BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
NEWTON – Late-game scoring and clutch relief pitching sparked the Great Bend Bat Cats past the Newton Rebels 9-7 in Wednesday's wild Sunflower Collegiate League baseball game.
Great Bend trailed 4-2, but outscored the Rebels 7-0 to lead 9-4 after 81/2 innings. Relievers Brian Shadrick, Matt Nedved and Chris Lenocker combined for three shutout innings.
The first-place Bat Cats (7-1) return to Newton (1-7) Friday and play the Rebels Saturday at home.
Jett Forrest's two-run eighth-inning single against Newton reliever Carson Frazier scored Kyle Gates and Brett Freiberg for a 5-4 lead. Forrest scored on Tyler Henry's double for a 6-4 lead.
Bat Cat sparkplug Alex Rodgers scored on a ninth-inning wild pitch. Gates singled home Noah Best and Andrew Enwiya singled home Gates for a 9-4 lead.
Newton's Nick Grade scored on a wild pitch after he tripled home Nolan Riley and Aidan Corrigan in the ninth inning. Reliever Lenocker struck out Barton County's Connor Allen for the final out.
Enwiya doubled home Rodgers in the first inning. Newton's Thomas Capllonch singled in Corrigan for a 1-1 tie. Tyler Henry homered for a 2-1 Bat Cat lead.
Riley's two-run single scored Eli Hickman and Andrew Brautman for a 3-2 lead. Brautman singled in Hickman for a 4-2 lead after six innings.
Noah Best singled home Forrest in the seventh-inning to ignite seven consecutive Bat Cat runs.
Bat Cats 100 010 133 – 9 10 0
Rebels 010 021 003 – 7 9 3
Thornton, Shadrick (5), Nedved (7), Lenocker (8) and Enwiya. Hockett, Maley (8), Frazier (8), Rabe (9) and Doshier. W–Nedved, 1-0. L–Maley. 2B–BC–Enwiya, Forrest, Best. NR–Riley, Corrigan. 3B–NR–Grade. HR–BC–Henry
KANSAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE
Great Bend Bat Cats 7-1
Cheney D Dawgs 6-2
Derby Twins 6-2
Hutchinson Monarchs 2-1
Rose Hill Sluggers 5-3
Haysville Aviators 3-5
Andale Warhawks 1-5
Sunflower Seeds 1-6
Newton Rebels 1-7
6-13–Sluggers at Diamond Dawgs; Twins at Warhawks; Aviators at Rebels
6-12–Sluggers at Seeds (DH); Aviators at Diamond Dawgs; Twins at Monarchs
6-11–Rebels at Bat Cats; Seeds at Sluggers; Aviators at Diamond Dawgs; Monarchs at Twins
6-9–Bat Cats 9, Rebels 7; Aviators 3, Diamond Dawgs 2; Twins 6, Monarchs 2
6-8–Bat Cats 7, Rebels 3; Sluggers 10-5, Seeds 1-8; Diamond Dawgs 12, Aviators 5; Monarchs 6, Twins 5
6-7–Rebels 8, Bat Cats 6; Diamond Dawgs; 13, Aviators 6; Sluggers 11, Warhawks 9; Monarchs 4, Twins 3
6-5–Bat Cats 8, Seeds 5; Diamond Dawgs 6-7, Warhawks 5-5; Aviators 12-2, Sluggers 9-4; Twins 5, Rebels 1
6-4–Bat Cats 8-6, Seeds 5-1; Diamond Dawgs 7, Warhawks 5; Sluggers 9, Aviators 2; Twins 13, Rebels 3
6-3–Aviators 6-5, Cannons 5-2; Twins 8, Rebels 0; Warhawks 5, Diamond Dawgs 4
6-2–Bat Cats 17-5, Seeds 2-0; Warhawks 8, Diamond Dawgs 5; Twins 8, Rebels 0; Aviators 6, Sluggers 5; Monarchs 10, Broncos 2
6-1–Twins 4, Rebels 1; Sluggers 6, Aviators 1
