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<p><em>Hutchinson CC Sports Information</em></p>
<p>SALINA &ndash; The Hutchinson Community College baseball team carried a one-run lead into the eighth inning on Tuesday night in the Plains District Tournament opening round.</p>
<p>But the fourth-seeded Cowley Tigers rallied with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat the fifth-seeded Blue Dragons 2-1 at Dean Evans Stadium.</p>
<p>The Blue Dragons (39-20) fall to the elimination bracket where it will face No. 1 seed Barton (42-12) at 1 p.m. Wednesday.</p>
<p><strong>BLUE DRAGON BASEBALL</strong><br /><strong>No. 5 Hutchinson (39-20) vs. No. 1 Barton (42-12)</strong><br /><strong>Plains District Tournament &ndash; 1st-round elimination</strong><br /><strong>When</strong>: Wednesday, May 13, 2025<br /><strong>Where</strong>: Dean Evans Stadium, Salina, KS<br /><strong>Time</strong>: 1 p.m.<br /><strong>Video</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://kjccc.org/watch" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>KJCCC Network (PPV), 12:55 p.m.</strong></a><br /><strong>X</strong>: @bluedragonsport<br /><a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/boxscores/20250514_osrw.xml"><strong>CLICK FOR LIVE STATS</strong></a></p>
<p>Hutchinson took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/mazza_antony_9347">Anthony Mazza</a>&nbsp;tripled off the left-field wall and then scored on an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/mustow_adam_sf8t">A.J. Mustow</a>&nbsp;groundout to first.</p>
<p>The Blue Dragons took that one-run lead to the eighth. Cowley was able to cash in on a leadoff hit batter and scored two runs in the inning to take a 2-1 lead. The Blue Dragons were retired in order in the ninth.</p>
<p>The outcome spoiled a tremendous starting performance from freshman&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/rosser_lachlan_s3z7">Lachlan Rosser</a>, who threw seven shutout innings before leaving the game in the eighth.</p>
<p>Rosser struck out five and walked three while allowing five hits and one earned run.</p>
<p>Rosser retired the first nine batters he faced and then made big pitches over the next four innings to keep the Tigers off the scoreboard.</p>
<p>Rosser left runners on first and third by ending the fourth inning with a strikeout. The Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and Rosser again got out of the inning.</p>
<p>Then in the sixth, the defense came to Rosser's rescue when a hit to right field turned into a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/griffin_leo_z3t1">Leo Griffin</a>-to-<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/tygart_baker_ked6">C.J. Reid</a>-to Mazza play at the plate for an out.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/combs_sean_c4r2">Sean Combs</a>&nbsp;(2-2) took the loss with one-third of an inning.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/flores_colin_o7x4">Colin Flores</a>&nbsp;pitched the final two outs of the eighth inning.</p>
<p>The Blue Dragons were held to five hits to Cowley's eight.</p>
<p>Mazza went 2 for 3 with a double and triple with a run scored.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/maher_quinn_nqj4">Quinn Maher</a>&nbsp;was 2 for 3 with two doubles and a walk.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/allen_griffin_bmj4">Nick Glantz</a>&nbsp;had the only other Blue Dragon hit off three Cowley pitchers.</p>
<p>Last season the Blue Dragons lost the opening game of the Plains District Tournament and reeled off five-straight wins to force a second championship game.</p>
<p>Cowley won all three games in the season series with the Blue Dragons this season.</p>
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