By BRANDON SMITH
Barton Sports Info
Sophomore Ayden Blachowicz drove in a career-high five runs to lead the 8th ranked Barton Community College baseball team to an opening 12-1 run-rule victory over Hutchinson Community College in five innings.
The Blue Dragons fought off a late rally in Game 2 earning a 9-7 victory over the Cougars to split the first two games of the four-game set Thursday afternoon at Hobart-Detter Field.
The series will conclude Saturday afternoon shifting to Barton's Lawson-Biggs Field for a 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. scheduled doubleheader.
Entering the day with a four-game lead in the Jayhawk West standings, the split trims Barton's lead to three games at 20-6 in the KJCCC and 41-8 on the season while the Blue Dragons move into a fifth-place tie with a mark of 15-11 and overall record of 27-23.