw Pervis Mann of Carthage was the starter and allowed one earned run on no hits through three innings. He fanned three bat– ters and walked three. Right-hander Tyler Dalton of Winston

The Diamond War– riors travel to South– west Mississippi Com– munity College Satur– day, Apri12. The twin– bill begins at 2 p.m. on the Summit campus. The ECCC baseball program is led by head coach Neal Holliman and assistants Michael Avalon, Hunter Vick and Jesus Aleman.

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