Busters Down Barton County; Tied for 1st in Jayhawk West
Busters Win Barton Series 3-1
Game 1
Game 1
| TOP 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Garden City Community College
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0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
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Barton Community College
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Garden City Community College
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0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 2 |
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Barton Community College
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
| TOP 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Garden City Community College
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0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 1 |
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Barton Community College
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Garden City Community College
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2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
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Barton Community College
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0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
Great Bend, KS-Garden City won a pair of games on Saturday against Barton County. In Game I Garden City defeated the Cougars 8-3. Brooks Benson led the Busters with a 3 RBI double in the top of the third giving the Busters a 3-0 lead. Kyle Lopez followed with a two shot home run as Garden City went up 5-0.
Mason Brown finished the third inning carnage with an RBI double capping off a 6 run third inning.
In Game II Garden City continued to dominate with 17 hits to Barton County's 9 to win 14-6. Garden City was led by Aeneas Roberson including a sixth inning 3 run double. Roberson went 3-5 on the day, scored 1 run and punched in 6 RBI's
In Game III the Busters jumped out to 5-1 lead after two innings and added one run in the third. Barton put up 4 runs in the bottom of the third pulling within one at 6-5. Garden City then put up three runs in the fifth and the Cougars added one run now trailing by two at 9-7 after five.
Garden City's scoring ended and in the bottom of the sixth the Cougars scored 4 runs and held Garden City in the top of the seventh to win Game III 11-9.
Garden City regrouped to claim game IV 10-8. The Busters scored two runs in the ninth inning breaking an 8-8 tie. Mason Brown paved the way going 4-4 from the dish. Brown had two doubles, a single and a home run. Brown finished the day scoring 4 runs and knocked in 3 runs.
The Busters are 29-9 overall and are 14-6 in the conference. The Busters sit atop the Jayhawk West tied for 1st place with Colby. Garden City returns to play Saturday when they host Dodge City.