By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State hit five home runs and Logan Herd threw his second complete game of the season in a 14-4 eight inning run-rule win over Nebraska-Kearney Wednesday night at Larks Park. FHSU (19-25, 13-20 MIAA) has won two straight while the Lopers (18-24, 15-18 MIAA) lost their second in a row.

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Game Highlights

 

Herd (3-5), who was coming off his worst outing of the season Saturday at Missouri Southern, allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits. The freshman struck out six and walked two.

Connor Ross gave the Tigers the early lead with a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning. Alex King put FHSU up for good with a solo shot to open the bottom of th third. Joe Mapes added a two-run bomb later in the inning to make the score 5-1. Caleb Cherryholmes opposite field three-run shot to right in the fifth made it 8-3. Mapes added a three-run blast in the sixth.

King went 4-for-5 wiht two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Tigers 17-hit attack. Ross and Nick Hammeke both had three hits and Mapes drove in five.