After a week and a half of, the Ellis American Legion baseball team had no answers for Hoisington, losing both ends of a doubleheader Wednesday by scores 15-3 in five innigns an df Ellis had no answer for Hoisington.  First game Ellis lost 15-3 and 13-1. Both games were called early by run rule.

Ellis scored three in the first in game one on a lead off home run from Koltyn Ratliff, a single by Cole Pfeifer and a triple from Cadyn McCoy and led 3-2, but that would be the only hits they would get the rest of the game.

After a 30-minute weather delay in the first inning of game two, Hoisington put four on the board in the top of the first. Ellis was held to just two singles from Easton Smith and Theron Schmidt.

Coach Casey McCoy said it was a long night “That was as bad as I have seen us play in at least the last three years of legion baseball” McCoy said. “We were without  two of our starting nine but that was not the issue. We have some depth this season  with kids that can play about every position. We just looked tired, flat and no motivation.”

Ellis is at a tournament in Goodland this weekend with games Friday against Burlington, Colorado and Goodland. Saturday they will face Colby.