Barton Baseball rides fast start in knocking off No. 3 Cowley in Ark City #GoBarton

The Barton Community College baseball team scored early and often plating 11 of its runs over the first four innings to knock off No. 3 Cowley College 12-8 on Tuesday afternoon in Arkansas City, KS.

Securing the fourth straight victory in the series meeting, the Cougars improve to 21-8 overall while the Tigers suffer their second straight loss dropping to 23-7 on the season.

Barton will step back into Jayhawk West play Thursday afternoon hosting the conference leading Trojans of Colby Community College in the opening two games of a four-game weekend set. First pitch of the doubleheader is slated for 1:00 p.m. from Lawson-Biggs Field with the series concluding on Sunday at Colby's Young Memorial Field after Saturday's originally scheduled doubleheader was shifted back a day due to inclement weather.  

Tyler Janssen led the Cougars balanced offensive attack providing three of the Cougars six extra base hits on the afternoon, finishing 3-for-5 and single shy of the cycle. The freshman drove in four runs highlighted behind his fourth-inning three-run round tripper for his fourth of the year.

Eight of Barton's nine in the lineup furnished a hit with Janssen being joined by Kyle Graves 3-for-6 day at the plate and RBI, as the duo combined for six of the Cougars 14 hits on the afternoon.

Kyle Walker was second in runs produced, driving in two of his three runs during Barton's four run top of the second frame, finishing 2-for-5 at the dish with a walk.

Rounding out the Cougars' multi-RBI performances was Ayden Hadley and Wyatt Yetter, each driving in two runs apiece. Hadley distributed his pair with a first inning double while Yetter added the final run of a three-run first on a groundout followed by a leadoff fourth inning blast for his first big fly of the season.

Despite finishing 0-for-1 at the plate, Barrett Donaldson generated three of Barton's nine walks created with a run scored.

Making his fourth start of the season, Braden Hauschel earned a no-decision in his one-inning of work allowing three runs on two hits with a walk and strikeout.

Eli Lang (1-0) notched his first collegiate victory tossing 4.1-innings in relief scattering seven hits and three runs with Landon Haines getting the final two outs of the sixth allowing one hit with a stirkeout.

Andrew McCarthy tossed a scoreless seventh with a strikeout while operating around a pair of walks. Cade Kunz handled the eighth yielding two runs on a hit and collected a strikeout before handing off to Preston Golden for the ninth, as the sophomore locked it down surrendering one walk and fanning two Tigers.