2013

EC closes out season in regionals After rallying for three nms in Enid, OK.

Slugger Tim Anderson left the game in the third inning after being hit by a pitch and did not return to the lineup. He was taken to a local hospital for observation and was cleared to play bad East Central advanced to the championship round. The major league prospect is a product of Hillcrest High School inThscaloosa,Ala. MitchellWooten took the loss in relief. The right-hander from Edinburg went 2/3 innings and allowed one earned run on ooe hit He also fanned a batter. Starter Severino Signa went 6 I f3 innings and allowed one earned run on four hits. The right-bander fanned three batters and walked five. He is a product of Deer Creek HighSchool. Southpaw Brady McBride and right-hander Jordan Mixon also appeared on the mound. McBride allowed two hits and walked one during one wining of work. He is a product of Northeast Jones High School. Mixon pitched the final inning and allowed two hits. ..

In EC's finale with Pearl River, the W!.ldcats grabbed a 2~ lead in the top ofthe fowth following a RBI single qy Nathan Pugh and a field– ing error by the Wanior defense. The Wildcats added a run in the seventh inning following another infield miscue. EC got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning following Dominican Republic native Rubert Alcantara's sacrifice fly that scoredRyan Shotts of Louisville, who earlier singled. Kalik May of Thscaloosa County and Deion Ulmer of l..alll'el later scored following infield miscues. May got on base after being hit by a pitch and Ulmer reached base on a fielder's choice. The Wildcats took the lead for good on Paul Pickerrell's two-run double in the ninth. EC managed just four hits of Wildcat right-hander Jake Brumfield - singles by Shotts, Ulmer, Chase Domino of Fairhope (Ala.) High School and Temnce Steele ofNeshobaCentral.

the bottomof the eighth inning for a 3-3 tie, the state champion East Central Community College Diamond Warriors were unable to repeat the ped"ormance in the final frame and Pearl River Community College escaped with a 5-3 victory Saturday afternoon in the NJCAA Region 23 Townament East Central finished 32-21 fol– lowing the double-elimination event. The Diamond Waniors fell 12-1 to PRC in the opening round Thursday and rallied for a 7-fJ win over Northwest Mississippi Community College Friday. Pearl River advanced to the championship round with LSU– Eunice Saturday night but the Wildcats were blanked 5~ by the Tigers who won the title without a loss in the three-day tournament The Wl1dcals (41-14) would have needed two wins over LSU-Eunice to claim the championship. LSU-Eunice (47-8) advances to the 2013 NJCAA Division II World Series scheduled May 25-June 1 in

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