MANHATTAN — Great Bend was two outs away from salvaging a split with Manhattan before gift-wrapping the Indians a 6-5 victory with three seventh-inning walks and a hit batter. The Panthers lost both games despite starting its top two pitchers Daxton Minton (3-2, 3.32 ERA) and Jaxon Wondra (6-3, 2.78 ERA). Manhattan won the opener 8-2. Great Bend (15-10) is projected to play Emporia (10-12) in next week's Andover 5A baseball regional. MANHATTAN 6, PANTHERS 5 (G2) — Jaxon Wondra and Trenton Kern each drove home two runs and Koehn Ribordy drove in a run for a 5-4 lead. Panther reliever Rafael Chavez walked two batters in the seventh. Ribordy walked Cale Hewins for a 5-5 tie and hit Zach Conley with a pitch for the game-winning run. Ribordy, Jaxon Wondra and Trenton Kern delivered first-inning runs batted home for a 3-0 lead. Panther right fielder Christian Alcala saved a run when he threw Hewins out to preserve a 3-3 tie. Ribordy scored on Trenton Kern's fifth-inning single, but the Indians tied it 4-4 on Greyson Wassenberg's sacrifice fly. Minton tripled and scored on Daxton Wondra's seventh-inning double for 5-4 lead. MANHATTAN 8, PANTHERS 2 (G2) — Manhattan tagged Minton for a season-high six earned runs with six hits. Carter Dreiling singled home Kale Kern and Minton scored on Trenton Kern's single for the Panthers' runs. Great Bend 000 001 1 — 2 6 2 Manhattan 004 301 x — 8 9 3 Minton, Gavin Wondra (5) and Trenton Kern. Gnirk, Keough (6) and Wassenberg. W—Gnirk. L—Minton. 2B—M—Newton, Nider, Aslin. Great Bend 300 010 1 — 5 7 2 Manhattan 010 210 2 — 6 6 0 Jaxon Wondra, Chavez, Ribordy (7) and Trenton Kern, Urban. Duff, Keough (6) and Wassenberg. W—Keough. L—Chavez. 2B—GB—Ribordy, Jaxon Wondra; 3B—GB—Minton, Ribordy. 5A ANDOVER PROJECTED (5-18 to 5-21)—3 Andover (19-7) vs. 14 Valley Center (10-16); 6 Great Bend (15-10) vs. 11 Emporia (10-12)