Cowley Press

After having Seminole State end their winning streak, the Tigers needed a strong response to keep them on track heading into postseason play. The team did just that by completing two straight doubleheader sweeps against Highland.

“It was really important for us to win those games,” said Head Coach Dave Burroughs. It puts us in a good position for the post season. You wanna [sic] be playing your best baseball of the year right now. Hopefully that’s what we’re doing.”

In the first doubleheader the team easily won game one 13-3. It was the second game that caused drama. Heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, the Tigers were trailing 11-3.

With the fear of being run-ruled creeping in, the Tigers shifted the momentum of the game on their side by blasting in seven runs. Three innings later Matt Garcia, sophomore, scored an RBI, knotting the score at 11 each.

The game would continue on into extra innings and finally ended in the 12 inning when Chance Ross, sophomore, scored on a single by sophomore B.J. Misialek.

“The guy’s have a lot of fight,” said Burroughs. “The thing about that game is that the guys pitched it well. Our pitchers were great that weekend. The whole series they did well.”
The Tigers’ second doubleheader lacked the dramatic luster from game two of the first doubleheader. In game one, the Tigers scored two runs in the second inning and would hold a lead the entire game, in which the final was 3-2.

Game two provided the Tigers an opportunity for a score-fest. Cowley opened up the game by scoring three runs in the first inning. They followed that spree with a one run second inning and five run third inning to accumulate a 9-0 lead.

Highland did not score a run until the fourth inning, but by then it was too late. The Tigers scored four more runs over the next five innings to close out a score of 13-2.

Freshman Connor Duckhorn helped to lead the Tigers’ offensive attack, finishing 4-5 with one RBI. The team had a combined total of 24 hits and one error compared to Highland’s 13 hits and six errors. The four wins brought the Tigers’ record to 29-7 in Jayhawk East Play.

The Tigers final three games, which were scheduled to be played this week, were cancelled. This means that the team’s next game will take place during Sub Regionals, which will take place May 7, 8, and 9.

“We thought we were gonna [sic] play more games but we aren’t because they were cancelled. So we just try to get better and get ourselves ready for the tournament,” said Burroughs, “We plan on playing well and hopefully we can represent our institution in a good way.”