Baseball
SBU baseball drops tripleheader to Fort Hays
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Mar 27, 2009, 00:06

HAYS, Kan. -- Let's play three. With bad weather looming, the SBU Bearcats and Fort Hays State Tigers played a rare tripleheader on Thursday. Unfortunately for the Bearcats, the Tigers came out on top in all three contests. The hosts won game one 4-2 and game two 13-1, before taking the nightcap 6-4. Games one and two were seven inning games with game three being a nine-inning battle.

The Bearcats fell behind 2-0 in game one, before getting single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Jason Asher homered to lead off the fourth and singled in Bo Helsel in the fifth. Asher finished 2-for-3 with 2 RBI. Starter Greg Seay threw six innings and allowed three earned runs on six hits, while striking out eight.

The Tigers pounded SBU senior pitcher Ray Kelly in game two with three runs in both the second and third innings. FHSU also scored two in the fourth, one in the fifth and four more in the sixth. Alex Harvey drove in five for the Tigers.

The Tigers got three runs in the third inning in game three, and added one in the fourth and two in the sixth. The Bearcats' big inning came in the top of the eighth when they scored four times. Kyle Tormanen would triple in two runs and later score on a wild pitch. Justin Barnhart would double to score Kyle Wise. Tormanen was 3-for-5 on the day. Starter Eric Wallace pitched eight innings, but gave up six earned runs on seven hits.

The Bearcats drop to 7-19 on the season and 5-12 in the MIAA. The Tigers are 17-16 overall and 9-10 in the MIAA. The teams will attempt to complete the four-game series tomorrow (Friday) beginning at 1:00 p.m., weather permitting. If rescheduled, the teams will play Saturday also at 1:00 p.m.

FHSU 4, SBU 2
FHSU 13, SBU 1
FHSU 6, SBU 4


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