BAT CATS 6, WICHITA 3 (G2) — Starter Kirby Orth (1-0) struck out six batters and combined with reliever Jacob Field (5.59 ERA) for a 3-hitter for a split of Monday's Jayhawk Collegiate League twin bill.
Red-hot Andrugh Yee (.337) singled home George McCarroll in the first. Wichita led 2-1 on a bases-loaded walk and Terran Marshall's sacrifice fly.
Cesar Chapman scored on an error to ignite a 4-run second inning. Cesar Chavira scored on a Jaxon Bunkers single. Bunkers scored on Yee's single. McCarroll scored on Orth's groundball for a 5-2 lead.
Dylan Sarna scored on T.J. Shaw's fourth-inning single. Wichita's Dinkel scored on a sixth-inning groundout.
WICHITA 7, BAT CATS 6 (G1) — Wichita's Gabe Rodriguez singled home Kaden Gomez to secure a back-and-forth 7-6 victory.
Great Bend led 3-0 and 5-4 before Wichita scored three runs off reliever Carter Graham.
McConnell scored on Peanut Brazzle's single and Brazzle and Yee scored on Chapman's single for a 3-0 lead.
Wichita's Asmrion Seiler and Gomez delivered 2-run singles for a 4-3 lead.
Yee's team leading eighth home run scored Shaw for a 5-4 lead. Hewitt's 2-run home off typically effective Graham gave Wichita a 6-5 lead.
Brazzle's seventh-inning single drove home Orth for a 6-6 tie before three Bat Cats were retired.
Great Bend 300 200 1 — 6 9 1
Wichita 040 002 1 — 7 9 1
Ortega, Graham (5) and Kessler. Hanberg, Smith (5) and Clupny. W—Smith, 1-0. L—Graham, 1-1. 2B—GB—Brazzle; H—Blasi. HR—GB—Yee (8); H—Hewitt.
Great Bend 140 100 0 — 6 8 0
Wichita 200 001 0 — 3 2 3
Orth, Field (5) and Chavira. Pierce, Cox (5) and Dinkel. W—Orth. L—Pierce. SV—Field. 2B—GB—Yee, Chapman; W—Dinkel.
JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE
Great Bend Bat Cats 18-6 20-6
Junction City Brigade 16-6 17-6
Hutchinson Monarchs 15-7 15-7
Derby Twins 15-7 15-8
Haysville Aviators 10-10 15-10
Kansas Cannons 12-12 12-12-1
Newton Rebels 6-16 8-18
Wichita Factory 7-17 7-17
Kingman Islanders 2-20 2-20
7-5—Great Bend 9, Haysville 2; Derby 11, Newton 0
7-6—Wichita 7-3, Great Bend 6-6; Derby 13, Newton 6; Cannons 17, Haysville 7; Junction City 15, Kingman 2
7-7—Cannons at Haysville; Kingman at Junction City
