{"id":45580,"date":"2019-05-06T08:14:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=45580"},"modified":"2019-05-06T08:14:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:14:16","slug":"bats-silenced-in-series-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=45580","title":{"rendered":"Bats silenced in series opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fort Hays State baseball team dropped the series opener to Pittsburg State on Friday (May 3), 12-0. The Tigers dipped to 3-38 overall and 2-28 in the MIAA, while the Gorillas moved to 26-19 on the season and 18-13 in conference action.<br><br> Hits were hard to come by for the Tiger offense as Gorillas starter Alex Achtermann held the black and gold to one hit across five innings of work. <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2fc6ca853a-8687-4806-b248-7ef83ab2233a%3felinkdata%3d132230&amp;c=E,1,HXCQDck1SEWSdbldJ17geLtUtPsK727PRgfT324MJz17WahT0weyQrSGgjLjMx66AB515fnyZdV9RJNvjRHkUm00RYsFsKIDnKzZRwe66Jbt&amp;typo=1\">Tyler Olson<\/a> picked up the first of two total hits for FHSU in the contest as he led off the third inning with a single through the left side.<br><br> The Tigers started something in the fourth frame as <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2fe5f5625f-328b-4301-b5fc-6efab5387773%3felinkdata%3d132230&amp;c=E,1,W4rgI-ZW4OiK7bo8BSVWCZZ_ea3BvmZlU58w_d1WZBuWleBwwF5ZXzNvkoUZFSiNgDqHSCC9rI6f_4thMo7ZjoduZqi3rq0dBdW5VZpU_KV8&amp;typo=1\">Caleb Egan<\/a> led off the inning with a walk. Two batters later, <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2f8d6d8fb9-a4ec-4395-a877-70778a2b31f5%3felinkdata%3d132230&amp;c=E,1,m6qe27s-Cmtqu5YTSvUjeLzuEaNQajQQcuMqHYrPa_cZafRX5MzAIamZ34KltVEiotIiabO1tLbBFI8tsl-gAEgk-bGTFR9-oRmigIZundIGhQ,,&amp;typo=1\">Ryan Grasser<\/a> took one for the team and was hit by a pitch. <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2f3c88d4a6-ea3c-4754-a243-f5fffbd913b3%3felinkdata%3d132230&amp;c=E,1,J_EMEPb-AcizF7SnCq5ynGNynSNxVoIwkkkrwqorxdQfIwd39VsiCzSY_-eA9et5VICl7NvbNLl6lFT2m4VmnqQs23rlRqOqwsPxU1H0f1VgkZAJCY8,&amp;typo=1\">Landon Erway<\/a> loaded the bases with another Tiger walk, but the Gorillas escaped the jam with an unassisted play to third base. In the seventh inning, Grasser led off with a single to left field, but the Tigers couldn&#8217;t push in any further. FHSU could not get anything else going in the contest as the Gorillas earned 11 punchouts on the evening.<br><br> Tiger starter <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2f821f4110-e5b6-4fa0-b208-1330a75deff7%3felinkdata%3d132230&amp;c=E,1,jYfImDWdoDMD6ue-CKKUjTVWtJ2Omng5njjGhfqMMBANQRSlWGP7nsS7poqpvWkrPIye43QmeeZUhwLufpcSZPFFuCdRvmYyPQNSjaKAG2ameJJZZyJu-A,,&amp;typo=1\">Ryan Ruder<\/a> (1-9) was charged with the loss after allowing six runs (four earned) in 3.2 innings of work. <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2f2b31ec0c-def3-4f1e-8fbc-bcee06202a45%3felinkdata%3d132230&amp;c=E,1,hop82stGBCkbuV06RkrcIi_qb4OS7oZoHncEisQ5V7fjzgi4X8Hp5MPCf8f7FqW4cgkCetUPfN2YQ6Tbv5BH3wHurZAMWgZJU9eNnLFTGqt6bw,,&amp;typo=1\">Jake Taylor<\/a> (2.1 IP) and <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2fcc82bef2-ed63-474b-a68c-2d653d3bb4a5%3felinkdata%3d132230&amp;c=E,1,M7twwsPfScMwQcZN_Ev4PdaEotw3Jx3OTNTMHEhxH2GNQd9Xasv6t-i44Sb6SFA34Y40gYGyHKXPSRAK04ODiDnAHWOzT_OaInbOlG6BFCiUGBkgnkyltlZETg,,&amp;typo=1\">Wyatt Schumacher<\/a> (1.0 IP) allowing the other six runs the rest of the way.<br><br> FHSU and Pittsburg State will continue the three-game set on Saturday (May 4). 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