BY JIM MISUNAS

jmisunas@gbtribune.com

SALINA — Great Bend converted three errors into a shocking 5-1 upset of No. 1 seed Salina Central in Tuesday's 5A state baseball quarterfinals.

The Panthers led 5-1 on five unearned runs. Great Bend took advantage of three critical Mustang errors to score five unearned runs.

The Mustangs led 1-0 when Oscar Perez doubled home Keaton Smith for a first-inning run.

The Panthers turned an error by Chance Hogan into four unearned third-inning runs. Koehn Ribordy's single drove home Gavin Wondra and Daxton Minton. Trenton Kern's single drove home Ribordy. Jaxon Wondra scored on the Mustangs' second error for a 4-1 lead.

The Mustangs worked Minton's pitch count to 105 and loaded the bases with no out. Parker Graves and Eli Kreigbaum singled and Grayton Gross reached on an error.

Unlike Salina Central, reliever Jaxon Wondra worked his magic to retire three consecutive batters to preserve a 4-1 lead. Griffin Hall and Chance Hogan hit fly ball outs and Aidan Hammond struck out.

Daxton Minton's seventh-inning single drove home Eli Contreras after he reached base on a Mustang throwing error. The Panthers left the bases loaded when reliever Grayton Gross retired Trenton Kern and Rafael Chavez.

Great Bend 004 000 1 — 5 4 1

Salina Central 100 000 — 1 4 3

Minton, Jaxon Wondra (6) and Jaxon Wondra, Trenton Kern (6). Rodriguez, Gross (7) and Oscar Perez. W—Minton, 5-2. L—Rodriguez. SV—J. Wondra. 2B—SC—Oscar Perez.