Red Raven Baseball Sweeps Butler in Opening Round to Advance to Second Round of Region 6 Tournament
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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 12 | 0 |
Butler Community College - KS
The Coffeyville Community College Red Raven Baseball Team swept the Grizzlies of Butler out of the Region 6 Tournament by defeating them 9-1 and 8-3 in the first two games of a best-of-3 opening round series.
With the opening round victory, the Red Ravens will advance to the second round of the Region 6 Tournament, with the remaining rounds of the Tournament being played at Dean Evans Field in Salina, KS. The remaining rounds of the Region 6 Tournament will be a double elimination bracket with the #8-seeded Ravens scheduled to play #1 seed Barton on Tuesday, May 13th at 4:00 p.m. The Full Region 6 Tournament bracket can be found HERE!
Coffeyville came to play against Butler in the opening round.
The Red Ravens defeated Butler 9-1 in the series opening game behind an excellent start from Red Raven sophomore righty Cross Dowd. After allowing a first-inning run, Dowd settled in, going 7 innings, allowing just the one earned on 4 hits while striking out a season high 11. Offensively, Coffeyville pounded out 14 hits in the game, led by sophomore second baseman Landin Midgett, who had 3 hits and scored 3 runs, and freshman DH Shawn Bareno, who also had 3 hits along with 4 RBIs.
Game #2 of the series was tight through five with Butler holding a slim 3-2 lead heading into the sixth inning, however, the Ravens came alive in the sixth, scoring five runs to blow open a four-run lead. Coffeyville tagged on another run in the seventh, and the Ravens had the 8-3 victory. Red Raven sophomore righty Jackson Waggoner started for Coffeyville, going 7 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 7 hits in the victory. Landid Midgett again powered the Red Raven offense with 3 more hits (over the two games, Midgett was 6 for 7 and scored 5 runs), while sophomore shortstop Nathan Cruz had 2 hits and 3 RBIs.
Coffeyville heads to the second round where they will face the Barton Cougars on Tuesday, May 13th at 4:00 p.m. at Dean Evans Field in Salina Kansas.
