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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fort Hays State improved to 14-6 overall on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Adams State on Wednesday. The Tigers won by scores of 8-0 (5 inn.) and 12-6, finishing their quick trip to Colorado 3-1. FHSU hit five home runs on the day, including four in the first game. Lilly Mohr hit two bombs in the first contest to tie the FHSU single-game record, accomplished for a 33rd time.
Fort Hays State 8, Adams State 0 (5 inn.)
Fort Hays State used the long ball to generate six of their eight runs in a run-rule victory over Adams State. The Tigers did all of their offensive damage from the second through fifth innings.
Sisters Lilly Mohr and Lexi Mohr accounted for three of the four Tiger home runs in the game. Lexi walked in front of Lilly in the second inning and Lilly launched a two-run homer to put the Tigers up 2-0. Then a Paige Thexton double set up a Jules Bosco RBI single later in the inning to make it 3-0.
Lilly delivered another blast in the third inning, this time a solo shot to make it 4-0. Kaydawn Haag and Jules Bosco had back-to-back doubles in the fourth to make it 6-0, then Madison Pierce launched a solo bomb down the left field line to make it 7-0. The Tigers immediately brought the run-rule into effect in the fifth when Lexi launched her home run, a solo shot, to end the game.
Morgan Schmidt threw the first two innings of the game and struck out four. Korryn Johnson relieved Schmidt in the third and threw three innings, striking out three. Schmidt did not allow any hits, while Johnson allowed two. Johnson picked up the win in relief.
Fort Hays State 12, Adams State 6
A six-run sixth inning was the difference maker for the Tigers in a 12-6 win over the Grizzlies in the second contest of the day. FHSU held a 3-1 lead through three and a half innings before Adams moved in front 4-3 with a three-run bottom half of the fourth. With the big inning, FHSU jumped on top 9-4 and then added three more runs in the seventh to finish the game with a sizable lead.
Early in the game, Lexi Mohr hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 1-1 in the second. The Tigers scored a go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the fourth and then Mohr had another RBI, this time on a single to make it 3-1.
Down 4-3 in the sixth, Kaydawn Haag tied up the game with an RBI single and then Madison Pierce put the Tigers back in front with a two-RBI single. Abbey Duarte eventually capped the big inning with a 3-run home run, the first of her collegiate career. Up 9-5 in the seventh, Haag added a two-RBI single and a wild pitch scored another run. FHSU went on to win by six.
Savanah Egger threw a complete game with seven strikeouts and seven hits allowed. Only four of the six ASU runs were earned. She moved to 6-4 on the season.
UP NEXT
Fort Hays State will be back in action at home this weekend on Sunday when University of Mary comes to Hays for a doubleheader. Start time is set for 12 p.m. at Fleharty Family Field.