Great Bend Bat Cats pitcher Taylor Langston pitched five solid innings with six strikeouts Tuesday. But Dodge City A’s pitcher Adam Thies shut down the Bat Cats’ bats in a 4-1 Jayhawk League baseball victory at Al Burns Field.
The Bat Cats (8-12) travel to Dodge City (13-6) Wednesday and return home Thursday to face Dodge City to complete the three-game series. The Bat Cats are 6-5 at home and 2-7 on the road.
Dodge City’s Zach Weller doubled home Dakota Conners in the fourth inning after he reached on an error for an unearned run off Langston. Conners singled home Zach Weisz in the fifth inning. Carlos Mosley homered in the sixth inning for a 3-0 lead off reliever Geo Kim.
Barton Community College’s Michael Sinks drove home Ben Sems in the sixth inning with a sacrifice fly for the Bat Cats’ run. Sems and Peyton Barnes singled to lead off the sixth inning. But Thies retired Mateo Zunica, Sinks and Jordan Wilkerson to work out of trouble. Dodge City pitchers Thies and Luke Eigsti struck out 10 batters with no walks.
Ben Sems delivered two hits and Zunica, Hunter Romero, Barnes and Brett Bonar each had one hit for the Bat Cats.
The A’s added an insurance run when Josh Crosby singled home Jake Malec after two singles and a walk.
A’S 4, BAT CATS 1
DODGE CITY ab r h rbi
B. Hostetler 4 0 0 0
Dakota Conners 5 1 1 1
Carlos Mosley 4 1 1 1
Josh Crosby 5 0 2 1
Zach Weller 4 0 1 1
Sovza-Paaluhi 3 0 1 0
Logan Brown 4 0 1 0
Jake Malec 4 1 2 0
Zach Weisz 4 1 2 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
BAT CATS ab r h rbi
Mateo Zunica 4 0 1 0
Michael Sinks 3 0 0 1
Jordan Wilkerson4 0 0 0
Hunter Romero 4 0 1 0
Brooks Asher 3 0 0 0
B. Fontenot 1 0 0 0
Brett Bonar 3 0 1 0
Brady Michel 3 0 0 0
Ben Sems 3 1 2 0
Peyton Barnes 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
DC 000 111 100 – 4 11 0
GB 000 001 000 – 1 6 1
W—Thies. L—Langston. 2B—Sems, Barnes, Weller. HR—Mosley. SAC—Hostetler. SF—Sinks. CS—Zunica, Conners. LOB—DC 9, GB 4. E—Wilkerson 2
DC ip r er h so bb
Theis 6 1 1 4 5 0
Eigsti 3 0 0 2 5 0
GB ip r er h so bb
Langston 5 2 1 4 6 1
Kim 2 2 2 5 2 1
Repp 2 0 0 2 2 0
JAYHAWK LEAGUE
Liberal BeeJays 16-4
Hays Larks 12-5
Dodge City As 13-6
Derby Twins 13-6
GB Bat Cats 8-12
El Dorado Broncos 8-13
Haysville Aviators 5-15
Oklahoma City 3-17
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Dodge City 4, Great Bend 1
Liberal 10, Haysville 3
Hays 7, Oklahoma City 2
Derby 3, El Dorado 2
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Great Bend at Dodge City
Derby at El Dorado, 2
Hays at Oklahoma City
Haysville at Liberal
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Dodge City at Great Bend
El Dorado at Derby
Hays at Oklahoma City
Haysville at Liberal
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
Great Bend at Haysville
Dodge City at Oklahoma City
El Dorado at Liberal
Hays at Derby
