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Alarid sparks Bat Cats' sweep
BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com The Derby Twins pounded out three consecutive second-inning hits against Great Bend ace Zachary Alarid. Derby's Mason Wisnieski homered and Brit Vick and Jude Almaraz singled. Alarid responded by striking out Beau Sweeney and Jesse Saucedo and retiring Brady Skinner on a groundout. "Momentum is a big thing, and they came out on fire," Alarid said. "I stayed composed and shut them down." Great Bend's Jaxon Bunkers scored the game-winning run on a passed ball for a 3-2 victory that finished off a sweep of Derby. Bunkers walked, reached third base on a steal and error and scored when catcher Saucedo missed a pitch. BAT CATS 3, DERBY 2 (G2) — Alarid (3-0, 1.04 ERA) struck out 12 Twins in a brilliant 108-pitch outing. Alarid has 33 strikeouts in 26 innings. The Bat Cats (16-4, 14-4 Jayhawk) remain in first place in the Jayhawk Collegiate League. "These wins help," Alarid said. "They were big, especially winning a doubleheader." Both teams feature players from Cochise (Ariz.) College. "It was a fun back-and-forth when you're playing guys from your team," Alarid said. Bunkers scored on a Cesar Chavira single and Chase Chapman scored on a second-inning error for a 2-1 lead. Derby's Vick scored on a fourth-inning error for a 2-2 tie. BAT CATS 16, DERBY 5 (G1) — Bat Cat Player of the Game Chase Chapman sparked a 16-run attack with a homer, double, single and a season-high four runs batted home. Kirby Orth delivered four hits, four runs scored with an RBI. Andrugh Yee drilled a 2-run homer for his fourth roundtripper. Jaxon Bunkers drove home three runs with three hits. George McCarroll, Decarlo Delancy and Chase Kessler each drove home a run. Bat Cat starter Mason Murphy (3-1, 5.25 ERA) worked 42/3 innings with 10 strikeouts. Lance French earned a save with 21/3 scoreless innings. Great Bend 025 041 4 — 16 17 2 Derby 030 002 0 — 5 7 2 Murphy, French (5) and Kessler. Gallien, Bekedem (3), Wells (5), Alison (6), Skinner (7) and Robbins. W—Murphy, 3-1. L—Gallien, 2-1. SV—French. 2B—GB—Chapman, Orth, Shaw, Bunkers; D—Blais. 3B—GB—Orth. HR—GB—Yee (4), Chapman (3). Derby 010 100 0 — 2 7 3 Great Bend 000 000 x — 3 4 3 Blais, Turner (6) and Saucedo. Alarid and Chavira. W—Alarid, 3-0. L—Turner. 2B—D—Sweeney, Allison. HR—D—Wisnieski. JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE Great Bend Bat Cats 14-4 16-4 Hutchinson Monarchs 14-6 14-6 Junction City Brigade 13-6 14-6 Haysville Aviators 9-5 14-5 Derby Twins 11-6 11-7 Kansas Cannons 9-12 9-12-1 Newton Rebels 5-13 7-15 Wichita Factory 5-14 5-14 Kingman Islanders 2-16 2-16 6-29—Wichita 6, Kingman 2; Hutchinson 11, Cannons 1; Junction City 8, Haysville 4; Newton 6, Wichita Black Sox 2 6-30—Great Bend 12-3, Derby 5-2; Hutchinson 12, Cannons 11; Newton 23, Dodge City 20 7-1—Great Bend at Derby; Junction City at Haysville (2); Kingman at Wichita 7-2—Kingman at Great Bend; Cannons at Wichita; Derby at Hutchinson; Newton at Haysville
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