HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team split their second straight doubleheader with a Western Athletic Conference team. Tuesday the Monarchs committed four errors and lost the opener to Dodge City 6-1 then bounced back to win the second contest 11-3.

In the first game, Dodge City used two triples, a double, a single and an error to break a scoreless tie with four runs in the fifth inning. Ricky Hockett allowed all six runs, two earned, on 10 hits with six strikeouts and two walks and took the loss. Ryan Ruder had three of the Monarchs four hits.

In the second game, TMP scored two in the first then four in the fourth to go up 8-1. Ryan Ruder allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits along with eight strikeouts and two walks for the complete game win. He and Ricky Hockett both had two hits including a double. Ruder drove in three.

The Monarchs are 5-3 and play two in Ellis this afternoon.