By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Game 1:  TMP 5, Ellis 3

Ellis jumped on top of TMP starter Liam Stults with three runs in the top of the first inning of game one in Hays on Tuesday afternoon.  The Railroaders used a leadoff single from Brandon Bollig and a one out single from Brevin Labarge sandwiched around an error and a walk to score all three of their runs.  Ellis would not score again.

Bollig was sharp on the mound through four innings allowing only one Monarch baserunner.  TMP finally got to the Ellis senior in the fifth inning.  The Monarchs scored all five of their runs with four singles, an error, a hit by pitch, a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly.  Both teams went scoreless in the sixth and Ellis again in the top of the seventh.  Stults goes six innings, allowing only three hits, to pick up the win.  Braiden Werth pitched a perfect seventh for the save.

Game 2:  TMP 12, Ellis 0 (5 innings)

TMP scored four runs in the second and seven more in the third inning to blow out Ellis in game two Tuesday evening at TMP Field.  The Monarchs sent 12 men to the plate in the third to seal the deal.  Jared Vitztum pitches four innings for the win.

Ellis managed only one hit in game number two and three for the doubleheader.  TMP is now 6-2 on the season and will play in a triangular in Scott City on Friday against the Beavers and the Liberal Redskins.  Ellis falls to 5-3 and will play at Canton-Galva on Friday.

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