BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

PRATT — After Daxton Minton spun a 6-0 shutout, Great Bend completed a hard-fought 7-5 victory to sweep Pratt in Friday's non-league baseball doubleheader.

Koehn Ribordy earned a save in game two and led the offense for the Panthers (6-1) with seven runs batted home in the twin bill.

PANTHERS 6, PRATT 0 (G1) — Minton (1-0) fashioned a 2-hitter in a masterful 78-pitch outing. Third baseman Trenton Kern turned a double-play on Madden Wilson's fifth-inning groundball.

Carson Umphres opened the game with a leadoff homer.

Two Pratt errors and a walk led to a 3-run third inning. Koehn Ribordy singled home Kern and Minton.   Ribordy scored on Owen Kaiser's single for a 4-0 lead.

Ribordy singled home Minton in the fifth inning. Ribordy scored on a seventh-inning wild pitch.

PANTHERS 7, PRATT 5 (G2) — Ribordy stayed red hot with two singles and four runs batted home. Ribordy recorded seven outs to earn a save after Slade Mohr pitched 42/3 innings.

Pratt led 4-1 after two innings. Owen Schmidt scored on Cresten Pore's first-inning single. Madden Wilson singled in Kameron Cox. Gatlin scored on Craft's single. Ethan Koger scored on a groundball for a 4-1 lead.

Mohr scored on Jaxon Wondra's groundball in a 4-run third inning. Umphres scored on a passed ball. Ian Premer and Minton scored on Ribordy's single for a 5-4 lead.

Premer scored on Ribordy's fifth-inning groundout. Kern scored onn Kaiser's single for a 7-4 lead.

Pratt's Cox scored on a seventh-inning passed ball. 

Great Bend 103 010 1 — 6 7 0

Pratt 000 000 0 — 0 2 2

Minton and Kaiser. Craft, Thimesch (4) and Teafatiller. W—Minton, 1-0. L—Craft. HR—GB—Umphres

Great Bend 014 020 0 — 7 5 0

Pratt 130 001 0 — 5 10 0

Mohr, Ribordy (5) and Wondra. Josiah Schmidt, Demuth (3), Strong (6) and Teafatiller. W—Mohr, 1-0. L—J. Schmidt. SV—Ribordy. 2B—P—Craft, Owen Schmidt, Teafatiller