{"id":19635,"date":"2015-04-14T19:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=19635"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:45:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:45:51","slug":"home-runs-carry-tigers-to-doubleheader-split-with-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=19635","title":{"rendered":"Home runs carry Tigers to doubleheader split with Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fort Hays State split its doubleheader with Newman on Monday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in Wichita. The Tigers dropped a narrow game one contest, 7-6, before taking a 6-3 victory in game two.<\/div>\n
\nFHSU (22-21) continues its road trip on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Kansas City, Mo., against Rockhurst in a doubleheader set for 2 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Complete recaps of Monday’s<\/span><\/span> games are below.<\/p>\n

Newman 7, Fort Hays State 6<\/strong>
\nFort Hays State hit five doubles in a back-and-forth contest, but a walk-off single in the seventh dealt the Tigers their fifth straight loss in 7-6 fashion.<\/p>\n

Paxton Duran<\/a><\/dfn> (11-10) was dealt the loss after throwing 6.1 innings, giving up seven runs (six earned) on nine hits while striking out three. Savannah Price<\/a><\/dfn> threw 0.1 innings and gave up the walk-off hit in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Samantha Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn> finished the game 2-for-4 with a an RBI double, while four other Tigers had doubles on the day – Kylie Strand<\/a><\/dfn>, Erin Elmore<\/a><\/dfn>, Mackenzie Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn> and Duran. Elmore and Duran each had two RBI to lead the team.<\/p>\n

FHSU broke through in the second behind Duran’s RBI double, taking a 2-0 lead and never looking back. In the second,\u00a0Samantha Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn> led off with a single, moving to second on a groundout and to third when Rilee Krier<\/a><\/dfn> reached on an error. After Krier stole second to put two runners in scoring position, Duran doubled through the right side, scoring both Tigers.<\/p>\n

Strand led off the third with a double prior to Erin Elmore<\/a><\/dfn> reaching after being hit by a pitch, and with one out, Samantha Villarreal<\/a>\u00a0<\/dfn>doubled down the right field to score Strand and push the lead to 3-0. Newman struck back in the bottom of the third, however, with four runs of its own (including a three-run home run) to take the lead.<\/p>\n

The Tigers took back the lead (5-4) in the fourth after Elmore’s two-out double scored Courtney Dobson<\/a><\/dfn>, who reached on a fielder’s choice, and Strand, who walked.<\/p>\n

A fielding error in the bottom of the fourth helped the Jets tie the game at 5-5, but FHSU answered once more with a run in the top of the fifth. After Amanda Vaupel<\/a><\/dfn> reached on an error, two wild pitches moved the centerfielder to third for Mackenzie Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn>, who hit the Tigers’ fifth double of the day to drive Vaupel home.<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the seventh, NU tied it before Price entered to try and force extras, but after the second out of the inning, a walk-off single pushed the winning run home for the Jets.<\/p>\n

Fort Hays State 6, Newman 3<\/strong>
\nFHSU hit two home runs and snapped its five-game losing streak with a 6-3 win to close the doubleheader with Newman.<\/p>\n

Sarah Cochran<\/a><\/dfn> (2-1) earned the complete game win, giving up three runs while scattering 10 hits with five strikeouts.<\/p>\n

Samantha Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn> went 1-for-3 with three RBI while Strand was 1-for-3 with two RBI. Both Tigers hit home runs.<\/p>\n

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first when Strand scampered home on Samantha Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn>‘s sacrifice fly, and later pushed the lead to 3-0 in the third off Samantha Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn>‘s two-run home run.\u00a0Tori Beltz<\/a><\/dfn> drew a one-out walk in the third before Samantha Villarreal<\/a><\/dfn> hit her first home run of the season over the center field wall.<\/p>\n

NU cut the lead to one (3-2) in the bottom of the third with a two-run home run of its own, but the Tigers stretched the lead back to three in the top of the fourth.<\/p>\n

With one out, Veronica Knittig<\/a><\/dfn> walked and later moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Strand then drove a 1-2 pitch over the fence for her team-leading seventh home run of the year.<\/p>\n

The Tigers’ advantage grew to four (6-3) in the top of the sixth. Krier reached on an error to start the inning and after moving to second on a passed ball, saw Knittig join her on the basepaths with a walk. Dobson’s single loaded the bases, and with one out, Elmore reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Krier.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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