BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
HUTCHINSON — Great Bend’s Junior Torres sparked a dominating 13-5 victory over the Hutchinson Monarchs with a pair of home runs in Wednesday’s Sunflower Collegiate League baseball showdown.
Bat Cats crafty southpaw pitcher Matt Nedved (3-0) backed up starter Dylan Blomquist with four strikeouts in 22/3 innings of shutout baseball.
The Bats Cats (10-4) tie the Monarchs (10-4) for second place after winning the past two games with Friday’s series finale scheduled at Al Burns Memorial Field.
Torres blasted a two-run homer in a seven-run first inning off ineffective Monarch starter Ryan Scholtzhauer from Hutchinson Community College. Nico Baumbauch singled home Alex Rodgers and Zane Spinn singled in Baumbach. Micah Grover’s double plated Spinn and Jett Forrest. Torres’ homer scored Grover. Tyler Henry scored on Rodgers’ single for a 7-0 lead.
Baumbach scored on Grover’s second-inning single for an 8-0 lead. Torres ripped his second homer in the fifth inning.
Monarchs Cooper Harris and Breck Nowik hit homers for a 9-2 score. Easton Loyd scored on a groundout and Barton Couhar Tanner Schrag scored on a wild pitch after a double. Nedved struck out Travis Perry and Tanner White to preserve a 9-4 lead after five innings.
Perry misplayed a Forrest sixth-inning groundball that allowed Rodgers and Baumbach to score for an 11-4 lead.
Monarch Tanner White doubled and scored on Nowik’s single in the eighth-inning for an 11-5 score.
Tyler Henry singled home Grover, who surprised the Monrachs with a stolen base. Torres scored on a wild pitch for a 13-5 lead.
Bat Cats 710 012 002 — 13 14 0
Monarchs 000 130 010 — 5 11 2
Blomquist, Nedved (5), Thomas (8) and Torres. Scholtzhauer, Kelley (1), Meche (6), Jaco (8), Pogue (9) and Jones. W—Nedved, 3-0. L—Scholtzhauer, 1-1. 2B—GB—Grover; HM—Schrag, Pery, White. HR—GB—Torres 2; HM—Harris, Nowik.
SUNFLOWER COLLEGIATE
Cheney D Dawgs 15-4
Great Bend Bat Cats 10-4
Hutchinson Monarchs 10-4
316 Sluggers 12-7
Derby Twins 10-9
Haysville Aviators 10-9
Andale Warhawks 4-10
Sunflower Seeds 2-13
Newton Rebels 3-16
6-23–Bat Cats 13, Monarchs 4; Diamond Dawgs 14, Rebels 0; Aviators 9, Warhawks 4; Sluggers 5, Twins 1
6-22–Bat Cats 13, Monarchs 0; Twins 14, Sluggers 1; Diamond Dawgs 23, Rebels 3; Aviators 10, Warhawks 5
6-21–Monarchs 5, Bat Cats 1; Sluggers 5, Twins 4; Diamond Dawgs 6, Rebels 5; Aviators 7, Warhawks 6
6-20–Bat Cats 11, Dodge City A's 4
6-19–Monarchs 6, Bat Cats 5; Warhawks 8, Aviators 2; Diamond Dawgs 11, Rebels 2; Sluggers 11, Twins 1
6-18–Warhawks 11, Twins 7; Diamond Dawgs 16, Sluggers 13; Rebels 14, Aviators 10; Monarchs 13, Seeds 9
6-17–Warhawks 11, Twins 5; Sluggers 5, Diamond Dawgs 3; Diamond Dawgs 10, Sluggers 6; Aviators 14, Rebels 6; Seeds 11, Monarchs 10
6-16–Twins 7, Warhawks 2; Sluggers 6, Diamond Dawgs 4; Aviators 3, Rebels 0; Monarchs 8, Seeds 2
6-15–Twins 9, Warhawks 1
6-14–Diamond Dawgs 3, Sluggers 0; Aviators 9, Rebels 3; Monarchs 10, Seeds 5; Twins 22, Cannons 9
6-13–Twins 6, Warhawks 1; Aviators 12, Rebels 8; Monarchs 8, Seeds 4
6-12–Rebels 11, Bat Cats 5; Monarchs 9, Twins 3; Diamond Dawgs 8, Aviators 3; Sluggers 13, Seeds 4
6-11–Bat Cats 12, Rebels 1; Sluggers 12, Seeds 2; Diamond Dawgs 2, Aviators 1; Monarchs 12, Twins 6
6-9–Bat Cats 9, Rebels 7; Aviators 3, Diamond Dawgs 2; Twins 6, Monarchs 2
6-8–Bat Cats 7, Rebels 3; Sluggers 10-5, Seeds 1-8; Diamond Dawgs 12, Aviators 5; Monarchs 6, Twins 5
6-7–Rebels 8, Bat Cats 6; Diamond Dawgs; 13, Aviators 6; Sluggers 11, Warhawks 9; Monarchs 4, Twins 3
6-5–Bat Cats 8, Seeds 5; Diamond Dawgs 6-7, Warhawks 5-5; Aviators 12-2, Sluggers 9-4; Twins 5, Rebels 1
6-4–Bat Cats 8-6, Seeds 5-1; Diamond Dawgs 7, Warhawks 5; Sluggers 9, Aviators 2; Twins 13, Rebels 3
6-3–Aviators 6-5, Cannons 5-2; Twins 8, Rebels 0; Diamond Dawgs 5, Warhawks 4
6-2–Bat Cats 17-5, Seeds 2-0; Warhawks 8, Diamond Dawgs 5; Twins 8, Rebels 0; Aviators 6, Sluggers 5; Monarchs 10, Broncos 2
6-1–Twins 4, Rebels 1; Sluggers 6, Aviators 1
