The Derby Twins pounded out 11 runs on 14 hits against the Great Bend Bat Cats for an 11-3 series-clinching baseball Jayhawk League baseball victory Thursday at Al Burns Field.
The Bat Cats (6-11) continue a seven-game homestand against the Haysville Aviators (5-12) Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Al Burns Field. The Bats Cats are 2-9 against the top four Jayhawk League teams.
DERBY TWINS 11, BAT CATS 3 — Great Bend native Brady Michel continued his hot streak with a base hit that drove in two Bat Cat runs. Barton Community College player Michael Sinks delivered three hits and Corrigan Bartlett added two hits. Third baseman Peyton Barnes, second baseman Sinks and first baseman Hunter Romero turned a second-inning double play.
Bartlett’s single drove home Sinks in the fifth inning. Michel’s sixth-inning single drove home Brooks Asher and Ben Sems. The Bat Cats had 10 hits, but stranded 10 baserunners. The Bat Cats batted 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
Derby scored runs in its first five innings. All nine Derby Twins delivered a base hit and eight Twins drove in runs. Tyler McNamara doubled three times. Tyler Myers homered.
DERBY TWINS 11, BAT CATS 3
DERBY TWINS ab r h bi
Michael Urquidi 4 1 2 2
Noah Bland 6 1 2 1
Tyler McNamara 5 2 3 2
Tyler Myers 6 1 2 2
Jon Fernandez 4 2 1 1
Joe Faulk 4 2 1 0
Davis Elliott 5 0 1 1
Alex Bibb 4 1 1 1
Conner Basier 4 1 1 1
Totals 42 11 14 11
BAT CATS ab r h bi
Mateo Zunica 3 0 0 0
Brady Michel 2 0 1 2
Michael Sinks 4 1 3 0
Corrigan Bartlett 4 0 2 1
Hunter Romero 5 0 1 0
Jordan Wilkerson 4 0 0 0
Brooks Asher 3 1 1 0
Dawson Pomeroy 4 0 1 0
Ben Sems 3 1 1 0
Peyton Barnes 2 0 0 0
Bryce Baumwart 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Derby 213 140 000 — 11 14 0
GB 000 012 000 — 3 10 2
2B—McNamara 3, Asher, Sinks, Fernandez, Bland. HR—Myers. HBP—Sems, Fernandez. DP—Derby 1, Great Bend 1. LOB—Derby 11, Great Bend 10. E—Barnes, Sems SB—Bland. WP—Harris, Trejo. Balk—Skeffington.
DT ip r er h so bb
Skeffington 7.0 3 3 10 5 1
McCutcheon 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Constantine 1.0 0 0 0 3 2
GB ip r er h so bb
Harris 2.2 6 5 7 0 0
Langston 1.1 1 1 2 0 1
Patrick 0.1 4 4 0 1 3Trejo 4.2 0 0 5 8 2
JAYHAWK LEAGUE
Liberal BeeJays 13-3
Hays Larks 10-4
Derby Twins 11-5
Dodge City As 9-6
El Dorado Broncos 7-10
GB Bat Cats 6-11
Haysville Aviators 5-12
Oklahoma City 3-13
FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY
Haysville at Great Bend
Derby at Hays
Liberal at El Dorado
Oklahoma City at Dodge City
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Derby 11, Great Bend 3
Liberal 2, Oklahoma City 1
El Dorado 16. Hays 9
Dodge City 8, Haysville 5
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Great Bend 11, Derby 8
Liberal 8, Oklahoma City 2
Hays 7, El Dorado 4
Dodge City 6, Haysville 2
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Derby 8, Great Bend 3
Liberal 7, Oklahoma City 4
Hays 5, El Dorado 0
Dodge City 5, Haysville 2