JUNCTION CITY — T.J. Shaw hammered a grand slam homer to spark the Great Bend Bat Cats past Junction City 9-5 in a showdown for first place. Great Bend (22-7, 19-7 Jayhawk) leads Junction City (19-8, 18-8 Jayhawk) by 11/2 games for first place. Junction City sliced the lead to 5-4 when Shaw's homer off B Hauschel scored Delarco Delancy, Dylan Sarna and George McCarroll for a 9-4 lead. Sarna and McCarroll singled after a walk. Bat Cat all-star pitcher Zachary Alarid (4-0, 1.87 ERA) threw six solid innings and Field worked three innings for a save. Field struck out Cade Ostner to leave the bases loaded in the ninth inning. Shaw scored on a sixth-inning single by red-hot Andrugh Yee. Chavira delivered the game's clutch single to score Yee and Peanut Brazzle for a 5-2 lead. Junction City answered with two runs when Alarid fought his command with a pair of wild pitches and a costly passed ball on a strikeout. Junction City's Ortner's first-inning single drove home Kyle Walker for a 1-0 lead. Chase Kessler's 2-out single scored Kirby Orth and Cesar Chavira after a second-inning single and walk for a 2-1 lead. Junction City's Brayden Harpole scored on a Collin Ross sacrifice fly for a 2-2 tie. Great Bend 020 003 400 — 9 9 0 Junction City 100 102 001 — 5 7 1 Alarid, Field (7) and Kessler. Roberson, Hauschel (6), Udland (7) and Kellogg. W—Alarid, 4-0. L—Roberson. SV—Field. 2B—GB—Brazzle. 3B—JC—Pantuso. HR—GB—Shaw. JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE Great Bend Bat Cats 20-7 22-7 Derby Twins 17-7 17-8 Junction City Brigade 18-8 19-8 Hutchinson Monarchs 17-8 18-8 Haysville Aviators 13-11 18-11 Kansas Cannons 12-13 13-13-1 Newton Rebels 7-17 9-19 Wichita Factory 7-19 7-19 Kingman Islanders 2-23 2-23 7-8—Great Bend 18, Newton 6; Hutchinson 6, Junction City 4; Derby 13, Kingman 1; Haysville 13, Wichita 11 7-9—Newton 11, Great Bend 1; Junction City 9, Hutchinson 2; Derby 11, Kingman 0; Haysville 7, Wichita 3 7-10—Great Bend 9, Junction City 5; Hutchinson 14, Haysville 5 7-11—Jayhawk All-Stars at Hutchinson, 7 p.m. 7-12—Junction City at Great Bend, 3; Haysville at Derby; Newton at Wichita; Kingman at Cannons