HAYS - The Hays High Indians split their makeup doubleheader with Dodge City Monday at the Hays High Field. The cruised to an 11-1, five-inning run-rule victory in the opener but couldn’t overcome eight errors and drop the nightcap 9-2.
The Indians are now 5-2 overall and 3-2 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Red Demons improve to 6-4 and 2-0 in the WAC.
Game 1: Hays 11, Dodge City 1 (5 innings)
Dylan Dreiling
struck out 10 and had two of the Indians nine hits in the five inning run-rule
victory. Dreiling (3-0) scattered two hits and allowed one run while walking
four.
The Indians struck for two in the first. Ben Krannawitter reached on a dropped third strike, stole second, moved to third on Dreiling’s gound out then scored on a passed ball. Dalton Dale drove in Garrett Wellbrock with the second run with a two-out single.
Krannawitter singled with two outs in the second driving in Dawson VonFeldt to push the lead to 3-0 in the second.
Hays scored five in the third. Remington Cox and Dominic Bainter both singled. Bainter and courtesy runner Noah Weimer scored when Dalyn Schwarz reached on an error. The Indians scored the next two runs when Dreiling reached on an error by the Dodge City first baseman. Krannawitter then scored the fifth run on a passed ball.
The Indians ended the game early with three runs in the fifth. With one out, VonFeldt and Krannawitter were both hit by pitches and scored on Dreiling’s double to center. Dreiling scored on Wellbrock’s double to end the game.
Game 2: Dodge City 9, Hays 2
The Indians couldn’t
overcome eight errors resulting in five unearned runs.
Dodge City scored one in the second, three in the third, two in the fourth then put it away with three in the seventh.
A leadoff error led to the first run in the second. A leadoff walk and one-out triple pushed the lead to 2-0. Alden Knedler followed with a home run to right center to put the Red Demons up 4-0. Back to back two-out errors led to two more runs in the fourth.
Garrett Wellbrock (2-1) allowed six runs (three earned ) on seven hits with two strikeouts and two walks over six innings and took the loss.
Sophomore Aiden Sowers kept the Indians off balance all night, scattering six hits over six innings with six strikeouts and one walk for the win.