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EC baseball takes one of four

Starter Caleb McKee took the loss ·on the mound, as the southpaw from Neshoba Cen– tral a!Jowed fow· earned runs on fou•· bits through 4 1/3 in– nings. McKee fanned 10 bat– ters and walked two. In the setback to Faulkner State, Anderson led the EC of– fense with a solo homer in the fUlh inning. Shotts, Harmon, Kalik May of 'ruscaloosa County, .Jake Bush of Brocton (Ala.) High School and Caleb Woods of Leake CentraJ con– tributed singles each. Runs were scored by Anderson and Shotts. Starter Fernado Gonzalez of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico took the loss. The right-hander hurled 5 2/3 innings and al– lowed five earned runs on 11 hits. He fanned six batters. EC's offen~e came alive against Lincoln Land Sunday afternoon, with Anderson ag-ain leading the offense. The sophomore shortstop doubled in the third inning and singled in the first, fifth and seventh in– nings. He also scored three runs and knocked in a •·un. AJso having productive out– ings at the plate wer e Alcan– tara. double and two singles; •'··· .·· .. ·

Shotts and Chase Domino of Fairhope (Ala.) High School, double and single each; Bush, two singles; and McKee and May, singles eacb. Domino led in RBls with two. Bush, Anderson, Alcantara, Mayand Jordan Mixon of East Webster knocked in a run each. EC scored two r·uns in the first, one in the third and added four runs in the eighth. Lincoln taJlicd onerun in the fom1h inning and th1·ee runs in the n.intb. Right-bander Blake Dubuis– son went the distance in earn– ing the victory. Dubuisson allowed four runs on seven hits in the nine-inning battle. He also fanned eight batters. Dubuisson is a product of Long Deach High School. Tow·nament action con– cluded Sundaywith EC's rally falling short in a 5-4 loss to Baton Rouge. Anderson led EC sluggers with a home run, double and single. He was also lhe lop run producer with two RBls. Otbm· hitters were Zach May and Xavier Franklin, both of Newton County, doubles each; and Shotts, Domino and

Harmon, singles each. EC trailed 5-1 but narrowed the advantage with two runs in the sixth and one in the sev– enth and final inning. Starter Severino Signa took the loss, allowing three earned runs on eight hits through 41/3 inning'S. He also fanned four batters and walked one. Signa is a product of DeeJ' Creek High School. Hinds Community College also participated in the Rush Invitational. TheDiamond Warriors, now 3...3 on the young season, host Shelton State (AJa.) Commu– nity CollegeWednesday, Feb. 20, beginning at 3 p.m. at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex. The first contest is a nine-in– ningbattle and will be followed by a seven-inningmatchup. Home games are also sched– uled Saturday, Feb. 23, with · Lawson State (Ala.) Commu– nity College at 3 p.m. followed by a matchup with Kaskasia (Ill.) Commtmity College at 6 p.m. Both are nine-inning con– tests. EC's baseball program is led by head coach Neal Holliman and assistants Justin Brewer and Jack Edmonson.

From school reports

Afte•· dropping their two Fri– day matchups in lhe annual Rush Invitational, East CentTal Community Colleg-e's basebaU squad rallied to win one of two contests in Sunday competi– tion oft he throe-day event held at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex on tho Decat1n· cam– pus. In games played Friday, the Diamond Warriors wore de– feated 10-3 in the tow·nament opener by Southeastem Iowa and were outscored 15-2 by Faulkner (Ala.) State in the nightcap. Maxwell Harmon Jed EC hit– ters in the loss to Southeast– em , as the Enterprise lligh Scqool p•·oduct belled two sin– gle~ and was cr edited with two RBls. Tim Anderson, a former standout at Hillc•·est rligh School in Tuscaloosa, also pounded two singles. Other hitters were Rubet·t Alcantara of Saint Geo•·ge HS in the Dominican Republic, John Mol'gan Berry ofMadison Central and Ryan Shotts of Louisville, singles each. Runs were scored by Alcan– tara, Berry and Harmon. .· ..

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