Barton sweeps Dodge to open conference play; win streak at 8
The Barton County Community College baseball team made it 8 straight wins with a sweep of Dodge City to open Jayhawk West play Saturday in Dodge City. The Cougars rallied for the win in the opener, scoring 6 times in the 7th for the 9-3 win. Barton coasted to an 11-1, 5-inning win in the 2nd game to improve to 13-6 overall and 2-0 in the West.

Highlights
Barton trailed in the early stages of the contest as Dodge City scored 2 times in the bottom of the 1st to take a 2-1 lead on the Cougars. That lead held until the 4th inning when the Cougars' took a short-lived 3-2 lead on the Conquistadors. Marc Albers doubled in a pair of unearned runs with 2 outs in the innings, driving in Kenny Burkhead and David Wilson. Dodge immediately tied the game in the bottom of the 4th with a single run. That is how the game went to the 7th, where Barton blew the game wide-open.

The Cougars hit early and often in the inning on the way to 6 runs. Ty Stivers started the inning with a pinch-hit double and scored on an Albers single. Burkhead capped the inning with a 2-run homer for the 9-3 lead. From there Ryan Sheldon, who came on in the 5th in relief and tossed 2 shutout innings got the win for Barton, improving to 4-2.

In the nightcap it was the pitching of Michael Cotter that impressed as Barton rolled to the 11-1 win. Cotter took a no-hitter into the 4th and ended with a 2-hitter over the 5 innings to improve to 2-1. Cotter did not allow a walk in the contest. Barton scored 3 times in each the 1st, 3rd, and 5th and sandwiched a 2-run 4th in between for the easy win.

Wilson hit his 2nd homer of the season in win, ending the nightcap 3-for-3 with 2 RBI and 4 runs scored. Stivers continued his hot bat, doing 2-for-2 and driving in 3 runs. Anthony Dreiling scored 3 times in the win.

Stats
Stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports

Next
March 14 – v Butler, 2 pm (Jayhawk West doubleheader at Lawson-Biggs field in Great Bend)