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TOPEKA, Kan. – Fort Hays State moved to 8-4 overall on the season with another pair of wins on Tuesday at the Washburn Invitational in Topeka. The Tigers defeated Northern State 5-2 and then Minot State 4-0. Morgan Schmidt tied her career high for strikeouts in a game with 12 in the final contest of the tournament.
Fort Hays State 5, Northern State 2
The Tigers used a four-run rally in the sixth inning to get past Northern State in their first contest of the day. FHSU initially went up 1-0 in the first inning on a Madison Pierce RBI single, but a two-run home run put the Wolves on top 2-1 in the bottom of the third. The Tigers tied the game in the sixth on a clutch RBI single by Lilliana Ramirez-Johnson and then moments later Audrey Gillespie cleared all Tigers off the bases with a 3-RBI double.
Savanah Egger threw her third-straight complete game of the Washburn Invitational, finishing with five strikeouts. She scattered seven hits but did not allow any walks. Egger moved to 4-2 overall on the season.Aune Boben, who hit the two-run homer for the Wolves, was the starting pitcher. However, she was responsible for four of the five runs and took the loss.
Ramirez-Johnson finished with a team-best two hits in the game. Jules Bosco scored a pair of runs.
Fort Hays State 4, Minot State 0
Morgan Schmidt threw her first complete game shutout of the season, pitching her way out of a few tight situations throughout the second contest of the day. She matched her career high of strikeouts with 12, accomplished twice before. She struck out the side in the seventh to reach the career mark again. Schmidt moved to 4-2 on the season.
Lilly Mohr helped put the Tigers up 1-0 in the fourth when she singled. A misplay by the left fielder allowed a runner to come in to score on the play. A Madison Pierce walk and Regan Curry single set up the opportunity.
An error by Minot State in the fifth was costly, resulting in three unearned runs for the Tigers. Curry knocked in the first run with an RBI groundout. Abbey Duarte followed with a two-RBI single.Jules Bosco had a pair of hits in the game to lead the Tigers. Pierce scored twice.
UP NEXT
Next on the schedule for FHSU is conference play, starting on March 7 against Central Missouri in Hays.