DODGE CITY – Great Bend pitcher Carson Umphres was spectacular with a 2-hit shutout with nine strikeouts in a tense 1-0 baseball victory over Dodge City. In the nightcap, reliever Owen Kaiser threw 31/3 innings for a 5-4 victory in Friday’s Western Athletic Conference doubleheader.
Great Bend (15-5, 4-2 WAC) maintains a top four 5A Western seed and drops Dodge City to 6-12, 2-4 WAC.
PANTHERS 1, DODGE CITY 0 (G1) – Umphres struck out Chris Ruiz and right fielder Daxton Minton caught Layton Blatnick’s fly ball to strand Liam Torrez and Max Gonzalez after a seventh-inning walk and single. Umphres (5-1, 2.23 ERA) has recorded 51 strikeouts in 44 innings.
The Panthers scored an unearned runs when Minton sprinted home when shortstop Ty Scheck misplayed Umphres’ third-inning groundball with two out. Dodge City pitcher Remmington Miller (3-2, 1.13 ERA) was brilliant with 12 strikeouts. He retired the Panthers in order four times and the final nine batters made outs.
PANTHERS 5, DODGE CITY 4 (G2) – Great Bend’s Kaiser (3-2, 3.38 ERA) threw 31/2 solid innings. Kaiser entered with a bases-loaded fourth-inning jam left by starter Hunter Herrman. He struck out Scheck to retire the side.
Panther Trenton Kern drilled the game-winning 2-run homer that scored Kaiser after a walk for a 5-3 lead. Xavier Fernandez scored Dodge City’s fifth-inning run on a groundout.
Great Bend led 2-0 when Minton and Slade More scored on a second-inning error. Fernandez scored on a Panther error. Fernandez singled in Miller and Scheck for a 3-2 lead after three innings.
Mohr scored on Minton’s fourth-inning groundout for a 3-3 tie.
After 20 games, Ian Premer is batting .454 (25 for 55); Kern .383 (18 for 47); Umphres .379 (22 for 58); J.J. Grove .356 (21 for 59); and Koehn Ribordy .356 (21 for 59).
Great Bend 001 000 0 – 1 3 0
Dodge City 000 000 0 – 0 2 1
Umphres and Milsap. Miller and Torrez. W—Umphres, 5-1. L—Miller, 3-2.
Great Bend 020 120 0 – 5 9 1
Dodge City 012 010 0 – 4 7 2
Herrman, Kaiser (4) and Kaiser, Milsap (4). Gifford, Gonzalez (4), Fernandez (6) and Torrez. W—Kaiser. 3-2. L—Gonzalez. 2B—DC—Fernandez. HR—GB--Kern.
5A WEST—Andover Central 16-3, Maize South 15-4, Great Bend 15-5, Wichita Carroll 14-5, Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel 14-6, Topeka Seaman 11-6, Hays High 11-6, Goddard 12-8, Hutchinson 12-8, Andover High 13-8, Goddard Eisenhower 7-7, Salina South 8-10, Emporia 7-9, Newton 7-12, Salina Central 5-14, Valley Center 4-16, Arkansas City 3-16, Topeka West 2-14
WAC BASEBALL
Hays 8-0 11-6
Great Bend 4-2 15-5
Dodge City 2-4 6-12
Liberal 1-4 9-7
Garden City 0-5 6-7
TUESDAY—Great Bend 9-11, Hays TMP 0-5; Dodge City 13, Garden City 3
FRIDAY—Great Bend 1-5, Dodge City 0-4; Liberal 3-9,, Holcomb 0-6; Wichita SE 5-3, Garden City 0-13
HAYS HIGH (8-0, 11-6)—WW Salina Central 8-3, 7-5; WW Liberal 1-0, 16-1; WL Washburn 4-1, 4-5; WW Garden City 12-2, 9-3; WW Great Bend 4-0, 5-4; LL Clay Center 2-3, 4-5; WW Dodge City 3-2, 18-2; L BVSW 0-1, L SM North 0-4; L Gardner 0-1; 5-2 Hays TMP; 5-3 Manhattan; Brush, Colo. 5-4 Wichita Life; 5-9 at Salina South, Buhler
GREAT BEND (4-2, 15-5)—W Russell 17-0; WW Pratt 1-0, 10-6; WW Hutchinson 4-3, 14-2; WL Kapaun 8-7; 0-2; WW Liberal 8-5, 6-0; LL Hays 0-4, 4-5; WW Rose Hill 14-4; McPherson 3-1; L Aquinas 0-10; W Spring Hill 3-1; L De Soto 4-11; WW Hays TMP 9-0; 11-5; WW Dodge City 1-0; 5-4; 4-30 Garden City; 5-3 at McPherson; 5-8 at Manhattan
DODGE CITY (2-4, 6-12)—WW Ulysses 11-3, 8-2; LL Newton 2-4, 2-6; LL Valley Center 4-10, 5-17; W Garden City 7-2; WW Salina Central 2-0, 7-3; L Junction City 1-12, L Manhattan 1-8; LL Hays 2-3, 2-18; LL BV West 2-5, L Wichita Heights 2-8; W Garden City 13-3; LL Great Bend 0-1; 4-5; 4-30 Liberal; 5-4 Lawrence, Lawrence Free State; 5-7 Liberal; 5-9 at Goddard Eisenhower
LIBERAL (1-4, 9-7)—WW Hugoton 17-0, 12-0; LL Hays 0-1, 1-16; LL Goddard Eisenhower 1-11, 9-12; LL Great Bend 5-8, 0-6; W Garden City 14-1; WW Woodward, Okla. 14-7, 10-0; Wichita North (WW); L Piedmont, Oka. 4-6; 4-23 Russell, ppd.; WW Holcomb 3-0; 9-6; 4-30 at Dodge City; 5-3 at BV West; 5-7 Dodge City; 5-10 Garden City
GARDEN CITY (0-4, 6-7)—WW Wichita North 24-4, 17-2; WW Goodland 2-0, 8-1; L Dodge City 2-7; LL Hays 2-12, 3-9; L Liberal 1-14; W Junction City 6-0, L Manhattan 3-9; L Dodge City 3-13; WL Wichita Southeast 13-3; 0-5; 4-30 at Great Bend; 5-3 at Scott City; 5-7 Hays TMP; 5-10 at Liberal
