HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team is off to a 4-0 start after a pair of wins over Dodge City in their home opener Thursday. The Monarchs scored seven in the fifth inning to rally from a 4-3 deficit and won the opener 11-6. Brady Kreutzer and Brady Gottschalk both had three of the Monarchs 13 hits. Tate Garcia drove in three runs.
Trent Mayo picked up the win allowing two runs on six hits in four innings of relief.
The Monarchs scored seven in the first inning of game two then held on for a 12-6 win. Creighton Renz drove in three runs while Gavin Schumacher and Chase Werth both knocked in two.
Tate Garcia picked up the win, going five innings allowing five runs on one hit with two strikeouts. Carson Jacobs threw two innings of relief to close out the game.