BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com WICHITA — The Great Bend Bat Cats apparently left their bats back home. The Liberal Bee Jays shut out Great Bend 7-0 Sunday to extend the Bat Cats NBC scoreless streak to 16 innings. The Bat Cats are batting .154 (8 for 52) with four double plays. Great Bend (24-12) faces a win-or-go home game Tuesday against Shawnee's Between the Lines. The Bat Cats (0-2, -15 runs) must beat BTL (1-1, -11) by three runs to guarantee a bracket spot. The Liberal/Great Bend showdown turned on a pair of bases-loaded situations. The Bat Cats loaded the bases against pitcher Brooks Kappelmann with a single and two walks. But Jaxon Bunkers struck out and Chase Kessler grounded into a tailor-made second-inning double play. When Liberal's Cole Manuel saw a 2-0 fastball after three consecutive walks, he blasted a grand slam homer off Bat Cats reliever Jackson Thompson for a 4-0 lead. Thompson control quickly vanished after being called for ball 3 on a pitch-clock violation. He proceeded to walk three consecutive batters before delivering a room-service fastball to Manuel. Great Bend's other threat ended after Walker Wakeland and Chase Chapman delivered fourth-inning singles. Kappelmann retired Bunkers on a 2-out fly ball. Great Bend lacked patience at the plate with a pair of 6-pitch innings. Through 16 innings, the Bat Cats are batting 3-for-16 with runners on base. Great Bend pitchers gift wrapped Liberal's seven runs with five walks and a hit batter who scored runs. Liberal 000 040 300 — 7 5 0 Great Bend 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 Kappelmann, Whipple (6) and Adams. Alarid, Thompson (5), Murphy (6), Bekedam (7) and Kessler. W—Kappelmann. L—Thompson, 0-1. 2B—L—Rojas. HR—L—Manuel. NBC BATTING (8-52) .667—Wakeland, 2-3; .333—Chavira, 1-3; .200—Chapman, 1-5; .167—Orth, 1-6; Owens, 1-6; Jewell, 1-6; .143—Shaw, 1-7; .000—McCarroll, 0-2; Kessler, 0-3; Benz, 0-3; Brazzle, 0-3; Bunkers, 0-5. NBC POOLS Q (qualifier) POOL A—Q Lonestar Baseball 2-0 (+3), Seattle Blackfins 1-1 (-1), Hutchinson Monarchs 1-1 (+4), TPA Texas 0-2 (-6) POOL B—Q Junction City Brigade 2-0 (+13), Q Austin Gold Sox 2-0 (+8), Seattle Cheney Studs 0-2 (-9), Oklahoma Lookouts 0-2 (-12) POOL C—Q Santa Barbara Foresters 2-0 (+21), Liberal Bee Jays 1-1 (+5), Between The Lines Hornets 1-1 (-11), Great Bend Bat Cats 0-2 (-15) POOL D—Q Hays Larks 2-0 (+14), Q Alaska Goldpanners 2-0 (+7); San Diego Stars 0-2 (-13), Tess’s Army 0-2 (-5) NBC WORLD SERIES -23—Lonestar Baseball 6, Hutchinson 5; Austin Gold Sox 10, Seattle Cheney Studs 7 6-24—Seattle Blackfins 6, TPA Texas 5; Between the Lines Hornets 7, Liberal 5; Santa Barbara Foresters 8, Great Bend 0; Junction City Brigade 7, Oklahoma Lookouts 0 6-25—Hays Larks 11, San Diego Stars 3; Alaska Goldpanners 3, Tess's Army 1; Hutchinson 10, TPA Texas 5; Lonestar Texas 5, Seattle Blackfins 3 6 -26—Santa Barbara 13, BT Hornets 0; Junction City 12, Seattle Cheney Studs 6; Liberal 7, Great Bend 0; Austin Gold Sox 10, Oklahoma Lookouts 5; Hays Larks 7, Tess's Army 4; Alaska 6, San Diego Stars 1 6-27—8 a.m.—Austin Gold Sox vs Junction City; 11 a.m.—Lonestar Baseball vs TPA Texas; 6 p.m.—Seattle Cheney Studs vs Oklahoma Lookouts; 8:30 p.m.—Hutchinson vs Seattle Blackfins 6-28—Noon—San Diego Stars vs Tess's Army; 3 p.m.—Great Bend vs BTL Hornets; 6 p.m.—Hays Larks vs Alaska; 8:30 p.m.—Santa Barbara vs Liberal