BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
DERBY – It's Julio Heredia's world. We're all just living in it.
Great Bend Bat Cat pitcher Heredia continued the Summer of Julio with four strikeouts in a dominating 13-1 victory over the Derby Twins Tuesday. Heredia has struck out 43 batters in 221/3 innings. Heredia (0.44 ERA) yielded his first earned run of the summer on Kyler Warren's RBI single.
Bat Cats starter Andrew McCarthy (4-1, 5.40 ERA) continued his solid summer with five shutout innings and seven strikeouts. McCarthy has 32 strikeouts in 30 innings.
Super-sub Tyler Stuhlsatz (.385) ripped a bases-loaded double and drove home four runs to spark an 11-hit attack.
Ian George scored in the second inning on a groundout. Kyler Horsman (.444) singled in Jhett Creel to start a 6-run fifth inning. George drove in Cooper Smith and scored on a wild pitch. Kyle Walker singled in George. Walker scored on Kade Goeke's groundout. Creel singled in Joey Marker for a 7-0 lead.
Stuhlsatz doubled home George and Ponce's single scored Stuhlsatz in a 2-run sixth inning. Stuhlsatz's double scored Horsman, George and Walker and scored on a wild pitch for a 13-1 lead.
DERBY 5, BAT CATS 3 (G2) – Left-hander Stuhlsatz (2-1, 2.42 ERA) was one out away from extending a 3-3 tie when Derby delivered four consecutive hits for a 5-3 victory. Kade Sheldon singled in Caden Richards and Mitchell Birdsall singled in Sheldon.
Jhett Creel's seventh-inning double gave the Bat Cats the tying baserunner on-base, but Kyler Warren threw out Joey Marker at home to end the ballgame. Creel reached base four consecutive times with two walks and a hit-by-pitch.
Jesse Ponce scored on Kyler Horsman's first-inning sacrifice fly. Derby's Brayden Luikart delivered an RBI and Tyler Otts scored on an error for a 2-1 lead.
Cooper Smith drove home Creel with a 2-run third-inning homer for a 3-2 lead. Derby's Nolan Ganter singled in Warren for a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning.
Derby (22-10, 9-4 Jayhawk) drops the Bat Cats to 18-14, 6-8 Jayhawk entering Thursday's home game against Liberal.
GB Bat Cats 010 062 4 – 13 11 0
Derby Twins 000 001 0 – 1 5 2
McCarthy, Heredia (6) and Creel. Diaz, Pacha (5), Coats (7) and Gutierrez. W–McCarthy, 4-1. L–Diaz, 0-1. 2B–GB–Stuhlsatz 2, Creel.
Derby Twins 011 001 2 – 5 13 1
GB Bat Cats 102 000 0 – 3 5 2
Acquaro and Birdsall. Bougher, Stuhlsatz (6) and Creel. W–Acquaro, 3-1. L–Stuhlsatz, 2-1. 2B–GB–Creel; D–Otts, Sheldon, Warren. HR–GB–Smith.
JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE
2ND HALF/OVERALL
Hutchinson Monarchs 12-3 25-7
Kansas Cannons 11-4 24-9
Derby Twins 10-5 23-11
Wichita Dirtbags 8-5 10-15
Haysville Aviators 6-8 20-12
GB Bat Cats 6-8 19-15
Kingman Islanders 4-7 11-16
Newton Rebels 4-11 8-25
Diamond Kings 2-12 6-22
MONDAY–Monarchs 11, Blacksox 1; Newton 15, Dirtbags 5; Cannons 7, Kingman 4; Haysville 14, Diamond Kings 11
TUESDAY–Bat Cats 13, Derby 1; Derby 5, Bat Cats 3; Newton 14, Dirtbags 5; Cannons 5, Kingman 3
WEDNESDAY–Junction City 8, Bat Cats 1; Derby 6, Haysville 2; Kingman 4, Newton 3
THURSDAY–Bat Cats 4, Liberal 1; Cannons 5, Monarchs 2; Newton 10, Kingman 9; Diamond Kings 5-4, Dirtbags 4-7; Haysville 13, Derby 1
FRIDAY–Kingman at Monarchs; Haysville at Newton; Cannons at Dirtbags
SATURDAY–Diamond Kings at Bat Cats (2); Dirtbags at Cannons; Haysville at Newton; Kingman at Monarchs
