2014 Combined

WEEK OF CCC falls n • MACJC ourney, finishes third A .second-straight record of 27-20.

tributed an RBI single to cut the Hinds advantage to 6-2. Jake Bush later dou bled for his second hit of the game and knocked in two runs to close the gap to 6-4 at the seventh inning stretch. But the Eagles responded with five runs in the bottom of the frame and held on for the win. Starter Kale Fultz took the loss. He went 5-1/3 innings and allowed two earned runs on nine hits. He also fanned three bat ters and walked two. The Diamond Warriors scored nine straight runs between the sixth and eighth innings to pull away from the host Tigers and claim a 12-4 decision Fniday, May 9 in the first elimination game. Fazende got the rally started in the ~txth with a two-RBI triple to lefl-cen terfield that scored McCullough and Cojuante McMillian of Hamilton. EC added two runs in the seventh when Hunter Thrower and Little scored East Central 12 Northeast MS 4

May led the EC offense with a triple, double and three singles. He finished the contest with four RBis. Other sluggers includ ed Caleb Woods of Leake Central with an RBI sin gle and one run scored. Conner West got the win in relief. He pitched 2 213 scoreless innings, fanned a batter and walked one. Hinds 9 East Central 8 After trailing 6-0, the Diamond Warriors scored eight runs over two innings to take an 8-6 lead. Berry's RBI double and McCullough's RBI single pulled EC within 6-5 with no outs in the sixth. EC tied the contest on a wild pitch and jumped ahead on Harmon's two-RBI sin gle. But the Eagles responded with three runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for the win in the elimination contest.

MACJC State Baseball Championship was not to be for the East Central Community College Dia mond WatTiors who fell 9 8 to Hinds Community College in an elimination game late Friday. East Central, which fell 12-1 to the Eagles in first-round action Thurs day, .May 8, defeated to.ur nument host Northeast Mis~issippi Community College 12-4 late Friday to clinch a spot in this week'"' Region 23 Baseball Tournament scheduled May 15-17 and hosted by the htate champion Jones County Junior ColJege Bobcats in Ellisville. The Diamond Warriors (2:3-~7J battle Jones Coun ty (43-9) at 6 p.m. Thurs dl:ly, May 15, in the dou bl e-e lim i nation event. Hinds (32-18) and LSU Eumce (41-11) meet at 2 p.m. Hinds 13 East Central 4 The Eagles scored six run::; on the second inning to pull away from the Dia mond Warriors and win the fir.st game of the MAC.JC State Tourna ment 13-4. EC trailed 6-0 before Maxwell Harmon broke up Casey Sutton's no-hit bid with a leadoff single and later rounded the ba~eR on a fielding error. Kyle McCullough con

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