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~ ECCC Layna Phillips of Leake Acad emy con– tributed with a single. B ailey went the dis– tance to notch the win , a llowing the lone run on S

, the first. <'lllllc>st and mished two tur four ot .he ·plate w1th two RBis. He also scor<>d l \VICe. J eremy Muy nlso had a productive out 111g for EC, as the fornH'r Newton County Hi g h School standout collPcted two singles, an RBI and scored on Korlbawi's two run blast. Other sluggers for EC included Charles Hill and Richi e Long, both of Carthage. Colton Mitchell picked up the win for East Central, allowing five hits and two earned run s through six innings. May also continued his hitting streak in the sec– ond contest, as he collect– ed a double and two sin– gles. He also knocked in a~ run. Other hitters were Hill and Moore, singles each. Hill also had two RBis. Southpaw Pervis Mann, o'f CHS, hurled four scoreless innings in notching the victory, which was call ed after five innings due to the 10- run rule. He allowed t wo hits and fanned a batter.

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doubles and Buckley and Pounders each h ad dou– bles to lead the offense in the opener. Bailey gr abbe d the win, allowing two earned runs on four hits. She also fanned four batters and walked one. In the second win over Shelton, EC jumped out to a 6-0 lead after three innings and held on for the victory. Alexander and Pounders each doubl ed and singled and Jomer tripled to lead the offense. Buckley hurled 5 1/3 innings and allowed one earned run on four hits. She fanned two batters and walked three. Bailey finished the contest by pitching a scoreless 1 213 innings.

Other hitters included H aelie All e n of Leake Academy with a double, a single and two RBis. Phillips scored one run -in the game. Buckley and Maher hurled two innings each and allowed n o hits. Buckley fanned four bat– ters and Maher fanned a batter and walked five . She also allowed the one run. EC traveled to Pen– sacola Community Col– lege Monday, March 14, and recorded a pair of vic– tories. The Lady Diamond Warriors cruised 10-0 in the opener and held on for a 3-1 decision in the sec– ond contest, which was called after six innings. Bu~kley~ apd Poun.c!~rs

each belted homers to lead the offense in the shutout. Buckley also doubled and was credited with foUl' RBis. B ailey hurled six scoreless innings to notch the victory. She allowed just three hits and fanned six batters. In the second win over Pensacola , Buckley led the offense with a double and two singles. She was also credited with an RBI. Buckley was the win– ning pitcher, allowing the on e run on just two hits. She fanned two batters. East Central returned to action Saturday, March 19 by taking a pair of con– tests (6-3, 6-4) from Shel– ton State on the Decatur campus. Joiner blasted two

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Bailey was the win– ning pitcher, allowing the one r un on just four hit s through eight innings . She also fanned eight bat– ters and walked one. E C jumped out early in the blowout of Concor– dia, scoring 17 runs in the fi rst inning and add ed two in the second and three m the third. The gam e was called after four innings.

Buckley led the oflEmse with a home run, double and s ingle. She was also credited with three RBis and scored three runs. Laurel Burnett of Neshoba Central also had three hits - a double and two singles. She also had three RBis and scored three times.

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