Panthers sweep Garden City baseball
GARDEN CITY – Great Bend Panther pitcher Carson Umphres had reason to celebrate when he locked down a hard-fought 4-3 Western Athletic baseball victory over Garden City Friday. Umphres struck out two batters and catch a pop fly to end the ballgame. Panther centerfielder Bradley Hopkins saved the ballgame when he ran down a sixth-inning line drive by Buffalo Emilio Zundt.
Umphres (3-1) worked a masterful 91-pitch outing and shut out the Buffaloes in the final three innings. Great Bend also rallied from a 4-1 deficit to win the opener 17-4.
Great Bend (8-4, 4-2) stays on target to secure second place in the Western Athletic Conference. The Panthers return home Tuesday against Hays Thomas More Prep.
Garden City (4-8, 1-5 WAC) drops to fourth place in the WAC.
PANTHERS 17, GARDEN CITY 4 (G1) – Great Bend exploded for a 14-run sixth inning to blow past Garden City 17-4 in the opener. Ten consecutive Panthers reached base against ineffective Garden City reliever Luis Varela.
Panther reliever Tyler Stuhlsatz (2-0) worked three innings to earn the victory.
Ian Premer tripled, scored two runs and drove home four runs. Edwin Chavez doubled, scored twice and drove in four runs. Stuhlsatz delivered three singles with an RBI. Trenton Kern and Koehn Ribordy each drove home two runs. Carson Umphres and Bradley Hopkins each drove in a run.
PANTHERS 4, GARDEN CITY 3 (G2) – The Panthers rallied from a 3-1 deficit.
Umphres delivered the game’s signature play with a game-winning 3-run fifth-inning double off that scored Hunter Herrman, Carson Poe and Stuhlsatz. Herrman singled. Poe reached base safely on a bunt. Stuhlsatz walked off Garden City pitcher Henry Bors (0-2).
Premer scored a first-inning run on Owen Kaiser’s groundout. Hayden Bailey scored on Varela’s first-inning groundout for a 1-1 tie.
Garden City led 3-1. Iziah Salinas scored on Varela’s fourth-inning single. Carl Bors scored on a bases-loaded walk. Umphres retired Zundt on a fly out to leave the bases loaded.
Great Bend 010 11(14) – 17 16 3
Garden City 030 100 – 4 2 1
Herrman, Stuhlsatz (4) and Kaiser. Finch, Varela (6), Zundt (6) and Elam. W—Stuhlsatz, 2-0. L—Varela, 0-1. 2B—GB—Hopkins, Chavez; GC—Gomez. 3B—GB—Premer, Umphres.
Great Bend 100 030 0 – 4 9 2
Garden City 100 200 0 – 3 3 1
Umphres and Kaiser. Bors and Elam. W—Umphres 3-1. L—Bors, 0-2. 2B—GB—Umphres; GC—Salinas, Varela.
Hays High 7-1 7-3
Great Bend 4-2 8-4
Liberal 3-4 8-5
Garden City 1-5 4-7
Dodge City 0-3 3-7
4-22—Hays at Gardner Edgerton
4-21—Great Bend 17-4, Garden City 4-3; Wichita Heights at Dodge City; Liberal 11-9, Wichita North 0-10; St. James 15, Hays 0
4-18—Great Bend 6, McPherson 4; Great Bend 8, Rose Hill 7; Garden City 4, Liberal 1; Hays 12-7, Dodge City 2-3
HAYS (7-1, 7-3)—WW Liberal 9-8, 5-3; WW *Garden City 5-0, 11-3; WL *Great Bend 5-4, 4-5; WW *Dodge City 12-2, 7-3; L St. James 0-15; L DeSoto 1-5; 4-22—at Gardner-Edgerton; 4-27/28—at Bonner Springs (Basehor-Linwood); 5-4/6—at Hays Tournament (4 games)
GREAT BEND (4-2, 8-4)—LL Kapaun 7-8, 1-7; WW Hutchinson 13-3, 16-6; WL Liberal 15-1, 4-7; WL *Hays High 5-4, 4-5; W McPherson 6-4; W Rose Hill 8-7; W *Garden City 17-4, 4-3; 4-25—Hays TMP; 4-28—*Dodge City; 5-5—at McPherson; 5-10—Manhattan
LIBERAL (3-4, 8-5)—WW Hugoton 10-0, 18-6; W *Garden City 14-4; LL Hays 8-9, 3-5; WL Great Bend 7-4, 1-15; W *Dodge City 7-2; WW Woodward, Okla. 14-5, 16-6L *Garden City 1-4; WL Wichita North 11-0, 9-10; 4-24—at Russell; 4-27—Holcomb; 5-1—at Elkhart; 5-9—*at Dodge City (1)
GARDEN CITY (1-5, 4-7)—WW Wichita North 7-3, 19-4; LL Hays 0-5, 3-11; L *Liberal 4-14; WL Goodland 12-10, 3-4; L Junction City 6-9, Manhattan; W *Liberal 3-1; L *Great Bend 4-17, 3-4; 4-25—*at Dodge City (1); 4-27—at Wichita Southeast (2); 5-2—*Dodge City (1); 5-5—Scott City (2); 5-11—at Hays TMP (2)
DODGE CITY (0-3, 3-8)—WW Ulysses 7-0, 12-6; W Salina Central 11-10; LL Newton 0-12, 0-12; LL Valley Center 1-11, 5-15; L *Liberal 2-7; 4-15—at Junction City, Manhattan; LL *Hays High 2-12, 3-7; L Blue Valley West 0-11; Wichita Heights; 4-25—*Garden City (1); 4-28—*at Great Bend (2); 5-2—*at Garden City (1); 5-5/5-6—at Emporia (Emporia, Mill Valley); 5-9—*Liberal (1)
