HILL CITY – The TMP-Marian Monarchs 17U American Legion team ran their win streak to four games in-a-row Tuesday with a double-header sweep of Hill City, their second in less than a week.
In game one the Monarchs scored in all but the first inning in an 11-4 win. Ethan Atherton had three RBI’s in the win. Kade Harris allowed just two runs in four innings for the win.
Atherton got the scoring started with an RBI double in the top of the second. Two batters later Nick Herrman drove in Atherton to give the Monarchs a 2-0 lead.
Hays added three more in the top of the third scoring a run on an error, a bases loaded walk by Atherton and a wild pitch on a strike out putting the Monarchs up 5-0.
After Hill City got two runs back in the bottom of the third the Monarchs blew the game open with five in the top of the fourth.
The Monarchs scored a run on an error, a bases loaded walk by Atherton and a passed ball before Noah Gibson plated two with an RBI double giving Hays a 10-2 lead.
Hays added one more in the fifth on a wild pitch and Hill City scored two in the bottom of the inning as the Monarchs earned the 11-4 win in five innings.
In game two the Monarchs scored three in the first and four in the second in an 8-3 win.
In the first inning Hays’ Jace Wentling got the scoring started with an RBI single in the top of the first.
A Hill City error allowed the second run of the inning to score and then Atherton followed that with an RBI single.
In the four-run second the Monarchs scored their first run on an error. Mark Rack drove a ball to center for an RBI double and then Jace Wentling tripled to center scoring Rack to put Hays up 6-1. In the next at bat Atherton singled home Wentling to put the Monarchs up 7-1.
The Monarchs added another run in the top of the fifth when Wentling scored on a wild pitch as the Monarchs went on to the 8-3 win in five innings.
Rack earned the win on the mound for the Monarchs. He allowed two runs on four hits in two and a third innings.
Atherton and Wentling each collected two hits and drove in two runs.
The Monarchs are 10-8 on the summer.