By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
Fort Hays State swept Central Christian (Kan.) in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 23) at Tiger Stadium. FHSU took the games by scores of 4-1 and 7-1, moving to 22-21 overall on the season. The losses drop Central Christian to 15-32 overall.
Game 1: Fort Hays State 4, Central Christian 1
Fort Hays State took game one of the doubleheader, scoring two runs in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the sixth. Central Christian pushed its only run of the game across in the sixth to cut the FHSU lead to 3-1 before FHSU tacked on the insurance run in the bottom half of the inning.
Grace Philop started the scoring for the Tigers in the third with a two-RBI triple to the right-center field gap. It scored Terran Caldwell and Katie Adler. The lead reached three in the fourth when Bailey Boxberger and Elise Capra led off the inning with back-to-back doubles. Following her RBI in the fourth, Capra singled to lead off the sixth and came in to score on a Lily Sale RBI single.
Megan Jamison threw the first six innings for FHSU, allowing six hits and one run. She moved to 2-0 on the season with the win. Jamison pitched to one batter in the seventh before handing the ball to Michaelanne Nelson, who picked up her first save of the season by getting the final three outs with one strikeout.
Game 2: Fort Hays State 7, Central Christian 1
Central Christian took its only lead of the day with a run in the first inning, but Fort Hays State quickly took control of the game with three runs in the bottom of the first and then three more in the second. FHSU added its final run in the sixth inning.
Fort Hays State immediately loaded the bases in the first inning with its first three batters and the first run came in to score when Bailey Boxberger was hit by a pitch. Elise Capra followed with an RBI single and then Sierra Rodriguez picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly.
In the second, Sara Breckbill gave the Tigers a sacrifice fly RBI before Boxberger drove in two runs with a single through the right side. Breckbill picked up another RBI in the sixth with her second sacrifice fly of the game.
Sierra Rodriguez pitched the first three innings of the game, allowing one run on five hits with one strikeout. Hailey Chapman relieved her for the final four innings. Chapman gave up one hit and struck out three, moving to 11-11 on the season with the win.
Tiger Notes
–Elise Capra, Bailey Boxberger, Katie Adler, and Grace Philop all recorded at least 3 hits in the doubleheader.
–Bailey Boxberger had a team-high three RBIs on the day.
-All four Tiger pitchers threw in the doubleheader, holding CCC to a .226 batting average on the day.
-Fort Hays State is now 15-2 this year when scoring at least five runs in a game.
-Fort Hays State is 13-5 at home this season.
Up Next
Fort Hays State heads to Newman University on Wednesday (Apr. 24) before returning home for a big MIAA doubleheader with Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday (Apr. 27) at Tiger Stadium in Hays. First pitch at Newman in Wichita is set for 3 pm.