Barton drops two at Hutch; remains in 3rd place in West
The Barton County Community College baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader for just the 2nd time in Jayhawk West play, losing on the road at Hutchinson Tuesday. The Cougars dropped the opener 5-1 then fell 2-1 in the nightcap in 8 innings.

Barton is now 24-16 overall and 12-8 in the Jayhawk West, good for 3rd in the West. Seward still leads the West with a 23-3 record after sweeping Pratt. Hutchinson is 20-6. The rest of the conference is still under .500.

Highlights
The Cougars fell behind 5-0 in the first game, allowing Hutchinson runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings. Barton scored it first run in the 6th inning when Jeff Christy drove in Josh Schaub. The Cougars managed just 5 hits off Hutchinson starter Mike Zagurski.

In the nightcap, Barton's A.J. Knight and Hutch's Chris Honsa hooked up in a pitchers' duel. Both teams were scoreless through first 4 innings before the Cougars finally broke on the board in the 5th. With two outs in the inning Anthony Flores singled and moved to 2nd on a walk to Patrick Wallis. Josh Schaub then doubled home Flores for a 1-0 lead.

That is where the game stood until the bottom of the 7th. Knight took a 2-hit shutout into the 7th, but a leadoff single by Truan Mehl eventually tied the game at 1-all. In the bottom of the 8th Mehl delivered a 2-out double before Knight left the game. Josh Odell greeted Barton reliever Brendon Bump with a single to score Mehl and give the Blue Dragons a 2-1 win.

Next
April 24 -- vs. Dodge City, 5 pm