No. 8 EMCC Lions drop MACJC playoff rubber match, 12-3, to defending state baseball champion East Central

After forcing a deciding third game in their MACJC baseball playoff series against visiting East Central Community College with a 7-1 win to begin the afternoon, the eighth-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College couldn't overcome a pair of six-run innings by the defending state champions in the nightcap in dropping a 12-3 season-ending decision Saturday at EMCC's Gerald Poole Field.