Cougars carry momentum for shutout victory to split weekend series
The Barton Community College Baseball team rolled with Saturday's game one's victory momentum to win the final game of its weekend series with Seward County Community College. The Cougars scored early and often in the 10-0 win to split the four-game series at Lawson-Biggs Field. Barton moves into second place in the conference standings at 4-2 and 7-7 overall while Seward sits atop the standings at 5-3 and 11-12 overall. The Cougars will head to Pratt Community College on Tuesday for seven-inning conference game then return again Wednesday for a nine-inning game. First pitch for both games slated at 4:00 p.m. at Pratt’s Jud Stanion Field.
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 9 | 2 |
The Cougars wasted no time capitalizing on the momentum from game one. Barton scored ten runs in the first four innings chasing Seward starter Keenan Hall from the game in just the third inning.
Barton got four runs in the first inning with two outs on back-to-back singles by Andino and Gile and consecutive walks by Turpin and Train. The final blow came from Tyler's triple to center scoring Gile, Turpin, and Train.
Barton again came through with two-outs in the second as Benson reached via being hit by pitch then stole second to set up Andino's RBI single up the middle.
The Cougars tacked on another run in the third getting two hits in the inning but earning the run coming from a Coombs walk.
Barton put the game away in the fourth scoring four runs on only two hits. Gile's RBI double to center scoring Benson and Coombs single to left center scoring Tyler accounted for two while Train's RBI double-play scored a third. The Cougars also scored an unearned run on a Saints wild pitch.
Andrew Ferguson gave the Cougars consecutive complete game performances in giving up only four hits and no walks while striking out three. Hall took the Seward loss after 2.1 innings giving up six runs on six hits while walking two and hitting two Barton hitters.