Baseball Game Preview: Great Bend Panthers vs. Bishop Carroll Golden Eagles

Panthers

Runs

04/15/25 vs Hays	10
04/15/25 vs Hays	2
04/11/25 @ Liberal	12
04/11/25 @ Liberal	14
04/07/25 @ Dodge City	8
+ 6 more games

The Great Bend Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Bishop Carroll Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Great Bend is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.

Great Bend lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Hays, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Tuesday's match. The Panthers blew past the Indians 10-3 on Tuesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their two-run performance the game before.

Daxton Minton made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

In other pitching news, Hunter Herrman looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.

Back at the plate, Carson Umphres and Trenton Kern did most of the damage at the plate: Umphres got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs, while Kern went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most hits Kern has posted since back in May of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Koehn Ribordy, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins, Bishop Carroll's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Seaman by a score of 3-1. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Golden Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.

Great Bend has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Bishop Carroll, their loss dropped their record down to 10-2.

Great Bend suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Bishop Carroll in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.