BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
DODGE CITY — The Bujanda brothers sparked the American Legion 17-and-under Great Bend Braves past Dodge City 5-4 and 8-2 in Tuesday’s baseball doubleheader. Eduardo Bujanda earned the first-game victory in relief of Jesus Bujanda. They combined for seven runs, five hits and four RBIs in the twin bill.
The Braves (10-2) return home Wednesday to meet Pratt.
BRAVES 5, DODGE CITY 4 — Colin Hall singled home Townshend Kurth to start a 3-run first inning. Jesus Bujanda doubled home Hall and he scored on Eduardo Bujanda’s grounder.
Joey Soupiset’s single scored Jesus Bujanda and Eduardo Bujanda in the fourth inning. Reliever Kurth earned the save by pitching the seventh inning.
BRAVES 8, DODGE CITY 2 — Pitcher Colin Hall worked four innings to earn the second-game victory. The Braves scored three first-inning runs. Eduardo Bujanda singled home Kurth. Jesus Bujanda scored on a passed ball and Eduardo Bujanda scored on a balk.
Calan Haberman scored on Jesus Bujanda’s single. Jesus Bujanda scored on Eduardo Bujanda’s groundball for a 5-1 lead after two innings.
Brave Jacob Hanrahan scored on a third-inning error for a 6-1 lead. Eduardo Bujanda scored on Riley Smith’s fourth-inning sacrifice fly. Smith singled home Powell in the sixth inning.
BRAVES 5, DODGE CITY 4
BRAVES ab r h bi
Riley Smith 3 0 1 0
Townshend Kurth 3 1 0 0
Colin Hall 3 1 1 1
Jesus Bujanda 3 2 2 1
Eduardo Bujanda 3 1 0 1
Brayden Powell 3 0 0 0
Joey Soupiset 3 0 1 1
J. Christiansen 2 0 0 0
Calan Haberman 1 0 0 0
Cal Kaiser 2 0 0 0
Dalton Barfield 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 5 4
GB 300 200 0 — 5 5 3
DC 011 002 0— 4 3 3
2B—J. Bujanda 2. S—Camacho. HBP—Guillen. SB—E. Bujanda, J. Bujanda, Bacon. CS—Smith. LOB—GB 1, DC 12. E—Bacon 2, Terrell, Christiansen, Kurth, J. Bujanda
GB ip r er h k bb
J. Bujanda 2.2 2 2 1 5 5
E. Bujanda 3.1 2 0 2 3 4
Kurth 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
DC ip r er h k bb
Guillen 4.0 5 5 5 5 0
Bacon 2.0 0 0 0 3 0
BRAVES 8, DODGE CITY 2
BRAVES ab r h bi
Calan Haberman 3 1 0 0
Townshend Kurth 3 1 0 0
Jesus Bujanda 3 2 1 1
Eduardo Bujanda 3 2 2 1
Dalton Barfield 1 0 0 0
Colin Hall 3 0 2 0
Brayden Powell 0 1 0 0
Nahum Olivas 2 0 0 0
Riley Smith 2 0 1 2
J. Christiansen 0 0 0 0
Jacob Hanrahan 3 1 0 0
Chris Zahnter 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 8 6 4
GB 321 101 — 8 6 0
DC 100 100— 2 7 3
2B—Knedler, Friess. HBP—Haberman, Smith, Olivas, Terrell, Holz. SB—Hanrahan, Powell, Haberman, Olivas, Christiansen, Kurth. CS—Perez. LOB—GB 9, DC 3. E—Camacho, Guillen, Bacon. DP—GB 2. WP—Camacho 2, Terrell, Hall.
GB ip r er h k bb
Hall 4.2 2 2 6 3 0
Powell 1.1 0 0 1 2 0
DC ip r er h k bb
Terrell 2.0 5 3 3 2 2
Camacho 4.0 3 2 3 1 4
2017 BRAVES (10-2)
WW—Russell 13-3, 14-3
L Chanute 2-8; W Kansas Senators 10-2
L Emporia 1-2, W Mound City 10-9
WW Hays 11-9, 10-8
WW Cunningham 17-0, 36-2
WW Dodge City 5-4, 8-2
6-14—Pratt, 6 p.m.
6-16-17-18—Braves Classic
6-21—at Hays, 6 p.m.
6-22—Kinsley
6-23-24-25—Chiefs Classic
6-28—at Dodge City
6-30—at Pratt Tournament
7-1-2—at Pratt Tournament
7-5—at Buhler, 6 p.m.
7-8-9-10—Class A Zone
7-18-22—A State, Hays
