The Hays High Indians have won back-to-back Western Athletic Conference baseball crown by sweeping Dodge City in make-up games from earlier in the season. The Indians finish the conference season at 8-0 and have an overall record of 18-2. With the sweep Hays also earns the #1 seed in the regional to be hosted Tuesday at Hays High School with times to be determined.
Hays High and Dodge City essentially played three seven inning games instead of two on Friday night as game one went 14 innings before Hays won 2-1. Austin Unrein started the game and went six innings giving up only two hits and one run for the no decision. Hayden Hutchison came on in relief pitching eight innings and picking up the win. Hutchison allowed four hits and no runs in moving to 5-0 on the season. Zach Legleiter hit an RBI double to knock in the winning run in the top of the 14th. Unrein and Hutchison struck out a combined eleven in the game. Hays stranded 18 runners on the day, while Dodge left 10 on the base paths.
Tyler Wooldridge pitched a seven inning complete game shutout moving his season record to 4-0. Woolridge struck out ten in the second of the two games. Tyler finishes the regular season with a 0.00 ERA over 18 innings pitched. Hays won the second game 6-0. Unrein and Legleiter each had two RBI on the day.
Dodge City mustered just one unearned run in the 21 total innings. The Red Demons scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the second inning of game one.