May 5, 2008
Cowley baseball smashes Garden City, advances to Region VI Tourney
Picking up a pair of run-rule wins over Garden City Saturday at City Ball Park,
the Cowley College baseball team won its sub-regional and advances to play at
the Region VI Tournament in Wichita.
The Tigers scored eight runs in the sixth inning of game one to defeat the Broncbusters
11-3. Cowley picked up where it left off in the first game by scoring seven runs
in the first two innings of game two as they coasted to a 9-1 seven-inning win
of the nightcap.
“I was really pleased with our approach, we have gotten better at being
focused early in the game,” Cowley assistant coach Darren Burroughs said. “We
had a lot of different people contribute and show it’s a team game.”
The Tigers (35-17) advance to play Allen County (28-22) at 7 p.m. Saturday
at Wichita’s Lawrence Dumont Stadium. The teams split a pair of doubleheaders
against each other during the regular season.
In the first game against Garden City, Cowley was locked in a 3-3 tie heading
into the bottom of the sixth inning. The Tigers benefited from three walks and
two hit batsmen to score eight runs in the sixth. Brice Cole and Tyson Parks
each singled in a pair of runs in the inning.
Curt Simpson started on the mound for the Tigers and allowed seven hits and two
runs in 4 1/3 innings. Stephen Kohlscheen relieved Simpson and allowed one hit
and no earned runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched as he picked up the win.
Cowley had five players record two hits in the game as they pounded out 12 hits
in the victory.
In the nightcap, Calvin Drinnen (pictured) allowed just three hits and one run
in seven innings as he improved to 5-2 on the season. Drinnen struck out six
and walked two.
“Calvin pitched really good,” Burroughs said.
Cole had another big game batting out of the leadoff spot as he went 3-for-3
with a triple and three runs scored. While, Chase Roten went 2-for-4 with a triple
and two runs scored.
The Tigers have won eight of their last 10 games heading into the Region Tournament.
“I think this team is playing better now than we have all year,” Burroughs
said.
Score by inning:
|
|
|
|
| Game one |
R
|
H
|
E
|
| Garden City |
0 0 0 2 0 1 0 — |
3
|
8
|
2
|
| Cowley |
0 2 0 0 1 8 x — |
11
|
12
|
2
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Game two |
R
|
H
|
E
|
| Garden City |
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — |
1
|
3
|
2
|
| Cowley |
5 2 0 0 0 2 x — |
9
|
11
|
1
|