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Panther baseball splits two games
Great Bend split a pair of non-league baseball games beating Junction City 7-2 and losing to McPherson 7-0 Friday. PANTHERS 7, JUNCTION CITY 2 — The Panthers broke to a 5-0 lead and coasted past Junction City. Jaxon Wondra, Trenton Kern, Christian Alcala, Jaden Prilling and Gavin Wondra delivered RBIs in a 5-run first inning. Alcala and Prilling with a sacrifice bunt added two insurance runs. Panther pitcher Rafael Chavez struck out eight batters to earn the victory. MCPHERSON 7, PANTHERS 0 — The Panthers had a Bad News Bears baserunning disaster with their first four baserunners thrown out on the bases. McPherson pitcher Cade Strathman (6-1, 1.77 ERA) struck out three batters. Koehn Ribordy grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Ribordy was thrown out stealing by catcher Barkley. Strathman turned an Eli Contreras line drive into a double play. Trenton Kern hit a leadoff double, but was picked off by Strathman. The Panthers mistakes handed McPherson its first two runs. Graham Prescott scored when catcher Trenton Kern was unable to control a throw at home. Cru Buckman scored when Panther pitcher Jaxon Wondra hit Cowen Huggard on a 2-2 count with the bases loaded. The Bullpups scored five seventh-inning runs. Brady Rinker, Huggard, and Prescott drove in runs. Adrian Unruh delivered a 2-run single for a 7-0 lead. Junction City 002 000 0 — 2 4 0 Great Bend 500 020 x — 7 10 1 Harris, Coy (5) and Tyson. Chavez, Ribordy (7) and Jaxon Wondra. W—Chavez. L—Harris. McPherson 010 010 5 — 7 6 0 Great Bend 000 000 0 — 0 3 1 Strathman and Barkley. Jaxon Wondra, Ribordy (7) and Trenton Kern. W—Strathman, 6-1. L—J. Wondra, 6-2. 2B—GB—T. Kern; M—Linn. 5A WICHITA REGIONAL PROJECTED (5-18 to 5-21)—3 Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel (15-6) vs. 14 Valley Center (8-16); 6 Great Bend (15-8) vs. 11 Hays High (8-11)
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