{"id":44869,"date":"2019-04-01T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44869"},"modified":"2019-04-01T08:39:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:39:47","slug":"tigers-drop-twin-bill-to-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44869","title":{"rendered":"Tigers drop twin bill to Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The Fort Hays State baseball team dropped a pair of games to Lindenwood Sunday afternoon (March 31) at Larks Park. The Tigers were overpowered by the Lions pitching at the plate in both contests, falling 13-1 in the opener before taking a 16-3 loss in the nightcap. The Tigers (3-23, 2-15 MIAA) and Lions (16-15, 10-7 MIAA) will wrap up the series Monday (April 1) beginning at 1 p.m.

Game One: Lindenwood 13, Fort Hays State 1<\/strong>
The Tigers could only total five base pokes in the opener. Landon Erway<\/a> and Jared Haynes<\/a> tallied two hits each, while Ryan Grasser<\/a> earned the other hit and the lone RBI. Ryan Ruder<\/a> (1-5) started on the mound for the Tigers as he allowed eight runs (six earned) on 10 hits, striking out two and walking one in 4.0 innings of work. Chase Werth<\/a> came on in relief but was tagged for five runs (four earned) in two innings. Jake Vieira<\/a> tossed a scoreless frame in the seventh, while earning one strikeout.


Game Two: Lindenwood 16, Fort Hays State 3<\/strong>
In the nightcap, Tiger starter Ethan Booe<\/a> tossed 6.0 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits while striking out one and walking four batters. Ryan Brown<\/a> was tapped for six runs (five earned) in 0.2 of the seventh frame before Tanner Smith<\/a> came on in relief to get the final out of the inning. Wyatt Schumacher<\/a> tossed one inning, while giving up two runs on one hit and one walk.

The Lions built their 9-0 lead heading into the home half of the seventh with a seven-run frame. LWU posted a three-run home run, a 2 RBI triple, and earned three runs on two Tiger miscues.

The Tiger bats fared better in the second game, as they were able to post eight hits. Tyler Olson<\/a> picked up his fifth multi-hit bid of the season while Grasser, Haynes, Jared Maneth<\/a> and Cody Starkel<\/a> each earned a hit in the contest. Kyler Cox<\/a> and Taylan Mullins-Ohm<\/a> produced key pinch-hit singles that led to Haynes finding the center field wall for a two-out 2 RBI double in the eighth inning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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