The Barton Cougar softball team drilled five homers to spark a doubleheader sweep over Garden City 12-1 and 9-6 Sunday at Cougar Field.

The Cougars (25-9, 19-3 Jayhawk) drop Garden City to 19-15, 11-9 Jayhawk. The Cougars travel to Dodge City Wednesday.

Karter Alvord's grand slam ended game one 12-1 after Chloe Enslinger and Elina Bartlett homered earlier.

Bartlett's 3-run shot in game two set the stage for a 9-6 victory for the Cougars' 14th straight win over Garden City.

Alvord and Chloe Enslinger led the squad's 20 hits with 4-of-7 performances each, Alvord's 9th home run clinching game one as Enslinger's two-run shot in the opener's third frame posted her 14th home run of the year putting Barton up 3-0.

Peyton McCormick finished 3-of-6 with three RBI, connecting on her 9th of the year on a solo fence clearer in the fourth inning of the nightcap for a 5-2 lead.

Bartlett belted two home runs, opening with a 2-of-3 performance with a pair of RBI's including a fifth inning dinger before her 3-run blast in game two's first frame recorded her 6th of the year.

Meleia Ingram (13-4) struck out nine batters, yielding a homer to Garden City's Alyssa Santana. Brooklynn Angielski (10-4) yielded 10 hits and struck out three batters. Reliever Alicia Goseland pitched two frames, yielding a trio of seventh-inning runs.

COUGARS 12, GARDEN CITY 1 (G1) — Laney Wood's one-out single in the third would score on McCormick's reach on error, with Enslinger's two-run long ball growing the lead to 3-0.

The Cougars scored four fifth-inning runs. Aly Lawrence tripled and scored on McCormick's sac fly. Bartlett's home run was followed by Ava Fink's 2-run single for a 7-1 lead.

Garden City committed two errors with Lawrence and Enslinger reaching base. Bartlett's sac fly to left plated one. Thatcher's hit-by pitch set the table for Alvord's grand slam homer.

COUGARS 9, GARDEN CITY 6 (G2) — Wood's leadoff walk scored on McCormick's first of two hits in the nightcap. Bartlett extending her consecutive game hit streak to 10 straight by connecting on a no-doubt, three-run blast for her second yard exiter of the twinbill.

Garden City connected on five hits in the fourth inning to cut the deficit in half, three hits coming with two outs including Santana's 2-RBI single.

McCormick's 9th long ball of the year got one of the runs back in the home half with Garden City answering in the top of the fifth on a one-out hit and stolen base scoring on a double.

The Cougars fired back with a 4-run fifth inning. Fink's ground out pushed one across the dish with two more heading home on Wood's 8th double. A fielding error would close out the four-run frame.

Garden City scored a trio of seventh-inning runs, Maria Avendan Fori's hit an RBI triple followed by Maysen Kurene-Iwikau's 8th homer.

Garden City 000 010 — 1 4 4

Barton 003 045 — 12 11 0

Ballestra Vargas, Olison (5) and Vonk. Ingram and Enslinger. W—Ingram 13-4. L—Ballastra Vargas. 2B—BC—Lawrence. 3B—BC—Lawrence. HR—BC—Enslinger, Bartlett, Alvord; GC—Santana

Garden City 000 210 3 — 6 14 2

Barton 400 140 x — 9 9 0

Kurere Iwikau, Powell (5) and Galicia. L—Kurere Iwakau. 2B—BC—Wood, Thatcher, Alvord; GC—Kurere Iwikau, Olison. 3BGC—Avendnu Fori. HR—BC—Barlett, McCormick; GC—Kurere Iwikau

JAYHAWK WEST

Hutchinson 19-1 27-5

Barton 179-3 25-9

Butler 12-4 23-5

Garden City 11-9 19-15

Dodge City 11-9 19-19

Seward 5-13 11-21

Pratt 5-15 9-25

Colby 4-14 23-18

Hays NW 0-18 0-26

4-6—Barton 12-9, Garden City 1-6;  Hutchinson 8-9, Friends 0-1; Pratt at Seward; Dodge City at Garden City

4-7—Hutchinson at Butler; Pratt at Fort Scott

4-9—Barton at Dodge City; Seward at Butler; Garden City at Pratt; Hays NW at Colby

4-10—Seward at Hays NW