Barton baseball sweeps Colby; Sinks becomes all-time hits leader
The Barton Community College baseball team won its ninth straight with a record performance in Saturday’s doubleheader sweep at Colby Community College. The Cougars took game one 16-10 before finishing off the Trojans in the nine inning nightcap 8-2. In the process of handing the Trojans their first Saturday sweep, the Cougars’ Michael Sinks became Barton’s all-time hits leader surpassing George Martinez’ 2001-02 mark of 163. The victories move Barton into a second place tie with the Trojans in the Jayhawk West standings at 17-9 improving to 36-13 as Colby drops to 26-18. The teams will wrap up the four-game series on Sunday with an 11:00 a.m. first pitch.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
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0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
The Barton Community College baseball team won its ninth straight with a record performance in Saturday's doubleheader sweep at Colby Community College. The Cougars took game one 16-10 before finishing off the Trojans in the nine inning nightcap 8-2. In the process of handing the Trojans their first Saturday sweep, the Cougars' Michael Sinks became Barton's all-time hits leader surpassing George Martinez' 2001-02 mark of 163. The victories move Barton into a second place tie with the Trojans in the Jayhawk West standings at 17-9 improving to 36-13 as Colby drops to 26-18. The teams will wrap up the four-game series on Sunday with an 11:00 a.m. first pitch.
Already the Barton career leader in doubles, it was only fitting that Sinks eclipsed the all-time hits mark on a double as the Lawrence sophomore roped a two-bagger to center in leading off the fifth inning to break the 163 mark. Sinks along with Corrigan Bartlett would kick start the Barton offense with the 1-2 punch at the top of the line-up with 5-for-9 performances.