The Barton Community College baseball team finished off a four-game sweep over Dodge City Community College on Sunday, taking the twinbill at Cavalier Field 10-6 in extra innings and 18-4.
The victories were the sixth straight for the Cougars, improving to 7-5 in conference play and 19-6 overall. Dodge City drops to 2-6 in league and 12-8 on the year.
Barton will step out of conference play for its next four-game series, traveling to Region VI member Coffeyville Community College on Thursday before welcoming the Ravens to Lawson-Biggs Field on Saturday. A 1:00 p.m. first pitch is slated for each day's doubleheader.
The Cougars pounded out 24 hits in the fifteen innings played including 7 home runs. Two of the big flies came from Connor Scott in game one with his second putting Barton on top leading off the extra frame's 8th inning sparking the Cougars five runs.
On the mound, Zach Thornton struck out a career high 10 batters in five innings of game one with Carson Cornelius throwing the final three frames in striking out three to pick up his first collegiate victory. Game two reliever Logan Phillips nearly pitched a perfect 4.1 innings on the hill, striking out a career high six in keeping the Dodge City bats silent with no hits with one walk and two hit batsmen impriving to 2-1 on the year.
Scott went 6-for-10 on the afternoon while Shawn Marquis' four connections in seven plate appearances drove in a team high 6 RBIs.
Wade Reynolds, Jackson Hartley, and Jace Stewart also contributed to the home run total, connecting for their first collegiate fence clearers helping Barton to the big 18-4 game two victory.