It was a good start to an important series.If the Barton Community College baseball team is going to make a run for a top spot in the Jayhawk West race the Cougars need to play well in their final three 4-game conference series. Friday at Lawson-Biggs Field the Cougars started things off right with an 8-5 win over Hutchinson - one of the teams ahead of them in the standings.The series will conclude this afternoon at Lawson-Biggs Field with a 2 p.m. first pitch.The Cougars trailed just briefly in the win Friday but they could not hold a lead until the final score. Each time Barton would take a lead the Blue Dragons would strike right back.That is until Dylan Kuhn drove in three runs with a bases loaded hit in the seventh for the final margin.After three scoreless innings Barton struck first on a sacrifice fly by Lance White to score Seth Troll.