By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

RUSSELL, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team got two solid pitching performances from Ricky Hockett and Ryan Ruder in a doubleheader sweep of Russell/Victoria. The Monarchs have won three straight and six of their last seven and improve to 10-4 on the season. TMP will play at Salina-Sacred Heart on May 3.

Game 1:  TMP 7, Russell/Victoria 0
Ricky Hockett needed only one run of support as he no hit Russell/Victoria in a 7-0 win in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Tuesday in Russell.  With the help of his defense the Monarch senior faced the minimum through six innings.  The Broncos had three base runners, two of which were erased, one by a caught stealing and the other was doubled off first base.

The Monarchs got the majority of their offense in the top of the fourth inning, scoring six runs. TMP picked up four hits in the inning.  The Broncos helped out by hitting two TMP batters, walking two batters and  committing an error.

Game 2:  TMP 3, Russell/Victoria 0
Ryan Ruder continued the dominance over Russell/Victoria on the hill in Game 2.  Ruder held the Broncos to only three hits in seven innings of play.  The first of those hits came with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning.

TMP scored two runs in the fourth inning and then added an insurance run on a Hockett home run in the fifth. Russell drops to 9-5 with the loss and will be on the road in Beloit on May 3.

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