Maddie Holub threw her second straight perfect game and hit a two-run homer in No. 14 Fort Hays State’s 5-0 win over Missouri Southern in game one of their doubleheader Friday afternoon at Tiger Stadium. The Lions held off a Tiger rally to win game two 9-8. Fort Hays State is 34-6 and 14-2 in the MIAA.
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Game 1: No. 14 Fort Hays State 5, Missouri Southern 0
Just six days after throwing Fort Hays State’s first perfect game in program history against Northwest Missouri State, Holub throws her second in consecutive starts moving to 19-1.
Katelyn Kern made a diving catch in right center field robbing a double from Brooke Swadley for the second out of the game. It was the Lions best chance of the hit.
Holub struck out two batters in each of the first four innings and again in the sixth. She fanned her 14th batter for the final out of the game.
Biance Adame tripled to lead off the fourth and scored on Danie Brinkmann bases loaded walk. The game would remain 1-0 until the sixth when the Tigers hit three home runs and scored four runs. Holub hit a two-run shot to push the lead to 3-0. Brinkmann and Tori Beltz added solo shots.
Holub is now tied for fourth for the most perfect games thrown in NCAA Division II history, one away from the record held by three players. It was also the fourth complete game no-hitter of her career.
Game 2: Missouri Southern 9, Fort Hays State 8
The Tigers nearly erased a couple of four-run deficits but fall short, ending their school-record 12-game win streak. The Lions scored three in the second and one in the third in building a 4-0 lead.
The Tigers would get five in the fourth, taking the lead on a Bianca Adama two-run single. Amanda Vaupel, Paxton Duran and Tori Beltz also drove in the runs in the inning.
The Lions would respond with four in the fifth and one in the sixth for a 9-8 lead.
Fort Hays State rallied again, scoring three in the bottom of the third. Maddie Holub knocked in the first two runs with a single to right. She advanced to second on an error, moved to third on a bunt and scored on a wild pitch to pull the Tigers within a run.
The Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the seventh with two singles and a walk but Adame lined out to left field and Courtney Dobson struck out on a controversial called strike three.
Paxton Duran (13-5) took the loss, allowing all nine runs (eight earned) on 13 hits.