Hays Post
HAYS – The Hays Hammer High School teams had a good weekend at the Midwest Slamfest over the weekend. Both the 17U and 16U teams went 3-0 and the 15U finished 2-1.
All three Hammer teams will play in a tournament in Garden City this upcoming weekend.
17U
Scored in every inning but one and outscored their opponents 36-3. On Friday,
they defeated the Salina Millers 12-3 in five innings. Saturday, they knocked
off the Salina A’s 18U 15-0 in three innings then beat the Gove County American
Legion 18O 9-0 in five innings. They are now 4-2-1 on the season.
Cooper Sanders, Lex Lummus, Corbin Werth, Arex Mendoza and Brett Schumacher all had two hits in their opener vs. the Salina Millers Friday. Mendoza drove in three runs, Sanders and Lummus both drove in two runs. Medoza picked up the complete game victory allowing two earned runs on four hits with seven walks and six strikeouts.
In Saturday’s win over the Salina A’s, Lex Lummis hit two doubles and drove in four runs. Tanner Boxberger struck out four and walked one without allowing a hit and picked up the win.
In Sunday’s win over Gove County Legion Lummus tripled and drove in three. Brendan Stults gave up two hits with eight strikeouts and four walks.
16U
Opened the tournament with a 6-5 walkoff win over the Salina A’s 18U in eight
innings on Friday then defeated the Salina Millers 18U 9-6 Saturday before
blanking the Finney County 16U Titans 10-0 Sunday and are now 6-1 on the season.
They scored single runs in each of the first four innings of their opener with the A’s Friday. The game was tied 4-4 until Salina took the lead with a run in the top of the eighth. The Hammer tied the game on Ian McGuire’s bases-loaded walk with two outs. Adler Brown was hit by a pitch one batter later to win it. Trace Jacobs picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief.
The Hammer scored seven in the first inning in Saturday's win over the Millers. Carter Graham and Brock Homeier bith drove in two runs. Graham also picked up the win on the mound.
The Hammer scored four in the first then five in the fourth in Sunday’s win over Finney County. Jalen Smith, Trace Jacobs and Ian McGuire all had two RBIs. McGuire allowed two hits with five strikeouts and no walks and picked up the win.
15U
Defeated Finney County 4-2 on Friday then lost 11-0 to the Great Bend Bandits
Saturday but rebounded with a 12-4 win over the Salina A’s 15U Sunday. The 15U Hammer
are now 3-4 on the season.
All of the scoring in Friday’s game with Finney County came in the first two innings with the Hammer scoring three in the first and one in the second. Jake Hoopingarmer allowed two runs on six hits with eight strikeouts and one walk for the six-inning complete game victory.
Great Bend struck for five runs in the top of the first then put the game away with four in the sixth Saturday. Hays was held to four singles and committed three errors. Chase Drennon didn’t get out of the first inning and suffered the loss on the mound.
The Hammer scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth then added three in the fifth to break open a 4-4 game in their finale vs. the A’s Sunday. Sam Thielen had two hits and drove in three runs. Ian Nehls added a double and drove in two. Nehls pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief with five strikeouts and no walks and picked up the win.