March 3, 2006

Tiger baseball shuts out Rose state 8-0

Getting strong pitching from Kyle Dotson and Matt Peck, the Cowley College baseball team shutout Rose State College 8-0 Thursday at City Ball Park.

Dotson and Peck had identical numbers as they each allowed two hits in four innings, while striking out five and walking none.

“I thought they did a good job working ahead of the hitters and had a well pitched game,” Cowley assistant coach Darren Burroughs said.

Dotson (1-2) started on the mound for the Tigers and picked up his first win of the season. Kyle Thornton pitched a scoreless ninth inning to preserve the shutout.

The Tigers benefited from four Rose State errors as they scored all of their runs after the fourth inning of play. Cowley scored one run in the fifth, one in the sixth, two in the seventh and four in the eighth.

Michael Dabbs continued his solid early season start by delivering a three-run double in the Tigers’ four-run eighth. Mitch McCuistion and Nick Troilo also played well as they each had two hits and an RBI.

The win was the Tigers’ second in a row as Cowley improves to 5-4 on the season. The Tigers will return to action Saturday when they host Maple Woods in a doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m.

Score by inning:                       R H E
Rose State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 5 4
Cowley     0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 x — 8 8 0