BY JIM MISUNAS

jmisunas@gbtribune.com

Give the Haysville Aviators credit.

Haysville scored three unearned runs off Great Bend starter Zachary Alarid and rolled to a 10-5 victory to prevent the Bat Cats from clinching the Jayhawk Collegiate title Friday.

Great Bend will clinch an NBC World Series bid with a victory Saturday against Haysville.

The Bat Cats (22-9 Jayhawk) are tied with Junction City (22-9) for first place with Hutchinson (20-9) and Derby (19-9) close behind. Great Bend owns a 3-1 tiebreaker against Junction City.

The Aviators converted an error into a 3-run fourth inning keyed by Owen Rush's 2-run single for a 4-1 lead off Alarid (4-1, 1.19 ERA).

After Andrugh Yee's 11th homer, the Bat Cats drew within 5-2 on Chase Kessler's seventh-inning RBI single.

Bat Cat reliever Lane French (3.05 ERA) threw two solid innings. But he yielded five earned runs with a season-high 79 pitches in a 5-run eighth inning.

Great Bend rallied when T.J. Shaw scored on a wild pitch and Cesar Chapman drew a bases-loaded walk for a 10-4 score. But Kessler and Dylan Sarna were retired to leave the bases loaded in the eighth inning.

Jaxon Bunkers delivered a ninth-inning RBI single, but Yee's double-play groundball ended the ballgame.

Haysville 001 301 050 — 10 13 1

Great Bend 100 000 121 — 5 9 2

Senne, Rohe (8), Tackett (8) and Evans. Alarid, French (5), Kaiser (8) and Kessler. W—Senne. L—Alarid. 2B—GB—Chavira; H—Hand. 3B—H—Fenlon. HR—GB—Yee (11); H—Fenlon, Fitzpatrick.

JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE

Great Bend Bat Cats 22-9 24-9

Junction City Brigade 22-9 23-9

Hutchinson Monarchs 20-9 21-9

Derby Twins 19-9 19-10

Haysville Aviators 16-13 21-13

Kansas Cannons 14-15 15-15-1

Newton Rebels 9-20 11-22

Wichita Factory 8-21 8-21

Kingman Islanders 2-28 2-28

7-15—Great Bend 11, Hutchinson 5; Junction City 9, Derby 0; Cannons 15, Newton 4

7-16—Junction City 9, Cannons 3; Haysville 12, Kingman 3

7-17—Haysville 10, Great Bend 5; Hutchinson 13, Newton 2; Junction City 9, Wichita 0

7-18—Great Bend at Haysville; Kingman at Newton (2); Junction City at Wichita; Cannons at Derby

7-19—Hutchinson at Newton; Cannons at Derby

7-20—Derby at Haysville (2)