Treto and Mendez combine for first no-hitter since 2014; Barton Baseball splits opening weekend at Rose State #GoBarton

The Barton Community College baseball team opened its 2025 season Saturday in Midwest City, Oklahoma, splitting its doubleheader with Rose State College.

In the opener, the Cougars picked up a 2-0 win and eighth straight opening day victory behind starting pitcher Anthony Treto and reliever Antonio Mendez combined no-hitter, as the duo marked Barton's first no-hitter since Justin Hersch's thrown back in 2014 against Western Nebraska Community College.

Despite outhitting the Raiders in the nightcap 7-4, Rose State took advantage of four walks and four plunked batters scoring five unanswered to salvage the doubleheader split 5-3.

Sitting at 1-1 on the season, the Cougars will look ahead to next Saturday and Sunday's home opener with Western Nebraska Community College. Weather pending first pitch for both days slated for 1:00 p.m. from Jimmy Lawson-Danny Biggs Field.

Meanwhile, Rose State moves to 2-3 on the early season.

Game 1 Recap
Treto set the tone early on the bump retiring the first seven batters and nine of his first 11 batters faced in his four no-hit innings of work.

The Brighten, Colorado, native worked around his lone troubles in the third and fourth innings, inducing a pop up after a dropped third strike prolonged the third before finishing his four shutout no-hit innings with his fifth punchout of the day stranding a pair of Raiders following leadoff error and hit-by-pitch to open the fourth.

Stranding four of their 10 runners left on base through the opening three innings, Kyle Graves bases loaded groundout in the top of the fourth gifted the Cougars a 1-0 edge with his first collegiate RBI scoring Cesar Gomez first of the two hit batters drawn in the inning mixed between a John Connors single.

Gomez increased Barton's lead in the top of the fifth producing his second hit of the day with a two-out single scoring Hunter Alvord's leadoff walk and pair of steals following two of the Cougars 16 strikeouts increasing the lead to 2-0.

Making his Barton debut in relief, Mendez was lights out protecting the lead over the final three innings permitting just one baserunner coming on a two-out walk in the seventh before preserving the combined no-hit bid with his first collegiate save and pair of strikeouts.

Game 2 Recap
The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the first when Wyatt Yetter's two-out single brought home Alvord's one-out walk.

Tate Blasi's one-out double followed behind three straight walks by Alvord, Ayden Hadley and Yetter extended the Barton lead to 2-0 with a Rose State wild pitch scoring Alvord making it a 3-0 Cougar lead after three innings.

After three strong innings from Barton starter Ethan Minaker, the Raiders offense came to life tying the game at 3-3 in the fourth with a two-RBI single and sacrifice fly driving in the first single of the frame and pair of walks allowed.

Barton's lone error of the game generated the ultimate go-ahead run in the fifth as a one-out sacrifice fly pushed the Raiders in front 4-3 with a trio of hit-by-pitches in the seventh tacking on an insurance run and 5-3 uphill climb.

The Cougars outhit the Raiders 7-4 led behind Blasi's 2-for-5 game with a double.

Minaker went 3.1-innings in his start allowing four hits, three runs, walked two and struck out three in the no-decision. Owen Pote (0-1) fell on the wrong end of his collegiate debut working 2.2-innings in relief giving up an unearned run while walking two. Preston Golden worked one-inning permitting one run while Andrew McCarthy pitched a perfect eighth with two strikeouts.