The Hays High Indian baseball team season ends at state for a second year in a row on a first round loss.  Riley Kaus gathered the only two hits for Hays High in the 8-0 loss on Friday.  Hayden Hutchison (6-1) took the loss allowing six runs on seven hits in four innings.  Chase Young relieved Hutchison with the bases loaded in the fifth, Young pitched two complete innings giving up two runs on a home run.  Tyler Wooldridge pitched the seventh inning facing four batters allowing no runs and one hit.

Game Highlights:
Hays High Game Highlights
Blue Valley left the bases loaded in the first and stranded two in the second before scoring one run in each the first and second inning, four in the fifth and two in the sixth.

The Indians left four stranded on the day and had a total of just five base runners, only one making it to third base.

Hayden Edwards (5-2) threw just 91 pitches allowing two hits and striking out nine.  Edwards is committed to play baseball for KU.

Notes:

Over the past two years the Hays High Indians are 40-6 with two of those losses coming at the state tournament.  The loss marks the fifth straight loss at the state tournament dating back to the 2000 championship game.

Senior Austin Unrein finishes his career first all-time in career hits (119), doubles (28), and runs (106) under coach Frank Leo.  He also finishes 7th all-time in RBI’s (61).  As a pitcher Unrein finishes with a career record of 19-6 setting a record for career wins.  Unrein finishes his four year career with a .394 batting average and started 80+ career games.

Senior Riley Kaus will finish his career with 79 hits and a tie for 7th.  Sixth in career Runs with 74.  Fourth all-time with 70 RBI.

Hayden Hutchison, junior, set the single season record for doubles with 16 and now has 26 in his career, two shy of Unrein’s record.