{"id":54334,"date":"2020-03-07T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T17:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=54334"},"modified":"2020-03-07T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T17:05:58","slug":"offense-stymied-as-baseball-falls-to-uco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=54334","title":{"rendered":"Offense stymied as baseball falls to UCO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fort Hays State bats could not muster much against No. 15 Central Oklahoma in Friday’s series opener (March 6), with the Bronchos besting the Tigers at Larks Park, 3-0. With the loss, the Tigers are now 11-9 (1-3 MIAA) on the season while the Bronchos improve their record to 14-3 (3-1 MIAA).

Griffin Brunson<\/a> was the main source of offense for the Tigers, serving as the lone Tiger to collect multiple hits on the day. The shortstop went 2-for-3 on the afternoon, his fifth multi-hit game of the year. Grant Schmidt<\/a>, Corbin Truslow<\/a> and Jaxson Webb<\/a> also collected base knocks, with all five Tiger hits coming as singles.

After the Bronchos pushed across single runs in each of the first two innings, the Tigers had a prime opportunity to score in the third. Brunson led off with a single before advancing to third two batters later when Schmidt punched a single to right. But Broncho ace Dylan Hall (4-1) got out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts, maintaining the shutout. Hall finished the game with nine strikeouts over seven innings of work to earn the win.

UCO pushed its lead to 3-0 with another run in the fourth before the Tigers made a little more noise in the home half of the fifth. Webb and Brunson led off with back-to-back singles, but Hall again got out of the jam, this time with a groundout and an inning-ending double play.

Starting pitcher Zach Berg<\/a> pitched eight solid innings for Fort Hays State, allowing three runs (two earned) on nine hits while striking out six. Jacob Ensz<\/a> finished the game for the Tigers, pitching a one-two-three ninth inning with two strikeouts.

Fort Hays State and Central Oklahoma will continue the series with game two Saturday afternoon (March 7) at 1 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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