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THE MERIDIAN STAR Friday, April 4, 2014

SPORTS

ECCC, Hinds split doubleheader

innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits. He also walked a batter. Fultz is a transfer from South west Tennessee Community College and resident of Covington, Tenn. In the second game, Hinds grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third inning but the Diamond Warriors rallied to tie the contest in the fourth. EC won the game on Harmon's walk-off bunt that scored Ben Cooley in the bottom of the sev enth. Cooley is a product of South Jones High School. Other EC hitters were Will Myers of Leake Academy, double; and Bush, Chance Whitten of South Panola and Lane Fazende of Pearl River Central, singles each. Whitt.en scored the game-tying run.

bottom of the frame and added another run in the fifth to deadlock the score at 5-5. Hinds scored the go-ahead run in the sixth and held on for the victory. Jake Bush slapped a two-run single to lead the offense. Bush is a product of Brookwood (Ala.) High School. John Morgan Berry of Madison Central contributed a run-scoring double and Cody Daigle was cred ited with a single and RBI. Diagle is a product of Parkview Baptist (La.) High School. Zach Mowdy took the loss. 1lle freshman southpaw from Union hurled 1/3 inning and walked a batter. Starter Kyle Fultz went 3 1/3 \

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JACKSON -After falling 6-5 in the opener, East Central Community College's baseball squad rallied for 2-1 decision to split a twin bill with Hinds Community College Tuesday. Ea-.t Central's record stands at 14-15 overall and 6-6 in league play following the split. The Diamond Warrior::; are currently second in the MACJC South Division. The Eagles are 9-3 in league play and tied with Jones County at the top spot. Hinds is 19-12 overall. In the first contest, the score was tied 1-1 until the fourth inning, when the visitors scored four runs. EC responded with three runs in the

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