Longivew carries momentum to sweep Saturday's doubleheader
MCC-Longview carried the momentum from Saturday's game one late inning heroics into game two scoring four in the first and ten in the third to win 15-4 over Barton Community College to complete the day's sweep in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. With the two non-conference losses on the day, Barton drops to 12-24 on the season while the Lakers improve to 17-13. The two teams will engage in day two of doubleheader action on Sunday beginning at 12:00 p.m.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 |
The Lakers scored four unearned runs in the first inning, all coming with two outs against Barton hurler Skylar Hill. After a three-and-out second inning, MCC-Longview chased Hill and three other Cougar pitchers by putting up ten runs in taking a commanding 14-0 lead after three innings.
Aaron Gile led off the Barton fourth with a single to right field. Dylan Turpin and Nate Train followed with walks then after a Tito Andino strikeout, Caleb Cherryholmes' bases loaded single to right field gave the Cougars their first run.
MCC-Longview answered in the home half behind two doubles to left field, a Brett Graham double to lead off the inning then a batter later, an Ian Barker double to score Graham.
Barton tried to mount a comeback in the fifth inning started by a one-out double by Jace Bowman followed by Gile's third hit of the day, a single to right field. The Cougars would score three in the inning but not enough as the Lakers held on for the 15-4 run rule victory.
Hill dropped to 1-2 on the season giving up four earned runs as MCC-Longview scored ten runs in chasing him out of the game in the third inning scoring a total of ten runs. Thomas Boucher earned the win for the Lakers pitching 4.0 innings of three-hit ball to improve to 2-0 on the season.