HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Monarchs scored nine runs in their final three innings to come from behind and beat the Derby Twins, 12-9 on Monday night at Hobart-Detter Field.
The game featured 21 combined runs, 29 combined hits and 10 combined errors, and was a game that saw a little bit of everything.
Derby (4-3) scored at least one run in each of it's first five innings and led 6-3 through five complete. The Monarchs quickly got to Derby reliever Jude Stephens, scoring three in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game up at six apiece.
The Twins had an answer to the Monarchs rally with one of their own, including a three-run inning to regain a 9-6 lead going into the bottom of the seventh. Hutchinson (2-2) saw it's first four batters in the inning reach safely, all of which would come home to score a run. The big hit would be a 2-run single up the middle by Will Edmunson to tie the game at nine. Caleb Cotton scored the go-ahead run after a balk was called against Stephens with two outs.
The Monarchs tacked on two more insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth on a 2-run double from Cotton to extend the lead to 12-9.
Noah Kelley earned his second win in as many nights, as he went three innings of relief, allowing four runs. Former Nickerson High School standout Carson Cornelius was credited with the save, striking out five in two innings of work.
Cotton led the Monarchs with a three-hit game, and was one of five Hutchinson hitters with a multi-hit game.
The two teams will play again on Tuesday night in Derby with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m. from Panther Field. The series will wrap up on Wednesday in Hutchinson and can be viewed exclusively on Hutch Post.
Derby - 111 210 300 - 9 15 6
Hutchinson - 120 003 42x - 12 14 4
W: Noah Kelley (2-0). L: Jeremiah Arnett (0-1). HR: Holden Pantier (Derby). Time: 2:29. Attendance: 247.
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