2011

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Diamond Warriors sweep Gulf Coast, Mitchell hurls no-Hitter Southpaw Colton Mitchell of

two-run homer in the third inning and registered a solo blast in the fourth. Martin, in addition to his home run - a two-run blast in the second inning - slapped a single and finished with two RBis.Other sluggers were Tanner Noakley of Ocean Springs, double and sin– gle; Darmall Moore of Stone County, two singles; and Kort– bawi and JerrodMyers ofJacksmi St Andrews, singles each. Moore was also credited with an RBI. Starter Pervis Mann of Carthage picked up the win. 1 ! Mann, a southpaw, allowed two earned runs on four hits. He also fanned two batters and walked one. Right-banders Tyler Dalton of Wmston Academy, Casey Wells of West Jones and Mitchell Wooten of Edinburg hurled an inning each. Dalton allowed two earned runs on three hits and walked a batter. Wells allowed one hit and no runs and Wooten pitched a scoreless inning and allowed no hits. TheDiamondWarriors trav– el to Hinds Community College Wednesday, April 13. Double– header action begins at 3 p.m. on the Raymond campus.

are Southwest (S-9, 18-14), Copi-· ah-Lincoln (S-9, 16-16) and Hinds (4-10, 18-14). In recording the no-hitter, Mitchell fanned six batters and allowed just two base runners, both of whom reached base after being hit by a pitch. The contest was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Hill also contributed a single and went 3-for-3 in the opener with four RBls. His two-run blast in the bottom of the fifth ended the game. His first dinger was a solo blast in the fourth inning. Leal added a single to his first– game stats and was credited with two RBis. His two-run homer in the second inning gave EC a 3-0 lead. Other hitters were Vmcent Kortbawi, a product of Hale County High School in Moundville, Ala. double and sin– gle; Martin. double; and Richie Long of Carthage and Jeremy May of Newton County, singles each. Martin and Long also knocked in a run apiece. In the second game, Brant added a double to his two home runs and was the top run produc– er with three RBis. He belted a

Lake hurled a no-hitter, Charles Hill of Carthage belted two home runs and Carlos Leal of Guayn– abo, Puerto Rico contributed a dinger to lead East Central Com– munity College to an 11-0shutout of Mississippi Gulf Coast Com– munity Cpllege in the first of two victories over the then division– leading Bulldogs Saturday after– noon at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex in Decatur. The Diamond Warriors took the second contest by an 8-4 mar– gin as several Warriors again found success with the long ball. Tyler Brant of Southaven blasted two home runs, and Hill and B.J. Martin of Franklinton lllgh School in Mt. Hermon, La., each homered. Following the doubleheader sweep, East Central improved to 21-13 overall and 8-6 in the MACJC South Division. The Diamond Warriors are currently fourth in league play. Gulf Coast dropped to 16-16 and 9-5 and fell to second place. Jones County leads the division at 104 and is 23-11 overall. Pearl River is third at 7-5 and has a 21-11 overall mark. Rounding out the division

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