FHSU Athletics
WICHITA, Kan. – The Fort Hays State baseball team dropped game two of their midweek series against the Newman Jets on Tuesday by a score of 14-4 in eight innings. The Jets scored in all but one inning to secure the series win. Newman improved to 13-18 (7-10 MIAA) while FHSU falls to 13-20 (4-13 MIAA).
Newman took the lead in the bottom of the first frame and didn't look back. The Jets produced five runs through two innings off Tiger starter Andrew Hansen. It wasn't until the top of the third when the Tigers were able to push across their first run. Ed Scott started the inning off with a leadoff walk. Trey DeGarmo found his way on-base via a single to center field. The bases became loaded for the offense after an error by Newman's second baseman. Emile Boies pushed Scott around to score with a sacrifice fly to make the score 5-1.
The Jets responded right away with single runs in both the bottom of the third and fourth innings. Fort Hays got one more run in the fifth inning after Ural showed off his speed with a triple to left field, followed by another sacrifice fly from Boies. The small dose of momentum came to a quick halt in the bottom of the sixth when the Jets rattled off four more runs off three hits and two Tiger errors to push the score to 11-2.
Boies continued to stay hot on the day with a solo home run in the seventh and collected another RBI after a groundout in the eighth. The infielder manned the offense for the Tigers, driving in all four of the team's runs. Isaiah Ural stretched his hit-streak to seven games and notched his 14th multi-hit game of the season with a 3-for-5 performance at the plate.
Newman's starter C Wilson (1-4) picked up his first win of the season on the hill after tossing 5.0 innings, allowing just one earned run. Hansen (1-3) was used for 1.1 innings and was one of six pitchers used throughout the game.
The Tigers will finish their midweek series against the Newman Jets on April 11 at Larks Park in Hays.
The team will return home to Larks Park this weekend (Mar. 31-April 2) as they welcome in the frontrunner in the MIAA, the Missouri Southern State Lions. The three-game conference series is set to start at 1 p.m. on Friday.