Cowley downs Neosho at Region VI baseball
Top-ranked Cowley stayed alive at the Region VI baseball tournament, beating No. 18 Neosho County 8-5 on Saturday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Cowley starter Justin McGregor remained unbeaten this season, winning his 12th straight.
Dillon White drove in three runs for Cowley.
Neosho | 000 | 023 | 000 | — | 5 11 2 |
Cowley | 230 | 100 | 02x | — | 8 7 3 |
W — McGregor (12-0). L — Hummell (2-2). Save — Cowan (8).
Neosho batting: Sutherland 1-4, Ashmore 3-4, Ibarra 0-4, Bride 2-4, Toliver 0-5, Thomas 3-5, Bourn 1-2, Bullock 0-1, Childs 0-4, Tomasino 0-1, Burkdoll 1-4.
Cowley batting: Thompson 2-4, Rea 0-5, Benge 0-2, White 2-3, Fischer 0-4, Linn 0-3, Reibenspies 2-3, Knudsen 1-4, Alicea 0-2.
Neosho pitching: Hummel 1-2, Mansur 2/3-0, Mitzel 5 1/3-3, Whitcomb 1-0.
Cowley pitching: McGregor 5-4, Macy 2/3-0, Dougherty 0-0, McAlister 2 1/3-0, Cowan 1-0.
Johnson County 4, Seward County 3 — Johnson County came from behind, eliminating Jayhawk West champion Seward County.
Johnson County, ranked fourth in the NJCAA the defending Region VI champion, will play either Dodge City or Butler on Sunday afternoon.
Johnson | 100 | 100 | 110 | — | 4 10 0 |
Seward | 001 | 020 | 000 | — | 3 10 0 |
W — Hurt (9-0). L — Howard (7-3)
Johnson batting: Hatch 1-5, Alvarez 1-4, Ullrich 2-5, Miller 0-2, McHugh 0-1, Landuyt 0-3, Warner 1-2, White 0-1, Stine 2-4, Rogers 2-4, Watson 1-3.
Seward batting: White 4-5, Urquizo 2-4, Williams 1-3, Rix 1-3, Drury 1-2, Graff-Rowe 0-4, Nethercot 1-4, Dorado 0-4, Kennedy 0-4.
Johnson pitching: Stroschein 4 1/3-3, Hurt 4 2/3-0.
Seward pitching: Howard 7 1/3-4, Garland 1 2/3-0.
Fort Scott 9, Coffeyville 1
Fort Scott | 000 | 106 | 020 | — | 9 12 0 |
Coffeyville | 000 | 000 | 001 | — | 1 6 2 |
W — McCullough. L — McCourt.
Fort Scott batting: Hair 3-6, Andrade 3-4, Shaffer 1-2, Whisler 2-4, Bauman 0-4, Harvey 0-3, Methvin 0-3, Rock 2-3, Sloan 1-4.
Coffeyville batting: Ketterman 1-4, Oleta 0-4, Hernandez 0-2, McMaster 1-4, Cunningham 1-4, Sparr 0-4, Salamon 3-3, Krokroskia 0-3.
Fort Scott pitching: McCullough 9-1.
Coffeyville pitching: McCourt 5 1/3-4, Taylor 2/3-0, Muehlberger 1-0, Christian 0-2, Ramos 1-0, Winter 1-0.
Late Friday
Butler 7, Cowley 5 — Ty Redington went 4 for 5 and drove in two runs as Butler upset No. 1-ranked Cowley.
Butler | 300 | 003 | 001 | — | 7 13 3 |
Cowley | 003 | 010 | 010 | — | 5 8 0 |
W — Osburn. L — Rigler. Save — Crowe.
Butler batting: Redington 4-5, Williams 0-4, Baker 0-4, Slater 2-5, Whitchurch 1-4, Weiss 3-5, Klusener 1-5, Forget 1-4, Reynolds 1-3.
Cowley batting: Thompson 0-5, Rea 2-4, Benge 0-4, White 1-3, Fischer 1-3, Linn 1-2, Bassler 2-2, Elliott 0-3, Alicea 1-4, Knudsen 0-2, Goodwin 0-1.
Butler pitching: Osburn 5-1, Harper 3-0, Crowe 1-0.
Cowley pitching: Rigler 6-6, McAlister 2 1/3-1, Cowan 2/3-0.
Region VI Baseball
Saturday
Johnson 4, Seward 3
Cowley 8, Neosho 5
Fort Scott 9, Coffeyville 1
Dodge City (38-17) vs. Butler (30-20)
Sunday
Cowley (50-4) vs. Coffeyville, 10 a.m.
Johnson (49-10) vs. Dodge-Butler loser, 1 p.m.
Fort Scott vs. Dodge-Butler winner, 4 p.m.
This story was originally published May 9, 2015 at 11:22 PM with the headline "Cowley downs Neosho at Region VI baseball."