Great Bend Braves split four games
The Great Bend Legion Braves (8-7-1) split two baseball games against Larned (4-8) and two games against the Hays Hammers (11-14-2) Tuesday and Wednesday.
BRAVES 5, LARNED 0 — Braves pitcher Carson Poe (1-1) threw 83 pitches with seven strikeouts and zero walks to baffle Larned July 13.
Hunter Herrman scored on first-inning and third-inning passed balls. J.J. Grove stole home on a double steal with Carson Umphres.
Eli Soupiset scored on Wriken Scobee’s seventh-inning single. Lane French scored on an error. Ian Orth (0-2) was tagged with the loss.
LARNED 10, BRAVES 4 — Larned took advantage of 11 walks and two hit batters to cruise past the Braves. Brady Hope drove home four runs. Ian Orth, Cade Colglazier, Carson Shaver and Eian Sanders drove home runs. Gavin Alvarez (2-2) earned the victory.
Great Bend’s Slade Mohr and Peyden Oelger drove home runs.
BRAVES 2, HAYS HAMMERS 0 — Braves pitcher Carson Umphres threw brilliantly with an 87-pitch shutout with 11 strikeouts and zero walks July 12 Tuesday. Umphres (2-0) has pitched 14 shutout Legion innings with 15 strikeouts.
Grove singled home French and Umphres in a 2-run fourth inning off Hays pitcher Ben Zimmerman.
HAYS HAMMERS 8, BRAVES 4 — Hays led 8-2 and coasted past the Braves. Charlie Roe drove home three runs and Zimmerman drove home two runs.
Saffa singled home Grove and Scobee scored on an error in the fourth inning. Oelger scored on a bases-loaded hit batter and French scored on a fifth-inning bases-loaded walk.
GB Braves 102 000 2 — 5 4 1
Larned 000 000 0 — 0 4 2
Poe and Kaiser. Orth, Ibarra (4) and Shaver. W—Poe, 1-1. L—Orth, 0-2.
GB Braves 030 010 0 — 4 5 1
Larned 060 022 x — 10 3 3
Scobee, Herrman (2), Grove (4), Saffa (4), Kaiser (5) and Grove, Kaiser (4). Hope, Alvarez (3) and Shaver. W—Alvarez, 2-2. L—Scobee, 0-3. 3B—L—Erway.
Hays Hammers 000 000 0 — 0 4 0
GB Braves 000 200 0 — 2 4 0
Haselhorst, Zimmerman (3), Dreher (5) and Riggs. Umphres and Kaiser. W—Umphres, 2-0. L—Zimmerman. 2B—H—Haselhorst.
Hays Hammers 030 140 — 8 8 2
GB Braves 000 220 — 4 3 0
Werth, Boxberger (3), Juno (6) and Riggs. Saffa, Milsap (4), French (5) and Milsap, Saffa (4). W—Boxberger. L—Saffa, 0-1. 2B—H—Dreher, Zimmerman.
SALINA – The Salina Eagles gained revenge for a pair of losses against the Great Bend Legion Braves with a 8-5 and 8-3 doubleheader sweep July 5.
EAGLES 8, BRAVES 5 (G1) – Salina’s Jace Humphrey, Leon Rowe and Tyrus Young delivered RBI hits in the sixth inning to break a 5-5 tie.
Hunter Herrman scored the Braves’ first run on Owen Kaiser’s first-inning groundout. Wrikin Scobee scored on Campbell Coleman’s second-inning groundball. Coleman scored on a passed ball. J.J. Grove scored on a fourth-inning passed ball. Trey Milsap scored on an error.
EAGLES 8, BRAVES 3 (G2) – The Braves trailed 7-0 after the Eagles drew six walks with a hit batter and an error in the first inning. The Eagles scored nine runs with three hits.
Coleman’s second-inning single scored Slade Mohr. Mohr scored on Milsap’s groundout. Collin Saffa scored on Kaiser’s third-inning single. Hunter Herrman’s triple scored Eli Soupiset, but Herrman was thrown out at home to end the ballgame.
GB Braves 120 200 0 – 5 6 1
Salina Eagles 400 103 x – 8 5 2
Scobee, Milsap (2), Poe (5) and Saffa. Brecheisen and Young. W—Brecheisen. L—Poe, 0-1. 2B—S—Waltman. 3B—GB—Herrman.
GB Braves 021 01 – 4 7 2
Salina Eagles 702 0x – 9 3 0
French, Saffa (1) and Grove. Gilpin and Young, W—Gilpin. L—French, 0-1.
GB BRAVES 5, HAYS (16) 4 (G1) – Great Bend reliever Carson Poe recorded a save to preserve a hard-fought 5-4 victory. Braves shortstop Hunter Herrman turned a seventh-inning double play on a Kyler Riggs groundball. Catcher Owen Kaiser threw out Canon Meder attempting to steal and Herrman tagged out Brendan Stultz, both in the critical sixth inning.
Hays’ Riggs and Stults scored on a passed ball and error for a 2-0 lead. Brave Trey Milsap scored on a third-inning error.
Owen Kaiser’s single scored Lane French to spark a 4-run Braves’ fourth inning. Jace Schartz scored on a Campbell Coleman single. Coleman scored on Slade Mohr’s single. Mohr scored on Collin Saffa’s single for a 5-2 lead.
Derek Quach scored on a balk and Corbin Werth scored on a Stults sixth-inning single for Hays (6-3).
Great Bend 001 400 0 – 5 6 1
Hays (16) 020 101 0 – 4 5 2
Herrman, Poe (5) and Kaiser. Werth, Dreher (6) and Riggs. W—Herrman, 1-0. L—Werth. SV—Poe. 2B—GB—Milspa; H—Werth.
