Barton splits home West games with Garden
The Barton County Community College baseball team ran its Jayhawk West winning streak to 6 games with a win in the 1st game of a doubleheader Thursday at Lawson-Biggs Field but saw that streak end in the nightcap as the Garden City scored in the top of the 7th for the win. Barton won the opener by an 8-4 count then fell 4-3 in the 2nd game. The Cougars are now 14-8 in the West and 28-18 overall. Barton will have a pair of games this weekend as they travel to Cloud County and Seward County for West play.
Barton splits home West games with Garden
The Barton County Community College baseball team ran its Jayhawk West winning streak to 6 games with a win in the 1st game of a doubleheader Thursday at Lawson-Biggs Field but saw that streak end in the nightcap as the Garden City scored in the top of the 7th for the win. Barton won the opener by an 8-4 count then fell 4-3 in the 2nd game. The Cougars are now 14-8 in the West and 28-18 overall. Barton will have a pair of games this weekend as they travel to Cloud County and Seward County for West play.
Highlights
Barton trailed 2-0 in the 2nd inning of the opener then scored in the next 5 innings to grab the lead on Garden. Barton evened the score in the 2nd as David Wilson led off with a single and scored on a Kenny Burkhead double. Burkhead later scored on a ground out to make it 2-all. The Cougars took a 3-2 lead in the 3rd when Tyler Metcalf singled in Austin Holt. Barton pushed that lead to 6-2 with 3 more runs in the 4th. Holt and Anthony Dreiling each drove in runs in the inning.
After Garden trimmed the lead to 6-3, Barton's Mitch Cooper stole home in the 5th to make it 7-3. Garden scored again the top of the 6th but Barton countered with a run in the bottom half of the inning on a Burkhead single that scored Metcalf. Michael Bell picked up the win for Barton, tossing 5 innings while Erik Anderson pitched the final 2 innings, striking out 4 in the process. Holt, Dreiling, Metcalf, and Burkhead each had 2 hits and Burkhead drove in 2. Holt scored twice.
Barton jumped to a 3-1 lead in the 2nd game, scoring 3 times in the bottom of the 1st inning. Holt and Dreiling walked to start the game then Wilson hit a 3-run homer for the 3-0 lead. That, however, would be the end of the scoring for the Cougars. Garden scored twice in the 3rd to even the game at 3-all then added a run in the top of the 7th with 2 outs for the win. Barton puts its leadoff batter aboard in the 7th but couldn't move him. The Cougars managed just 4 hits in the contest.
Stats
Stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports
Next
April 21 – at Cloud County
April 22 – at Seward County
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