Posted: May 06, 2017
The Barton Community College baseball team pounded out twenty hits Saturday at Lawson-Biggs Field putting an end to Allen Community College's season 15-6 in first round Central District Region VI Tournament action. The Cougars scored in all but the first two innings including a six-run sixth and a dagger four-run eighth to sweep the best-of-three series concluding Allen's year at 28-27. The victory improves Barton to 42-16 on the season and advances the Cougars to double elimination play beginning 10:00 a.m. Friday at Wichita's Lawrence Dumont Stadium. Barton will play the winner of Sunday's Cloud County at Neosho County winner-take-all game in Chanute.