BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com Sam Houston State pitcher Zachary Alarid continued his dazzling debut with the Great Bend Bat Cats. The right-handed Alarid struck out 12 batters and threw a no-hitter to dominate the Wichita Factory Phenoms 3-0 on a nifty 94-pitch gem Thursday. Alarid retired 21 of 22 batters. Isaac Lager drew a third-inning walk to spoil Alarid's bid for a perfect game. He threw a no-hitter in high school at Montgomery, Texas. "I threw a lot of fastballs and slider, and the breaking pitch was working great," Alarid said. "A lot of strikeouts were on sliders that broke out, or they'd take a pitch. "Some strikeouts were swing-and-miss fastballs. Normally, my fastball on righties will sink. Yesterday the fastball swung between sink and some were riding away staying up." Alarid sees how his pitches are working in the early innings to determine a game plan. "I attack the batters, work ahead in the count, and see what pitches are working that day," he said "When I struck out the side that first inning, I knew it was working. My pitches were going where I wanted and I placed them where I wanted." Alarid (2-0) has yielded no earned runs in 13 innings. "Throwing a no hitter at the collegiate level, you're facing good hitters up and down the lineup," he said. "It's been great in Great Bend so far. I'm happy where I'm at. It's a fun baseball team to play with." Bat Cat Kirby Orth drilled a 2-run fourth-inning homer off losing pitcher Peyton Gosch. Peanut Brazzle scored after a walk. Brazzle's fifth-inning sacrifice fly scored Jaxon Bunker for a 3-0 decision. The Bat Cats (7-1, 6-1) swept the Factory Phenoms 5-1 in Thursday's Jayhawk Collegiate opener at Al Burns Memorial Field. BAT CATS 5, PHENOMS 1 (G1) — Bat Cats starter Mason Murphy (1-0) and Hays reliever Carter Graham each struck out five batters in another dominant game. Bat Cats Delarco Delancy delivered the game's biggest base hit with a 2-run double that scored Andrugh Yee and Brazzle. T.J. Shaw scored on a first-inning passed ball. The Bat Cats added single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Shaw scored on Bunkers' groundout. Orth scored on Chase Chapman's sacrifice fly for a 5-1 lead. Murphy overcame five walks and yielded three hits. Wichita's Myles Ross scored on Manny Myers' sacrifice fly. Graham yielded three hits and walked one batter. Newton (3-5, 3-4) visits Great Bend Saturday. Wichita 001 000 0 — 1 6 3 Bat Cats 102 110 x — 5 3 0 Sanders, Foster (4) and Dinkel Murphy, Graham (5) and Kessler. W—Murphy, 1-0.L—Sanders. 2B—GB—Delancy. Wichita 000 000 0 — 0 0 1 Bat Cats 000 210 x — 3 5 0 Gosch, Myers (6) and Clupny. Alarid and Chavira. W—Alarid, 2-0.L—Gosch. HR—GB—Orth. JAYHAWK COLLEGIATE Great Bend Bat Cats 6-1 7-1 Junction City Brigade 5-1 6-1 Hutchinson Monarchs 6-2 6-2 Haysville Aviators 3-3 7-3 Kansas Cannons 4-5 4-5 Derby Twins 3-4 3-4 Newton Rebels 3-4 3-5 Wichita Factory 3-6 3-6 Kingman Islanders 1-8 1-8 6-11—Great Bend 5-3, Wichita 1-0; Cannons 5, Haysville 4; Derby 8, Newton 6 6-12—Derby at Newton; Topeka Capitals at Haysville; Kingman at Junction City 6-13—Newton at Great Bend; Kingman at Derby; Wichita at Haysville; Junction City at Hutchinson 6-14—Derby at Dodge City; Hutchinson at Junction City; Hays at Newton 6-15—Newton at Great Bend; Haysville at Wichita; Derby at Kingman