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East Central Baseball
Team Gets Shaky Start
The East Central Junior
College baseball team tra–
veled to East Mississippi
Junior College in Scooba on
March 23 where they were
defeated 5-3 in the first
game and 2-1 in the second
game. March 25 they tra–
veled to Newton where
Clark College defeated
them 12-5 In the firs t game
and 4-1 in the second.
March 26 they traveled to
Elllsvllle where they were
defeated In the first game
'0-10,
and East Central
defeated Jones In the
second game 9-3.
In the East Mississippi
game Jim Kennamer of
New Hope, AL was the los–
Ing pitcher. Ricky Chesney
of Little Rock
hit
a home
run. In the second game
Rickey Hornesburger of
Noxapater was the losing
pitcher. Hornesbuger went
ten Innings , struck out
seventeen batters, gave up
five hits In a 2-1 losing
cause.
In the Clarke game
George Gray of Lake was
the losing pitcher. In the
second game Jay Jones of
Forest was the losing
pitcher. Jim Kennamer hit
a home run.
The first game at Jones,
Kennamer was the i0slng
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pitcher. In the second game
Rickey Hornesbuger of
Noxapaterwas the winning
pitcher . Hornesbuger ,
Terry Burns of Jonesboro,
GA, and Todd Wall of
Decatur scored two runs
each. Wall hit one home
run.
After the Jones game,
Freeman Horton, baseball
coach said, " After losing
several games our hard
work paid off. I was well
pleased with the effort and
courage the guys showed
today after losing the first
game."
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