HAYS (15) 8, GB BRAVES 2 (G2) – Great Bend scratched out two runs in an 8-2 loss. Owen Kaiser scored on Slade Mohr’s fourth inning single. J.J. Grove scored on a fifth inning balk. Carson Umphres doubled.
Hays’ Landon Hardman drove in four runs with a 2-run single, an RBI single and groundout. Cooper Lindenmeyer, Jon Cano and Carter Graham also drove home runs. Lindenmeyer scored on a passed ball.
Great Bend 000 101 0 – 2 5 3
Hays (15) 003 302 x – 8 8 2
Poe, Schartz (3), French (4), Grove (6) and Milsap, Saffa, Coleman. Graham, Cano (3), Smith (4), Johnson (6) and Schoenberger. W—Schartz. L—Poe. 2B—GB—Umphres; H—Schoenberger.
GB BRAVES 3, DODGE CITY 2 – Braves baserunner Collin Saffa scored the game-winning run on a passed ball. Pitcher Campbell Coleman worked seven solid innings in a brilliant 84-pitch effort June 7.
Hunter Herrman scored on J.J. Grove’s first-inning groundball. Grove singled home Herrman for a fifth-inning run.
Dodge City 100 001 0 – 2 4 0
GB Braves 100 010 1 – 3 2 2
Riekenberg, Ruiz (4) and Keck. Coleman and Kaiser. W—Coleman, 1-0. L—Ruiz.
DODGE CITY 8, GB BRAVES 2 – Dodge City’s Sage Riekenberg drove home two runs to spark a 10-hit attack. Chayston Keck, Layton Blatnick and Britt Grigsby drove home runs June 7.
Herrman scored a first-inning run on a Carson Umphres groundout. Grove scored on a double steal.
Dodge City 222 001 1 – 8 10 0
GB Braves 200 000 0 – 2 4 3
Lang and Keck. Schartz, Poe (4), Grove (7) and Milsap, Saffa. W—Lang. L—Schartz. 2B—DC—Ruiz, Grigsby, Riekenberg.
GB BRAVES 5, LARNED 0 (G1) – Braves pitcher Carson Umphres spun a 1-hit shutout with four strikeouts in a nifty 76-pitch outing June 8. Owen Reece singled for Larned’s base hit.
Umphres singled home Lance French in the first inning. Grove and Coleman scored on passed ball to start a 4-run second inning. Trey Milsap scored on Herrman’s single. Saffa scored on a Umphres double for a 5-0 lead.
Larned 000 000 0 – 0 1 2
GB Braves 140 000 x – 5 6 1
Orth, Reece (5) and Shaver. Umphres and Kaiser. W—Umphres, 1-0. 2B—GB—Umphres.
GB BRAVES 6, LARNED 4 (G2) – The Braves rallied from a 4-0 deficit. Hunter Herrman’s triple scored Wriekn Scobee to spark a 3-run sixth-inning rally. Umphres drove home Herrman on a groundout and French scored on a passed ball for a 6-4 victory June 8.
Larned led 1-0 when Ian Orth scored on Brady Hope’s groundout. Eian Sanders scored on Deacon Martin’s groundout in a 3-run second inning. Reece scored on a passed ball and Carson Shaver scored on a wild pitch for a 4-0 lead.
Herrman scored on a third-inning error. French and Umphres scored on fifth-inning passed balls after walk, error and hit batter.
Larned 130 000 0 – 4 4 2
GB Braves 001 023 x – 6 6 1
Alvarez and Shaver. Herrman, Kaiser (6) and Milsap, French, Coleman. W—Kaiser. L—Alvarez. 2B—L—Ibarra. 3B—GB—Herrman.
Great Bend’s American Legion baseball director Darrin Hall has worked with Bombers baseball coach Mike Minton for a combined baseball team that will be eligible for postseason Legion play. A downsized schedule reflects a collaboration that allows postseason play.
“The two local baseball organizations are excited about a partnership to continue the tradition of American Legion baseball in the Great Bend area,” Hall said. “Both organizations are making a commitment to work together to find future success.”
Hall said the landscape of summer baseball has changed regionally and in the local community.
“Bombers Baseball and American Legion Post 180 are striving to utilize both sets of resources to help local youth get the best opportunities,” Hall said. “Combining the Bombers 15-under team with local players to have a Legion team will be fantastic.
For information about Bombers Baseball, contact Mike Minton (620-617-8007). For questions on Legion baseball, contact Darrin Hall (417-291-6133).
BRAVES LEGION SCHEDULE (8-7-1)
WL Dodge City 3-2, 2-8
WW Larned 5-0, 6-4
WL Hays 5-4, 2-8
TIE—Dodge City, 5-5; L Dodge City 1-3
WW—Salina Eagles, 11-9, 13-3
LL—Salina Eagles, 5-8, 4-9
WL—W Hays Hammers 2-0; L Hays Hammers 4-8 WL—W Larned, 5-0; L Larned 4-10
7-18-20—A Zone Tournament, El Dorado
7-27-31—A State Tournament, Great Bend
LEGION ROSTER—1 Jace Schartz, LF; 2 Peyden Oelger; 3 Collin Saffa, C/LF/RF; 3 Wriken Scobee, 1B; 5 Hunter Herrman, P/SS/3B/LF; 9 Slade Mohr, 1B/2B; 13 Owen Kaiser, C/1B/3B; 16 Trey Milsap, C/2B; 19 Lane French, C/2B/CF; 22 Carson Umphries, CF; 27 J.J. Grove, P/3B/2B/SS; 44 Campbell Coleman, P/C/RF/3B; Carson Poe, P/2B/LF/1B; Eli Soupiset, RF
