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Cougars splits pair with West leading Colby
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Lyons sophomore Ryan McClure watches a pitch during the second game of Bartons doubleheader Thursday with Colby. McClure drove in four runs on three hits in the game as Barton won 13-7 over the Jayhawk West leading Trojans. Barton will wrap up its home schedule and the regular season with a doubleheader with Colby starting at 1 p.m. at Lawson-Biggs Field.
Playing around the weather is part of college baseball. The Barton Cougars and Colby Trojans did just that Thursday.Moving the opening day of the series up from Saturday to Thursday to beat the weather proved to be a good decision. The teams beat the rain, splitting the first two games of the final Jayhawk West series of the season for the two teams.Colby on the opener by an 11-2 score then Barton came back to beat the West leaders by a 13-7 count in the second game.