March 21, 2006                    

Tiger baseball team stays perfect in conference play

Getting solid pitching in both games of a doubleheader at Labette on Saturday, the No. 9-ranked Cowley College baseball team remained unbeaten in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division with wins of 5-1 and 3-0.

After suffering its first home loss of the season with a 10-6 loss to Crowder College on Thursday, Cowley bounced back to improve to 15-6 overall and 6-0 in the Jayhawk East.

Cowley scored four runs in the first inning and cruised to the win of game one as Brad Miller started on the mound for the Tigers and allowed five hits and no earned runs en route to Cowley’s first complete game of the season. Miller struck out seven and walked one in improving to 2-0.

Miller helped his cause at the plate by blasting a solo home run in the four-run first inning. The home run by Miller ties him with Patrick D’Aoust for the team lead in home runs with three. Mitch McCuistion also played well as he went 1-for-3 with two runs batted in.

In game two, Lance Hoge, J.C. Bredengerd, and Kyle Thornton combined on a three-hit shutout. Hoge (2-1) picked up the win as he allowed three hits in five innings. Bredengerd pitched a perfect sixth inning of relief, and Thornton pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning to pick up his seventh save of the season.

The Tigers made the most of their four hits as they got a two-run single by Brett Becker in the second inning, and a RBI single by Nick Troilo in the fifth.

Cowley’s home game vs. Muscatine College that was postponed on Monday has been moved to Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Tigers’ home doubleheader vs. Highland that was scheduled for Tuesday has been moved to Friday at 2 p.m.Score by inning:

Game one                    R H E
Cowley 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 5 7 1
Labette 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 5 1

Game two                    R H E
Cowley 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 — 3 4 1
Labette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 2