Southeast struck for one in the top of the first on Barton starter Brett Bond scoring the run courtesy of an error and passed ball. The Cougars responded in the home half as Andino singled and stole second base to set the stage for a Braxton Byfield RBI single. After Gile's fielder's choice moved Byfield to second, Turpin doubled to center field giving the Cougars a 2-1 advantage after the first.
After a scoreless second inning, Southeast's Tandon Dorn led off the third drawing a walk followed by a Danny Regan double against Barton's new pitcher Skylar Hill. The Storm put on the bunt play and Trevor Usher beat out the play scoring Dorn from third. Usher then stole second but Hill induced an Oberembt ground out to get the first out of the inning. After a Scheuler base on balls, Wilke deliverd a two RBI single to right field to reclaim a 4-2 Storm lead.
Three errors and a hit-by-pitch helped Barton narrow the gap to one in the home half but Southeast responded by pushing a two-out run across to increase the lead back to two.
Coombs led off the Barton sixth by beating out a perfectly placed bunt down the third base line. After a King strikeout, Andino singled to place the game-winning run at the plate. The Storm's Cody Valdez then got Byfield out on an infield pop-up setting up Gile to the plate with two-outs. After a 3-for-4 first game, Gile tripled to center field to get his only hit of game two in delivering the big hit to tie the game at five.
Scoreless for the next three-and-a-half innings, Benson led off the Barton ninth with a double to left center. Coombs then reached on a fielder's choice which moved Benson to third base with no outs in the inning. Struggling throughout the day at the plate, the Cougars' leadoff batter King also chose an opportune time to get his first hit of the game. Driving a single up the middle against the drawn in infield, the Storm's second baseman Dreifurst made a valiant dive to stop the ball but couldn't come up with the throw home as Benson crossed the plate for the winning run.
Freshman Spencer Anderson picked up his first win as a Cougar pitching the last three innings allowing three hits and striking out three. James McCarty took the loss as he also pitched the final three innings striking out five with his only hits allowed coming in the ninth.
Tito Andino had a big day setting up the Cougars' scoring going 5-for-8 with a stolen base and two triples batting in the number two slot. Aaron Gile led the Barton RBI production with four coming on three triples. As a team the Cougars pounded out nine extra base hits on twenty-four hits. The Barton pitching staff, after struggling last weekend in Odessa, performed much better as eight pitchers took the mound in the two-game series.