BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
Maybe Great Bend baseball coach Randy Beck had a hunch hiding Alex Schremmer in the sixth spot in the order.
Beck guessed right.
Schremmer delivered the game-winning single that brought home Chance Perry for a 4-3 comeback victory that completed a sweep of Wichita Independent Thursday. Schremmer's base hit sparked a wild celebration for the Panthers.
GREAT BEND 4, WICHITA INDEPENDENT 3 (G2) — By the time, the Panthers (2-2) rallied a 73-degree day changed to a 45-degree night with a 25 mph north wind.
Independent led 2-0 when Waylon Chance drove home Josh Jacobsen and Levi Newman singled home Bryson Toubassi for a 2-0 lead off pitcher Jesus Bujanda. Calan Haberman reached on an error and scored on Eddie Bujanda's fourth-inning groundout.
Independent led 3-1 when Waylon Chance singled home Jacobsen in the fifth inning. Haberman walked and scored on a sixth-inning error for a 3-2 score.
Jesus Bujanda tripled home with one out in the seventh inning after Joey Soupiset singled.
Perry, Townshend Kurth and Eddie Bujanda drew eighth-inning walks to set up Schremmer's game-winner with two out.
GREAT BEND 11, WICHITA INDEPENDENT 3 (G1) — Starter Joey Soupiset struck out seven batters and threw five shutout innings to spark the Panthers past Independent. The Panthers led 9-0 when Soupiset departed.
Eddie Bujanda led the offense with two doubles, a single and three runs scored. Bujanda drilled a two-run double to score Calan Haberman and Chance Perry in the first inning.
Haberman singled home Colin Hall after he reached on a second-inning error for a 3-0 lead. Jesus Bujanda doubled home Eddie Bujanda for a 4-0 lead after three innings.
Chance Perry tripled home Haberman to ignite a five-run fourth inning. Eddie Bujanda singled home Perry and Alex Schremmer singled home pinch runner Jake Kennedy. Independent contributed a pair of errors.
Gage Solomon broke up the shutout with a two-run single that scored Josh Jacosben and Waylon Chance in the sixth inning. Jacobsen earned a groundball RBI to score Tanner Bailly in the seventh inning.
W. Independent 000 002 1 — 3 5 2
Great Bend 211 502 x — 11 13 3
Newman and Chance. Soupiset, Perry (6) and Hall. W—Soupiset, 1-0. L—Newman. 2B—GB—Eddie Bujanda 2; Jesus Bujanda. 3B—GB—Perry.
W. Independent 002 010 00 — 3 3 2
Great Bend 000 101 11 —4 5 3
Jacobsen and Chance. Jesus Bujanda, Hall (5) and Hall, Eddie Bujanda (5). W—Hall, 1-1. L—Jacobsen. 3B—GB—Jesus Bujanda.
WAC BASEBALL
Hays High 4-0
Liberal 3-0
Dodge City 2-0
Garden City 2-0
Great Bend 2-2
TUESDAY
McPherson 8, Great Bend 4
Andover 8, Great Bend 5
THURSDAY
Great Bend 11-3, 4-3 Wichita Independent
Hays High 12-2, 16-1 Russell
Liberal 7, Woodward, Okla. 0
Holcomb at Garden City
FRIDAY
Wichita South at Dodge City
HAYS HIGH (4-0)—WW—Colby (4-0, 9-1); WW Russell 12-2, 16-1; 4-1—Washburn Rural; 4-5—*at Garden City; 4-9—*Great Bend 1; 4-12—*at Dodge City; 4-18—*at Great Bend 1; 4-26—*Liberal; 4-30—Salina Central; 5-2/4—Hays Diamond Classic; 5-7—at Ulysses
LIBERAL (3-0)—WW Hugoton 10-0, 9-2; W Woodward, Okla.; 7-0; 3-30—at Maize South; 4-5—*Great Bend; 4-9—*Dodge City 1; 4-16—*at Garden City; 4-18—Newkirk, at Alva, Okla.; 4-20—Perry, Okla./Crossings Christian, Okla. at Alva, Okla.; 4-26—*at Hays; 5-4—KC Christian/at St. Thomas Aquinas; 5-7—*at Dodge City 1
DODGE CITY (2-0)—WW Wichita East 14-13, 9-8; 3-29—Wichita South; 4-2—*at Garden City 1; 4-5—at Wichita Southeast; 4-9—*at Liberal 1; 4-12—*Hays High; 4-16—*Great Bend 1; 4-22—at Wichita Heights; 4-23—*Garden City 1; 4-26—at Great Bend 1; 4-30—McPherson; 5-3—at Emporia; 5-7—*Liberal 1
GARDEN CITY (2-0)—W Hays-TMP 6-4, 4-0; 3-28—Holcomb; 4-2—*Dodge City 1; 4-5—Hays High; 4-12—*at Great Bend 1; 4-16—*Liberal; 4-18—Colby; 4-23—*at Dodge City 1; 4-26—at Wichita North; 4-30—Wichita Heights; 5-4—at Emporia; 5-9—Great Bend 1
GREAT BEND (2-2)—L McPherson 4-8; L Andover 5-7; WW Wichita Independent 11-3, 4-3; 4-2—Junction City; 4-5—*at Liberal; 4-9—*at Hays High 1; 4-12—*Garden City 1; 4-16—*at Dodge City 1; 4-18—*Hays High 1; 4-26—*Dodge City 1; 5-2/4—at Hays Diamond Classic; 5-9—at *Garden City 1; 5-7—Hutchinson/Hays-TMP
