HAYS — Great Bend Bat Cats pitcher Taylor Langston made one mistake and Hays Lark Michael Gangwish made him pay. Gangwish launched a three-run homer that sparked the Larks’ 5-2 victory over the Bat Cats Tuesday.
Hays (17-7) returns to Great Bend (13-14) Wednesday for a 5 p.m. doubleheader at Al Burns Field. The Bat Cats are 2-12 against the top four teams in the Jayhawk League.
The Bat Cats outhit the Larks 10-7, stranded eight baserunners and hit into an eighth-inning double play.
Jordan Wilkerson reached on a ninth-inning error and Brennan Fontenot and Brooks Asher singled to load the bases off reliever Parker Schkade. But Larks’ reliever Tyler Starks from Stephen F. Austin struck out Brandon Bachar, Dawson Pomeroy and Mateo Zunica to end the rally.
Great Bend's Peyton Barnes doubled and scored on Corrigan Bartlett’s first-inning groundball for a 1-0 lead. Fontenot doubled and scored on Asher’s seventh-inning single.
Hays’ Trey Ochoa singled, stole second base and scored on a third-inning error for a 1-1 tie. Jacob Boston scored on Clayton Harp’s fifth-inning groundball for a 2-1 lead. Gangwish’s homer scored Joe Boone and Clay Rasbeary in the sixth inning. LARKS 5, BAT CATS 2
BAT CATS ab r h rbi
Mateo Zunica 5 0 0 0
Peyton Barnes 4 1 2 0
Corrigan Bartlett 4 0 1 1
Hunter Romero 4 0 0 0
Jordan Wilkerson 4 0 0 0
Brennan Fontenot 4 1 2 0
Brooks Asher 4 0 3 1
Brandon Bachar 4 0 2 0
Dawson Pomeroy 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
HAYS LARKS ab r h rbi
Jon Soberanes 4 0 1 0
Clayton Harp 4 0 0 1
Colin Simpson 3 0 0 0
Joe Boone 4 1 0 0
Clay Rasbeary 4 1 2 0
Alex Weiss 4 0 1 0
Michael Gangwish 3 1 1 3
Jacob Boston 3 1 1 0
Trey Ochoa 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
GB 100 000 100 — 2 10 1
HL 001 013 00x — 5 7 2
Langston, Pritchard (7) and Asher. Battenfield, Schkade (9), Starks (9) and Gangwish. W—Battenfield, 3-1. L—Langston. Sv—Starks. 2B—GB—Barnes, Fontenot. HR—HL—Gangwish. E—Pomeroy, Boston, Weiss. SB—Ochoa, Harp, CS—Pomeroy. HBP—Boone. DP—Hays 1. LOB—GB 8, HL 4.
GB ip r er h so bb
Langston 6 5 4 7 5 0
Pritchard 2 0 0 0 1 0
Hays ip r er h so bb
Battenfield 8 2 1 8 0 0
Schkade 0 0 0 2 0 0
Starks 1 0 0 0 3 0
JAYHAWK LEAGUE BASEBALL
Liberal BeeJays 21-6
Hays Larks 18-7
Dodge City As 17-8
Derby Twins 18-9
GB Bat Cats 13-14
El Dorado Broncos 11-17
Haysville Aviators 6-22
Oklahoma City 3-24
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Hays 5, Great Bend 2
Liberal 4, Dodge City 2
Derby 10, Haysville 2
El Dorado 4, Oklahoma City 3
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Hays at Great Bend 2
Liberal at Dodge City
Derby at Haysville
Oklahoma City at El Dorado
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Great Bend at Hays
Liberal at Dodge City
Haysville at Derby
Oklahoma City at El Dorado
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
Liberal at Great Bend
Derby at Oklahoma City
Dodge City at El Dorado
Hays at Haysville
