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College Saturday, March 9 on the Booneville campus. EC managed two hits - a double byDomino and a singie by Kalik May. Starter Mason Woodrow took the loss. The right-hander allowed three earned runs on five hits through three innings. He also fanned two batters. ,• Woodrowis a product of Tay– lorsville High School. TheDiamondWarriors,now 9-12 overall and 2-2 in league play, host Southwest Missis– sippi Community College Wednesday, March 20. Dou– bleheader action begins at 3 p.m. at theClark/GayBaseball Complex. EC travels to Itawamba Community College Saturday, March 23. The twin bill starts at 2 p.m. on the Fulton cam– pus.

Other hitters were Tim An– dersonofHillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa and Maxwell Harmon of Enterprise, double and single each; Xzavier Franklin of Newton County, double; Jake Bush of Brook– wood (Ala.) High School, RBI double; andTerranceSteele of Neshoba Central and Deion Ulmer of Law'el, singles each. Runs were scored py Shotts (2), Anderson (2), Harmon (2), Bush, Domino, Steele and May. . Right-handerBlake Dubuis– son picked up the win, allow– ing one earned run on seven hits in the seven-inning con– test. He also fanned four bat– ters and walked one. Dubuisson is a product of LongBeach High School. In the .first game with Jones County, EC was edged 3-2 but responded with a 9-0 shutout to earn a split. Rubert Alcantara led EC's offense with a double and sin– gle. The Dominican Republic native also scored two runs. Domino also contributed a double and knocked in a run. Other hitters were May,An– derson, Mixon and Steele, sin– gles each. Right-hander Severino Signa of Stoneville took the loss, allowingtwo earned runs on five hits. He also fanned three batters and walked two. Signa is a product of Deer Creek High SchooL EC' offense got untracked in the nightcap as seven runs cro sed the plate in the first three innings. Anderson ledDiamondWar– rior sluggers \"\ith three sin– gle and two RBis. Domino and Franklin con– tributed two singles each.

Domino also knocked ina run. Other hitters were Shotts, double; Alcantara, singie and two RBis; Kalik May and Ulmer, singles each. Bush was credited with two RBis. Runswere scored byAnder– son (2), Franklin (2), Shotts, Kalik May, Harmon, Steele and Zach May. Right-hander Fernando Gonzalez picked up the win. The Puerto Rico native al– lowed just one hit during five innings of work. He fanned a batter and walked one. Mitchell Wooten, a right– hander from Edinburg, hurled two scoreless innings to earn the save. Prior to beginning league action, the DiamondWarriors were blanked 10-0 by North– east Mississippi Community

From school reports

East Central Community College's baseball squad began MACJC South Division competition by splitting dou– bleheaders with visitingPearl River Community College on March 12 and home standing Jones County Junior College onMarch 16. The Diamond Warriors fell 10-0 in the opener with PeaTl River but rallied for a 10-l de– cision in the nightcap. EC managed just one hit in the first contest - a singie by Chase Domino, a product of Fairhope (Ala) High School. Southpaw Caleb McKee took the loss, as the Neshoba Central High School producl allowed five earned runs on six hits through fow· innings. He also fanned sixbatters and walked four. Rigbt-hander JordanMixon of Maben hurled the final two innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits. He also fanned two batters. Mixon is a product of East Webster High School. In the second contest, EC's offense came alive with six runs in the first three innings and cruised to the easy vic– tory. A two-run singie by Domino and a three-run homer by Kalik May of Tuscaloosa County during first-inning ac– tion helped set the tone for the scoringonslaught. {) 1mino and Rvan Shorts of Louisville had three hit each J to lead EC sluggers. Domino collected three sin– gles and two RBis wlille Shotts C belted two doubles and a sin– f gle and was also credited with twoRBis. BPIRIT.QF MORTON

East Central Community College head baseball coach Neal Holliman provides instruction in hitting to partici– pants of the annual H1tting and Pitchlog Indoors for Youth held recently on the Decatur campus. The hitting clinic was held on Jour consecutive Thursdays at the Indoor Practice Fa.ctii~ located in Founders' Gym. Approximately 70 youngster participated ln both clinlcs, which were conducted bY Coach Holliman, assistant coaches Justin Brewer and Jack Edmonson. Llolld Diamond Warrlor team members. · --- ..... .. ._ .. _..., -----~ . WJNITOM COUNTYJOURNAL-- CLARIDN-l.EDCI!R __....,.....__ . :- l. .·

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