BY JIM MISUNAS
DERBY – It's Armani Raygoza's baseball world, we're just all living in it.
Great Bend Bat Cat Raygoza drilled a grand slam homer for the second consecutive night to ignite a dominating 15-2 rout over the Derby Twins.
Raygoza, batting. .381, homered twice, scored three runs and drove home five runs. Marshall Hale drove home three runs with three hits. Jake Tatom delivered four hits and scored three runs. Robby Bolin scored twice and drove in two runs with two hits.
Raygoza (.381) is leading the Sunflower League with Connor Chavez (.371) and Robby Bolin (.367) close behind.
Bat Cats pitcher Kyle Tinkler (3-0) struck out five batters in five innings. Paco Hernandez (1.29 ERA) threw two shutout innings. Chayse Gruber (0.90 ERA) and Tinkler (1.13 ERA) are among the leaders in earned run average.
The Bat Cats (9-2) maintain a lead on the Kansas Cannons (7-2) for first place in the Sunflower Collegiate League. Great Bend plays Kingman Monday at home.
Connor Chavez, Tatom and Hale drove in first-inning runs. In a 9-run third inning, Raygoza’s grand slam joined a 2-run Bolin single and RBIs by Hale and Brady Kreutzer.
After Raygoza’s second homer, JoJo Nives and Nolan Bushko added sacrifice flies.
GB Bat Cats 309 000 2 – 15 14 0
Derby Twins 001 100 0 – 2 7 4
Tinkler, Hernandez (6) and Hale. Winn, Beau Grant (4) and Wyatt Grant. W—Tinkler, 3-0. L--2B—GB—Tatom; D--Pantier. HR—GB—Raygoza (2, 6)
SUNFLOWER COLLEGIATE
Great Bend Bat Cats 9-2
Kansas Cannons 7-2
Derby Twins 6-6
Haysville Aviators 4-4
Hutchinson Monarchs 4-5
Newton Rebels 1-6
Kingman Islanders 2-8
6-22—Bat Cats at Cannons Twins at Aviators; Rebels at Monarchs
6-21—Islanders at Bat Cats; Rebels at Aviators; Monarchs at Cannons
6-20—Bat Cats at Islanders; Rebels at Aviators; Cannons at Monarchs
6-19—Islanders at Bat Cats; Monarchs at Cannons; Aviators at Rebels; Twins at Heat; Twins at Wellington
6-17—Monarchs 8, Twins 4
6-17—Bat Cats 15, Twins 2; Islanders 5, Rebels 3; Aviators 8, Monarchs 7
6-16—Bat Cats 7, Twins 4; Rebels 12, Islanders 7; Monarchs 5, Aviators 2; Cannons at Larks
6-15—Twins 10, Bat Cats 3; Islanders 9, Rebels 3; Aviators 4, Monarchs 1
6-14—Cannons 10, Islanders 5
6-13—Bat Cats 9, Rebels 6; Twins 7, Monarchs 6; Cannons 5, Islanders 1
6-12—Cannons 7, Islanders 6; Monarchs 12, Twins 9; Bat Cats 5, Rebels 2
6-11—Bat Cats 5-6, Monarchs 6-0; Rebels 5, Cannons 1
6-10—Aviators 14, Islanders 6; Cannons 6, Twins 4; Rebels 8, Curve 3
6-9—Cannons 14, Twins 7
6-8—Bat Cats 8, Monarchs 7; Twins 6, Cannons 2; Aviators 7, Islanders 6
6-7—Bat Cats 11, Aviators 4; Cannons 5, Rebels 2; Twins 12-7, Islanders 8-1
6-6—Bat Cats 4-13, Aviators 1-2; Twins 7, Islanders 3; Cannons 3, Rebels 2;
6-3—Islanders 10, Bat Cats 9; Cannons 6, Aviators 3
