HUTCHINSON, Kan. - Big innings seems to be in the DNA of the Hutch Monarchs baseball team this season as that's what happened on Saturday night as the Monarchs pulled away from the Great Bend Bat Cats with big innings late to win 12-3.
Hutch sent nine players to the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning to regain the lead 6-3 after the Bat Cats had tied it in the third with three runs of their own.
Blake Bradford, Jaden Gustafson, Jarrett Flaggert and Sam Wiese all came up with big hits in the bottom of the sixth to extend the Monarch lead to seven at 10-3.
That was all that Derick Johnson needed as he shut the door on the Bat Cats along with Camden Cornelius coming out of the bullpen to shut down the Bat Cats.
Zerick Warren's double in the bottom of the eighth knocked in a couple of insurance runs to make it 12-3 Monarchs.
Hutchinson will host the Wichita Diamond Kings Sunday with first pitch set for 6pm.