FHSU Athletics
Fort Hays State (16-24, 6-17 MIAA)
vs. Newman (19-20, 11-12 MIAA)
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Hays, Kan. ā¢ Larks Park ā¢ 3 p.m.
Radio ā¢ KAYS (94.3/1400)
The Fort Hays State baseball team will host Newman at Larks Park for their final midweek contest of the season on Tuesday. This will be the third and final game of the midweek season series between the Jets and the Tigers. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.
The Tigers took one of three games from Northeastern State last weekend snapping a 16-game losing streak to the RiverHawks. The Tigers are batting .302 as a team and continue to lead all of DII in sacrifice bunts with 46. FHSU ranks third in the MIAA with 189 walks drawn while ranking in the top half of the conference in the majority of the remaining offensive categories including runs (288), hits (397), doubles (73), triples (10), RBI (251), slugging percentage (.461), and on base-percentage (.405).
Jake Campbell tossed a complete game in the 6-3 win over the RiverHawks while Jenner Kehe had an impressive weekend at the plate with six hits including a three-run homer that gave the Tigers the edge in the victory. Isaiah Ural owns a team-best .378 average tallying 54 hits including 13 doubles, four triples, and four home runs. Ed Scott has drawn a team-high 30 walks this season in the lead off spot for the Tigers. Elliott Herrmann ranks fourth in the MIAA with 48 RBI this season.
Campbell's complete game was the fourth by a Tiger pitcher this season joining Cade Flaherty and Daniel Bebee, who has done it twice. Andrew Hansen continues to lead the team in strikeouts with 41 followed by Flaherty with 36.
The Tigers will look to avoid the series sweep in Tuesday's contest after dropping the first game in Hays earlier this season and the road contest in Wichita a couple of weeks ago. Fort Hays State is 22-31-1 against Newman all-time managing to win three of the last eight meetings.
Newman is currently sixth in the MIAA standings, seven games back from conference-leader Central Missouri. The Jets are batting .329 as a team, which is tied with UCM for the best in the conference, while pushing across 339 runs in 39 games. Jenner Steele owns a team-best .397 average tallying 62 hits including 12 doubles, two triples, and 12 home runs. This contest will feature the two highest team ERA's in the MIAA with Newman owning a 7.22 mark and Fort Hays State posting an 8.33 average on the mound.