AUGUSTA — Great Bend Bat Cat Andrugh Yee drove home four runs in a 11-4 victory over the Kansas Cannons in Wednesday's Jayhawk Collegiate League baseball game. Great Bend led 9-0 after two at-bats.
Bat Cats starter Mason Murphy struck out even batters in six innings. Relievers Vince Iseman and Carter Cushing combined for five strikeouts.
The Bat Cats (3-0, 2-0) play at the Derby Twins (2-1, 2-1) Thursday.
T.J. Shaw and Cesar Chavira scored on Yee's first-inning single. Decarlo Delancy scored on a Jaxon Bunkers groundout.
Kessler scored on a bases-loaded walk to start a 6-run second. Yee's double scored Shaw and Chavira. Delancy scored on Peanut Brazzle's groundout. Yee scored on Bunkers' home run for a 9-0 lead.
Cannon Talan Barraza scored on a groundout and Colton Petersmith scored on a second-inning error. Z Makarewich scored on a sixth-inning groundout,
Bat Cat Brazzle scored on a seventh-inning passed ball. Bunkers' scored on Chase Kessler single for an 11-3 lead.
Zach Makerewich homered for the final Kansas Cannon run.
Great Bend 360 000 200 — 11 6 1
Kansas Cannons 020 001 010 — 4 4 1
Murphy, Iseman (7), Cushing (9) and Kessler. Barnarski, Saville (2), Shelite (6) and WItt. W—Murphy, 1-0. L—Barnaski, 0-1. 2B—GB—Yee, Brazzle. KC—Makarewich. HR—GB—Bunkers; KC—Makarewich.
JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE
Hutchinson Monarchs 4-0 4-0
Junction City Brigade 3-0 3-0
Great Bend Bat Cats 2-0 3-0
Derby Twins 2-1 2-1
Newton Rebels 2-1 2-1
Wichita Factory 1-3 1-3
Haysville Aviators 0-1 4-1
Kingman Islanders 0-4 0-4
Kansas Cannons 0-4 0-4