Liberal Blows Out Bat Cats

The Liberal Bee Jays broke out against the Great Bend Bat Cats Friday night. The Jays won 19-4 at Brent Gould Field. They have won six in a row. They have scored 36 in the last two games.

The Bat Cats actually scored first with a run in the third against starter Cole Evans. Liberal tied it with a run in the bottom of the inning. The Bee Jays broke the game open with seven in the fourth, six in the fifth, and four in the sixth.  They scored one more in the seventh for 19. Liberal out-hit Great Bend 18-7.

Brock Burton was 3-6 with a homer to right, a double, and five RBI’s. Boone Montgomery was 4-6 with a double and scored four runs. Peyton Johnson doubled twice and was 2-5. Dane Simon was 3-4. Channy Ortiz, Braxton Fulford, and Sean Arnold had two hits a piece.

Cole Evans started his first Jayhawk League game and went four innings allowing one run with six strikeouts. Tyler Giovanoni worked two scoreless innings. Anders  Davidson went an inning. Peyton Johnson and Dylan Paul worked scoreless innings to close it out.

Liberal is 21-12 overall and 17-10 in the Jayhawk League. The Bat Cats are 7-21 in league. The same two teams play at 7 at Brent Gould Field with the pregame at 6:45 on 1270 and kscbnews.net. The Bank of Beaver City is the buyout sponsor.