fair and balanced

In the interest of giving pitchers their due (see previous post), there have been a bunch of noteworthy performances in the junior college ranks this week. Cory Williams, one of the Jones County JC aces, went to 5-0 with a five-hitter against Copiah-Lincoln on Tuesday, helping the fifth-ranked Bobcats claim a twinbill sweep and move to 21-3. East Central, ranked 10th in the most recent NJCAA poll, got to 20 wins on Wednesday with a sweep of Delta. Led by Pervis Mann and Cal Cossich, the Warriors yielded just nine hits and three runs in the two games. Also Wednesday, Northwest’s Mark Husband went to 4-1 with a five-inning two-hitter vs. Holmes; Hinds’ Michael Porter threw a two-hitter to beat Southwest; the aptly named Brett Blaise of Pearl River struck out eight in a one-hit shutout of Gulf Coast; and Itawamba’s Jake Sloan tossed a four-hitter in a 6-1 win over East Mississippi. Over the weekend, ICC got complete game shutouts from Joseph Koon and Luke Hargett in two wins against Northwest. And note that one of the state’s top arms, Jones’ Zach Toney, a 10-game winner in 2009, is out for the year with a shoulder injury. He’s bound for Austin Peay.