The Dodge City A’s roared to an 8-0 lead and coasted past the Great Bend Bat Cats 11-3 in Thursday’s Jayhawk League baseball game at Al Burns Field.
Jordan Wilkerson scored the Bat Cats’ seventh-inning run on Dawson Pomeroy’s groundout. Wilkerson hit a two-run ninth-inning homer that scored Hunter Romero. Brooks Asher and Hunter Romero each delivered two base hits.
The Bat Cats (9-13) travel to Haysville (6-17) Friday to start a four-game road series. Dodge City improves to 14-7.
Dodge City’s Logan Brown singled home Carlos Mosley in the first inning. The A’s scored seven second-inning runs to chase starter Alex Knight. Bennett Hostetler and Zach Weisz delivered two-run singles. Dakota Conners and Carlos Mosley doubled home runs and Austin Feist drove home a run on a grounder.
Jake Malec and Tucker Rohde delivered RBI singles in the ninth inning and Conners scored on an error.
A’S 11, BAT CATS 3
DC 170 000 002 – 11 17 2
GB 000 000 102 – 3 7 3
Johnson and Brown. Knight, Ruxlow (2), Pritchard (5), Patrick (8) and Asher. W—Johnson. L—Knight. 2B—DC—Conners, Mosley.
JAYHAWK LEAGUE BASEBALL
Liberal BeeJays 18-5
Hays Larks 15-5
Derby Twins 15-7
Dodge City As 14-7
GB Bat Cats 9-13
El Dorado Broncos 9-15
Haysville Aviators 6-17
Oklahoma City 3-20
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
Great Bend at Haysville
Dodge City at Oklahoma City
El Dorado at Liberal
Hays at Derby
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Dodge City 11, Great Bend 3
Derby 5, El Dorado 0
Hays 15, Oklahoma City 9
Haysville 4, Liberal 3
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Great Bend 16, Dodge City 12
Liberal 10-15, Haysville 3-3
Hays 8-13, Oklahoma City 3-0
El Dorado 6, Derby 0
Derby 5, El Dorado 2
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Dodge City 4, Great Bend 1
Liberal 10, Haysville 3
Hays 7, Oklahoma City 2
Derby 3, El Dorado 2