February 18, 2010

Tiger baseball falls flat in 8-5 loss to Hutchinson

Playing just its second game of the season Wednesday at home vs. Hutchinson, the Cowley College baseball team did not look sharp in losing to the Blue Dragons 8-5.

Tiger sophomore Zach Cargill started on the mound and was uncharacteristically wild as he walked two batters and hit a batter in the top of the first inning. The Tiger defense did not do their pitcher any favors as they committed three errors, which allowed all three base runners to come around to score.

Cargill (0-1) settled down after the first inning and allowed no hits in his three innings of work, but left with the Tigers trailing 3-1.

With Hutchinson leading 4-2, the Blue Dragons scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to increase its lead to 7-2. The runs turned out to be big as Cowley’s Matt Hillis belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to make the score 7-5.

Tiger pitchers walked the first four batters in the top of the ninth inning, allowing Hutchinson to make the final score 8-5.

All totaled, Cowley pitchers waked 11 batters. The Tigers also committed five errors and their hitters struck out a combined 14 times.

“It wasn’t a good day all around, we were bad in all three phases,” Cowley head coach Dave Burroughs said. “We will try to put this behind us and move forward. It’s too early to push the panic button.”
Sophomore Mace Krol homered in the win for Hutchinson, while redshirt sophomore Matthew Williams earned the win.

Cowley will be back in action today when they host Butler Community College at 2 p.m. The Tigers are now 1-1 on the season.