The No. 10 Panther baseball team moved its win streak to six games and its overall record to 17-5 with a pair of wins against Garden City at the Sports Complex. Great Bend took game one 8-2 before the offense exploded for a 17-7 win in game two.
The Panthers scored a run in the first inning of game one and led 6-0 after two innings before the Buff plated their only two runs in the third inning. Great Bend picked up insurance runs in the fourth and sixth innings.
Daxton Minton pitched the first three innings, striking out four and allowing one hit. Both runs against the sophomore were unearned. Koehn Ribordy threw three no-hit innings with four strikeouts, and Javen Stoney threw an inning without allowing a hit.
Carson Umphres had the big bat in game one with three hits, including a double. He drove in a run and scored a run. Ian Premer singled and doubled, driving in a run and scoring three times. Trenton Kern singled twice and walked twice with a pair of RBIs.
Garden City opened scoring in the first inning of game two but the Panthers were able to respond with nine runs in their first at bat. The Buffs kept things interesting with three more runs in each of the third and fourth innings for an 11-7 score heading into the bottom of the fourth. Great Bend again found an answer with five more runs.
The bases were loaded for Premer in that big fourth inning when he homered to drive in four of his five runs on the day. He also singled and scored twice in the win. Peyden Oelger finished with three singles, three RBIs, and a run scored. Umphres singled and doubled with an RBI and two runs scored. Ribordy had a pair of hits to drive in two and score twice, and Slade Mohr singled twice and walked, driving in a run and scoring twice.