April 12, 2006                    

Cowley baseball drops a pair of games at Highland

Two days after sweeping a doubleheader against Highland, the Cowley College baseball team suffered a pair of disappointing losses at Highland on Tuesday.

The Tigers lost the first game 7-3, and dropped game two 5-2. The defeats drop Cowley one game behind Neosho County for first place in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division.

“They outplayed us and deserved to win,” Cowley head coach Dave Burroughs said. “We need to give a better effort and compete.”

In game one, Cowley held leads of 2-0 and 3-2, but Highland scored four runs in the fifth inning and one more in the sixth to win 7-3.

Brad Miller (3-2) took the loss for the Tigers as he allowed eight hits and five earned runs in six innings pitched. Nick Troilo had two of Cowley’s seven hits in the defeat.

In game two, Highland got a three-run homer from Dylan Libadisos in a five-run first inning, and held on for a 5-2 win.

Justin Smith limited Cowley to five hits and two runs in the complete game win. Lance Hoge (3-3) took the loss for the Tigers. Hoge allowed just two hits after the first inning and struck out eight in his six innings pitched.

Tyler Fleming and Brett Becker had RBI singles for the Tigers.

Cowley is now 26-15 overall and 17-9 in the Jayhawk East. Highland improves to 10-19 overall and 10-16 in the conference. The Tigers will look to get back on track when they host a doubleheader against Coffeyville Thursday at 2 p.m.

Score by inning:

Game one                        R H E
Cowley   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 7 3
Highland 0 2 0 0 4 1 x — 7 8 0

Game two                         R H E
Cowley    0 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 5 0
Highland 5 0 0 0 0 0 x — 5 7 2