BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com Hoisington's Lane French threw three shutout innings as the Great Bend Bat Cats rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Newton Rebels to sweep Monday's Jayhawk Collegiate League doubleheader. BAT CATS 6, NEWTON 4 (G2) — The Bat Cats erased a 4-0 deficit with six runs. Cesar Chavira started a 3-for-3 night when he singled home Kirby Orth. Deraclo Delancy scored on George McCarroll's fourth-inning groundout for a 4-2 Newton lead. "We'll keep fighting. Our mentality is always the game is not over," Chavira said. "The pitches were outside and I'm trying to smack it the other way." Andrugh Yee doubled home Jaxon Bunkers to ignite a 3-run fifth inning. Yee scored the tying run for a 4-4 tie when Newton catcher Francisco Arias threw the ball away. Delancy delivered the game's biggest play when he stole second base in a tied game. Chavira's clutch double drove home Delancy for a 5-4 lead. Yee doubled home Peanut Brazzle for a valuable sixth-inning insurance run. Newton scored four first-inning runs. Mark Wiemann singled in Tyson Shade. Arias singled in Taj Smith and Wiemann. Danny Balderas scored on an error. The Rebels stranded 11 baserunners. BAT CATS 8, NEWTON 4 (G1) — Chase Chapman, Cesar Chavira and Peanut Brazzle each drove home two runs to spark an 8-4 victory. Brazzle singled home Chase Kessler and Dylan Serna for a 3-0 lead after Chase Chapman scored on a bases-loaded second-inning walk. In the third, Kirby Orth scored on Decarlo Delancy's second and Chapman's homer drove home Delancy for a 6-1 lead. Chavira's single scored Jaxon Bunkers and Orth for an 8-3 lead. Bat Cat starter Eli Lang worked five innings and reliever Brody Curran earned a save with two scoreless innings. Newton's Walker Wakefield singed in Sam Benz and hit a fifth-inning home run. Caden Ehardt homered and Sam Benz singled in Sam Schmidt. JUNCTION CITY 8, BAT CATS 6 — The Bat Cats stranded the tying runner on base in the final two innings after rallying from a 7-2 deficit and lost 8-6 to the Junction City Brigade Tuesday. First-place Great Bend (9-2, 8-2 Jayhawk) plays Junction City (9-2, 8-2) at home Wednesday. Brigade reliever Sebastian Udland threw three shutout innings and recorded four outs with the tying runner on base. Bat Cat Jaxon Bunkers drove home two runs. Kirby Orth homered. Chavira, Chapman and McCarroll also drove in runs. Chapman and Chavira delivered seventh-inning RBIs. Brigade Max Erdley doubled and drove in three runs. Eli Kellogg drove home two runs. Great Bend 011 002 200 — 6 7 1 Junction City 203 020 01x — 8 9 1 Medrano, Graham (5) and Kessler. Waggoner, Vondra (6), Udland (7) and Kellogg. W—Waggoner. L—Medrano, 2-1. SV—Udlund. 2B—GB—Chavira; JC—Erdley 2, Pantuso. HR—GB—Orth. Newton 001 210 0 — 4 8 2 Great Bend 033 200 x — 8 6 1 Tredemeyer, Meade (4) and Arias. Lang, Curran (6) and Kessler. W—Lang. 2-0. L—Tredemeyer, 0-1. 2B—GB—Delancy. HR—GB—Chapman; N—Ehardt, Wakeland. Newton 400 000 0 — 4 8 1 Great Bend 000 231 x — 6 7 2 Kniep, Tappen (5), Benz (6) and Arias. Smith, French (5) and Chavira. W—French. 1-0. L—Tappen. 2B—GB—Yee 2, Chavira, McCarroll; N—Wiemann. JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE Great Bend Bat Cats 8-2 9-2 Junction City Brigade 8-2 9-2 Hutchinson Monarchs 7-4 7-4 Haysville Aviators 6-3 10-3 Derby Twins 5-4 5-5 Kansas Cannons 6-5 6-5 Newton Rebels 4-7 4-9 Wichita Factory 3-10 3-10 Kingman Islanders 1-11 1-11 6-15—Great Bend 8-6, Newton 4-4; Haysville 10, Wichita 5; Derby 9, Kingman 5 6-16—Junction City 8, Great Bend 6; Haysville 12, Hutchinson 5; Newton 10, Wichita 8; Cannons 12, Kingman 9 6-17—Junction City at Great Bend; Haysville at Hutchinson; Wichita at Newton; Kingman at Cannons 6-18—Junction City at Derby; Cannons at Newton; Kingman at Haysville