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DiamondWarriors take pair from East Central Community

Diamond Warriors are sched– uled to host Southwest Mississippi today and Hiilds on Saturday. EC 8-6 Coplah-Lincoln 5-5 Wmningways continued for the Diamond Warriors who improved to 20-12 overall and 8-4 in the MACJC South Division with the April 3 sweep of Co-Lin in Decatur. Ricardo Vel

College went 3-1 on the base– ball diamond last week as the 0 i a m o n d from Wa~riors upped combined thetr overall reports record to 21-13. 'rhe Diamond Warriors swept Copiah-Lincoln (8-5, 6- 5) and split a pair of games with Northwest Mississippi, winning 16-6 and losing 3-1. In this week's action, the

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Leal, both of Puerto Rico, both doubled and singled to lc.ld the EC offense, which tallied four - - - - Warriors ... From 2-B... jumped out to 2-0

In the opener, the Diamond Warriors·spot– ted Northwest a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but responded with seven runs in the top of the second. EC added six more in fourth before closing out the scoring onslaught with two runs in the sixth. Carlos Leal of Puerto Rico belted three singles to lead EC's offense. Tim Anderson and Kyle Henson both had two singles and two RBI. Fred Hampton, Kalik May, and Terrance Steele each had a single and two RBI. Jordan Mixon of East Webster picked up the win in relief. He allowed two hits and no earned runs through four innings of work. He also fanned three and walked three. In the second contest, EC outhit Northwest by a 7-2 margin but could not generate enough runs for a victory. The Rangers scored twice in the fourth inning and added a sin– gle run in the fifth to earn a split of the dou– bleheader. Hampton had two sin– gles and knocked in EC's only run. Starter Marc·cruso of Harrison Central took the loss.

lead then fell behind when the visitingWolves scored three runs in the top of the third inning. But EC took the lead for good in the bottom of the frame following a two– run triple by Xza,ier Franklin of Newton County. Fred Hampton of Nanih Waiya led hitters with two singles. Ander– son had a double and Velez had a single and knocked in two runs. Starter Blake Duouisson was the win– ning pitcher and right– hander Casey Wells was credited with the save. Dubuisson went four innings and allowed four earned runs on six hits. Jordan Mixon hurled an inning and allowed one earned run on two hits. Wells hurled a score– less seventl:!. inning and fanned two. He also walked a batter. Co-Lin dropped to 15- 14-1 and 2-10. EC 16-1 Northwest 6-3 Following the split decision in Friday's non– division doubleheader, EC's record stood at 21- 13 overall while the host Rangers are 16-16.

Co-Lin, split with NW runs in the third inning and four in the sixth to claim the win. Velez was also credited \vith two RBI. Puerto Rico picked up the win in relief. He hurled a scoreless 1 2/3 innings and allowed one hit.

EC starter Severino of Deer Creek Academy went 3 2/3 innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits. Evan Humphries pitched 1 2!3 innings in relief and allowed one hit. In the second game, EC See Warriors, 3-B...

Kalik May of Tuscaloosa (Ala.) CountyHigh School, Tim Anderson of Hillcrest (Ala.) High School, and Kvle Henson of Starkville Academy each bad a single. Cn-T .in scored one run in the tr't inning and four in the fifth. Fernando Gonzalez of

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