It took the Barton Community College baseball team a few innings to get warmed up Wednesday in Lindsborg, but once they did the Cougars rolled to a 19-0 victory over the junior varsity squad of Bethany College.  Behind sixteen hits and five pitchers combining for the shutout, the Cougars scored in each of their final five innings including a three run third to get started before exploding for ten runs in the seventh in putting the game away.  Improving to 6-2 on the season, the Cougars will get to play their first game of the season on the home turf of Lawson-Biggs Field in a four game set versus Western Nebraska Community College.  The teams will play a doubleheader each day, with Saturday's action beginning at 1:00 p.m. and Sunday's first pitch scheduled for 12:00 p.m.

Six different Cougars had multi-hit games with Cole Henley and Bryce Baumwart each driving in three runs apiece.  Henley's two out triple to right field began the scoring driving in two in the third while Baumwart's triple in the fifth drove home the Emporia sophomore's first run as a Cougar.

Daniel Kohl picked up his first victory of the season to improve to 5-0 in his Barton career being joined by Taylor Langston, Keaton Suellentrop, Alex Feldkamp, and Kody Lang combined for the five hit shutout.