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Cougar baseball loses in late innings to open '13 winless

The Barton Community College baseball team opened its 2013 season this weekend in Odessa, Texas, dropping four games to host Odessa College. Unlike the start to last season when the Cougars took three-of-four from the Wranglers, the Cougars surrendered two games late in innings to return home without a victory. Playing doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, the Cougars lost game one on Saturday 5-4 after leading 4-0 into the fourth then was blasted in game two 15-0. The Cougars built a five-run lead in Sunday’s first game but couldn’t keep up with the Odessa firepower in losing 17-7. In the series finale Barton surrendered a two-run lead into the sixth before losing 10-9. The Cougars will have the week off from competition before their home opener on Saturday versus Southeast Community College. First pitch of the doubleheader is 2:00 p.m. at Lawson-Biggs Field.

Box Score
February 10, 2013

Much like the earlier game of the day, Barton jumped on the Wranglers in the first inning scoring two behind back-to-back RBI doubles by Vieyra and Gile. But the Cougars left the bases loaded and Odessa capitalized in the home half scoring three to surge back ahead.

In the second inning Vieyra delivered on a two-out double to tie the score. After holding the Wranglers scoreless in the bottom half of the inning, the Cougars scored six in the third keyed by an Alex King triple plating two. After a hit-by-pitch and walk in the home half of the inning, Odessa's Jacoby Middleton hit a three-run homer as the Wranglers would answer back scoring four.

Holding a 9-7 lead into the bottom of the sixth, Odessa cut the deficit to one then received a two-out single to tie the game followed by scoring the game winner on a fielding error.

For the weekend the Cougars batted .258 with four players hitting over .400. The Cougars used fourteen pitchers during the series combining for an 11.39 ERA in front of a defense that committed nine errors. Tunnell, who enters the '13 season as the Barton ace, was solid in his four innings of pitching in game one surrendering only four hits and getting four strikeouts.