Cougars drop another late-inning heartbreaker
Day two at Lee’s Summit, Missouri, started much like the first as the Barton Community College baseball team lost a heartbreaker in the last inning of game one’s doubleheader. Leading 3-0 into the sixth, the Cougars gave up three in the sixth then lost 4-3 on a MCC-Longview two-out single in the seventh. Barton drops to 12-23 on the season while the Lakers improve to 18-13.
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Braxton Byfield's single to right field scoring Aaron Gile began a three-run fourth inning for the Cougars. After a Tito Andino strike out, Scott Tyler delivered a two-out triple to center to score Dylan Turpin and Gile giving Barton a 3-0 lead.
Starter Brett Bond sailed through the game's first five innings allowing only two hits and striking out seven batters. The Lakers' Stephen Montisano led off the sixth with a single to right field to key the start of a three-run inning. After a Jamie Graeser fielder's choice, Bond hit Jared Yarberry then Dylan Farrell reached on a error by Aaron Gile to load the bases. Bond came back with a strikeout of Brandon Dulin but then plunked Jared Gage to force in the first Laker run. Within a strike of Welch getting out of the inning, Matt Estes delivered a 2-2 single to right field to score Yarberry and Farrell. Devin Welch relieved Bond to strike out Myles Edwards but MCC-Longview had battled back to tie the game at three apiece.
After a 1-2-3 top of the seventh for the Cougars, Montisano was again the start of the Lakers scoring getting a one out single to right and advancing to second two pitches later on a Welch wild pitch. Getting a Graeser fly out to left field, Welch and Yarberry battled to a full count until Yarberry delivered his two-out game winning RBI to right field scoring Montisano.
Welch took the loss for the Cougars dropping to 0-2 on the season in eleven appearances. Bond, who was looking for his first win of the season, finished with eight strikeouts with no walks while scattering four hits and giving up three unearned runs. Matt Ritchie went the distance for MCC-Longview to improve to 2-1 on the season giving up only four hits and picking off two Cougar baserunners at first base.