The Hays High baseball team opened the 2018 season with a doubleheader sweep on Russell Thursday. The Indians won game one 10-2 and took game two 22-8.

Game 1; Hays 10, Russell 2
In the first game Russell jumped out to a 2-0 lead, scoring a pair of runs on a Kyle Farmer double off of Indian starter Trey Riggs. But Riggs recorded three straight strikeouts to end the first.

The Indians would bounce back and scored at least one-run over the final six innings to pick up the 10-2 win.

Down 2-1 the Indians tied the game at 2 on a Riggs walk with the bases loaded. Cody Petersen broke the tie with an RBI single and then the Indians took advantage of an error and fielder’s choice to take a 4-2 lead.

Hays High took advantage nine errors, scoring eight unearned runs in the game.

Trey Riggs earned the win, allowing just two runs on three hits while striking out nine over four innings.

Game 1; Hays 22, Russell 8
The Indians offense exploded with 11 runs in the first inning and 10 more in the fourth on their way to a 22-8 win in game two.

Hays scored their first three runs of the game on walks with the bases loaded. The Indians also scored on four passed balls and another walk in the inning to take an 11-0 lead.

Russell scored a run on two separate errors in the bottom of the first and added two more on a two-run Cole Schmidtberger single to cut the Indian lead to 11-4.

Russell tacked on three more in the second and closed within four before the Indians scored 10 runs in the fourth. Hays collected seven walks and Dawson Harmon tripled home three runs in the inning.

Palmer Hutchison earned the win, allowed seven runs, just one earned over three innings. He struck four and walked three.

Dawson Harman was two-for-two at the plate with four RBI’s and three runs scored.

The Indians are 2-0 on the season and will host Dodge City on Tuesday.