Great Bend Bat Cats reliever Alex Ruxlow worked out of a bases-loaded jam to preserve a 2-0 Jayhawk League baseball victory Wednesday over the Dodge City A’s at Al Burns Field. It marked the first shutout in Bat Cats history. The Bat Cats (5-5) play at Dodge City (5-3) Thursday night.
The A’s loaded the bases in the eighth inning when Bennett Hostetler reached on an error and Tucker Rohde and Josh Crosby singled off pitcher Taylor Langston. Ruxlow, a crowd favorite from McPherson, struck out Wyatt Champlin to end the threat.
The Bat Cats scored two seventh-inning runs. Great Bend native Brady Michel doubled and scored the game-winning run off pitcher Kurt Johnson on Mateo Zunica’s single. Barton Community College’s Michael Sinks singled home Peyton Barnes, who reached on a hit by pitch. Michel delivered three hits before a home crowd.
BAT CATS 2, DODGE CITY 0
BAT CATS
Mateo Zunica 4 0 2 1
Michael Sinks 4 0 1 1
Corrigan Bartlett 4 0 2 0
Dawson Pomeroy 4 0 1 0
Brennan Fontenot 4 0 0 0
Brooks Asher 3 0 2 0
Brady Michel 4 1 3 0
Ben Sems 4 0 0 0
Payton Barnes 2 1 0 0
Totals 33 2 11 2
DC 000 000 000 – 0 7 1
GB 000 000 20x – 2 11 2
W—Langston. L—Johnson. Sv—Ruxlow. 2B—GB—Michel, Asher. SB—Tucker-Rohde. CS—Bartlett, Zunica. DP—DC, GB. HBP—Barnes. E—Barnes, Sems, Hostetler.
DC A's
Johnson 7 2 2 10 4 0
Whelan 1 0 0 1 2 1
GB Bat Cats
Harris 3 0 0 2 1 0
Langston 4.2 0 0 5 4 0
Ruxlow 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
JAYHAWK LEAGUE
Liberal BeeJays 7-3
Dodge City As 5-3
Hays Larks 5-3
Derby Twins 6-4
Great Bend Bat Cats 5-5
Haysville Aviators 5-6
El Dorado Broncos 5-6
Oklahoma City 1-9
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Dodge City 13, Great Bend 1
El Dorado 8, Derby 7
Hays 5, Oklahoma City 3
Liberal 21, Haysville 6
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Great Bend 2, Dodge City 0
Derby 7, El Dorado 5
Hays 7, Oklahoma City 6
Liberal 7, Haysville 2
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Dodge City at Great Bend
Derby at El Dorado
Oklahoma City at Hays
Liberal at Haysville
