East Central wins over MCC in MACJC Baseball State Tournament

from staff reports

The East Central Community College Warriors were stifled by Meridian's Lee Swindle for the first seven innings. So when they got their chance against the MCC bullpen, they took advantage.

The Warriors scored nine runs in the eighth inning off of the Eagle bullpen to take a 9-3 win in the second round of the MACJC State Tournament in a game that was delayed one day due to rain.

Trailing 3-0 heading into the eighth, the Warriors got a leadoff home run from George Washington off MCC reliever Chase Porch.

The floodgates then opened, as ECCC scored eight more times on five hits, led by Adam Griffin's two-run double.

Josh Denson picked up the win for the Warriors in relief. Denson pitched the seventh inning, allowing a two-run homer to Nathan Wright, but picked up the win thanks to the East Central offensive show in the eighth.

Porch gave up four runs without getting an out in the eighth inning and took the loss.

The Warriors, now 29-21 on the season, will take on the winner of the Meridian, Northwest Mississippi game, which took place late Saturday night, at 4 p.m. today on the Gulf Coast campus in Perkinston.

— Jeff Edwards