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right fielder Whilnt'i' Wbite was unable to mak1• a run ning catch on a baws-loadcd fly ball by Courtnt•y Gordon. When the throw back to the infteld was thrown hack into the outfit'ld by Laura Smith, all four Lady ~<=agh•s were able to cross lhe plait•. While atoned for htr error with a solo honwr to right– center to lead off the• bottom of the fourth. ECCC went up 1:1·7 in the fifth as Loren Kt•nnt~dv laid clown a two out htllil smglt• aild cirdNI the ha~ot!~ when MCC ratclwr \Vhitnt·} ' ~- ' Chandll·r, who tame on1n relief of Seale in the fourth, retired a 11 six batters she faced, thrt't' on strikeouts as the Lady Warriors rallied to pull even. Only one of the six runs scon·d on S<'ale was earned. Hillie hao.; two luh for ECCC, whilt• Drmlwnlwrg, Hunter and Blanks l·.wh haVI' two for the Lady Eaglt's. MCC travels to P<·nsacola junior College for a double header today before hosting Holmos Community College in a noon tripleheader on Sat– urday. ECCC hosts Hinds on Saturday at ll a.m.

Drach<.·nberg's throw sailed into the right-field corner. Sondrcia Hillie followed with a single and ~cored on a double by Brass. Gordon singled home MCC's final run in the top of the sixth. Kady Chandler tossed a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts and six walks to get the win. Kennedy, Hillie, Brass, White, Smith, Tiffany Thomas, and Shannon each • had two hits fo r the Lady Warriors. Biggs had a single and a double for MCC. Gabrielle

Morgan took the loss. j The Lady Eagles look ilt early 6-1 lead in Ganw :' SCOring four runS in the top II the first off Kimbo S1•alt• Shanese Hunter had a lwu run single with Drachenb<•t and Carshccna Blanks gl'l ting RBI singles. ECCC got one run back i1' the bottom of the first a~ Hillie walked and scon'd on : two-out wild pitch by Hunter Orachenb<'rg- upp<'d MCC's lead to 6-1 with a two– run homer to left field in tht top of the second inning. ECCC closed to within 6-4 with three runs in the bottom of the third. Kennedy led · off with a walk and Hillie followed with a "ingle to scl the stage for a lhre<•-run bomb to left fie ld by White. ·

wl'il was put the ball in play as st•v<.•n of the ftrst eight bat– lt•ro.; t•ach had two hils. In ECCC's big inning, Jes– sira !'-,h:mnon had a two-run triplt• and an RBI single. Sht•niqui' Brass jacked a grand slam for an 8-3 lead. "\\'<• got lx·hind three runs c•arly on and we did'n'( quit. That 's a positive and I'm proud of tlw girls for that for sun·," ECCC coach Scott Hill said. MCC dosed to within 10-7 in tlw fourth when ECCC

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