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Hays Monarchs win finale at Hutchinson tournament

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Hays Monarchs raced out to an early lead and beat the Kingman Eagles 9-1 Sunday afternoon in their final game at the Hutchinson tournament. The Monarchs (16-9) go 3-1 in the tournament and have won four of their last five games.

Trent Mayo allowed one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts and two walks over six innings for the win.

Creighton Renz one-out single in the bottom of the first inning scored two. Luke Ruder’s third inning sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 3-0. The Monarchs added three runs in the fourth on a Gavin Schumacher triple, a Chase Werth double and error.

The Monarchs are back in action Wednesday with a doubleheader in Russell.

Utley notches 1,000th RBI in Dodgers’ win over Royals

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yasiel Puig homered, Chase Utley notched his 1,000th career RBI, and the NL West-leading Dodgers beat the Royals 4-1 on Friday night in the opener of Kansas City’s first interleague visit to Los Angeles since 2003.

The Dodgers won their fourth in a row behind Kenta Maeda (7-4). The Japanese right-hander gave up one run and four hits in five innings, struck out five and walked two while bouncing back from a poor outing. He had allowed five runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings of a 5-3 loss at San Diego last weekend.

Los Angeles has won 12 of Maeda’s 16 starts.

Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth to earn his 21st save in as many chances.

The Dodgers improved to a major league-best 37-11 at home.

Puig hit his 16th homer off Jason Hammel (4-8) in the sixth to make it 3-1.

Larks drop series opener in Haysville

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HAYSVILLE, Kan. – Haysville scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh and beat the Hays Larks 5-2 in their series opener Friday night at Plagens/Carpenter Field. The win snaps the Aviators (7-24) seven-game losing streak and is only their second win their last 24 games.

Haysville took vantage of a walk and two errors to grab the lead. Tyler Flores double off Parker Schkade broke the 2-2 tie. An error and Troy Konwinski single yielded the other two runs.

Starter Walter Pennington allowed one earned run on three hits over six innings with four strikeouts and three walks. Schkade allowed three runs on one hit without recording an out and suffered the loss.

Clayton Rasbeary’s double scored Alex Weiss to tie the game 1-1 in the top of the fifth. Trey Ochoa singled later in the inning, driving in Rasbeary to put Hays up 2-1.

Despite the loss, the Larks (20-10, 20-9 Jayhawk League) remain a game behind first place Liberal in the Jayhawk League. The Bee Jays lost their series opener in Great Bend 7-2.

Hays Monarchs split first two games at Hutchinson tournament

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Hays Monarchs split their two games at a tournament in Hutchinson Friday. Chase Werth pitched a complete game shutout in a 1-0 win over Great Bend in their opener. The Monarchs (14-9) lost 2-1 to McPherson in their second game.

Werth scattered three hits while striking out five while walking two. The Monarchs were held to two hits and scored their only run in the fifth inning on a bases loaded walk to Gavin Schumacher.

Tate Garcia scattered five hits while striking out two and walking three in the second contest. Mac scored two in the fifth on a ground out and single. Gavin Schumacher singled to score Eston Brown in the sixth for the Monarchs only run.

The Monarchs take on the Central Kansas Cyclones Saturday and the Kingman Eagles Sunday.

FHSU softball adds two more for 2018 season

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State head softball coach Adrian Mohr announced the addition of two more student-athletes for the upcoming 2018 season on Friday (July 7). Transferring from junior colleges to FHSU are Sarah Kay and Kaci Isaacson. Kay will be a junior, while Isaacson is a sophomore. This brings Mohr’s signing class to nine individuals after announcing the signing seven from the prep ranks back in December.

Kay, a native of Evergreen, Colorado, is transferring from Otero (Colo.) Junior College where she played two years. As a sophomore in 2017, Kay batted .405 with 22 extra-base hits (13 doubles, 3 triples, 6 home runs), 33 RBI, and 36 runs scored. As a freshman in 2016, she hit .333 with 12 extra-base hits (9 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run), 25 RBI, and 45 runs scored. She had 12 stolen bases over her two years. Kay served as both an infielder and catcher at Otero. Kay played her prep career at Evergreen High School, where she hit over .500 her final three years and finished with a career high school batting average of .498 with 76 RBI.

A native of Salina, Kansas, Isaacson played one year at Barton (Kan.) Community College. As a freshman in 2017, she posted a .377 batting average with 27 extra-base hits (21 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs), 37 RBI, and 39 runs scored, while stealing eight bases. Isaacson was an All-KJCCC Honorable Mention selection as a shortstop. She played her prep career at Salina South High School, where she earned all-state honors and multiple all-league honors in softball.

Below is the entire signing class for the 2018 season.

Name Pos B/T Ht Yr Hometown Previous School
Sara Breckbill C/UT R/R 5-10 Fr. Parker, Colo. Chaparral HS
Terran Caldwell OF L/R 5-4 Fr. Aurora, Colo. Grandview HS
Jordan Flakus INF R/R 5-7 Fr. Eudora, Kan. Eudora HS
Sydney Harsh OF B/R 5-5 Fr. Arvada, Colo. Ralston Valley HS
Kaci Isaacson INF R/R 5-6 So. Salina, Kan. Barton (Kan.) CC
Megan Jamison P R/R 5-7 Fr. Fort Collins, Colo. Fossil Ridge HS
Sarah Kay UT R/R 5-7 Jr. Evergreen, Colo. Otero (Colo.) JC
Grace Philop UT L/R 5-5 Fr. Fort Collins, Colo. Fossil Ridge HS
Sierra Rodriguez P R/R 5-10 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. O’Connor HS

Fish leads Larks to win over Great Bend

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HAYS, Kan. – Matt Fish pitched 6 1/3 hitless innings before giving up a solo home run to Jordan Wilkerson. That would be the only hit he allowed over seven innings as the Hays Larks closed out their series against Great Bend with a 6-1 victory Thursday

night at Larks Park.

Frank Leo Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

Fish (2-0), who just wrapped up his senior season at Lewis-Clark State, walked two while striking out three for his second win in three starts. Ryan Kotulek worked out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth then worked around a couple of one-out singles in the ninth.

Trey Ochoa’s one-out single scored two in the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie. Colin Simpson doubled to start off the sixth and scored on Trevor Boone’s sacrifice fly. The Larks then added three in the seventh on RBIs from Jonathan Soberanes, Simpson and Boone.

Simpson had three of the Larks 10 hits. Soberanes and Jacob Boston both had two while Boone and Ochoa drove in two.

The Larks (20-9, 20-8 Jayhawk League) remain a game back of first-place Liberal in the Jayhawk League. The Bee Jays beat Dodge City 11-6.

The Larks are on the road this weekend for three in Haysville. The Aviators have lost seven straight and 22 of their last 23.

Mike Moustakas, Justin Turner elected to All-Star teams

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NEW YORK (AP) – Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner and Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas have been elected to the All-Star Game in online voting for the final initial roster spots.

Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant was second in the NL vote, leaving Cubs reliever Wade Davis as the sole representative of the World Series champions at Tuesday’s game in Miami. Davis did not join the Cubs until the offseason, after Chicago’s first World Series title since 1908.

The last World Series champion with one All-Star was in 2007, when Albert Pujols was the only player from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Turner received a record 20.8 million votes, topping Freddie Freeman’s 19.7 million in 2013, the commissioner’s office said Thursday. Moustakas, who also won the final spot vote in 2015, received 15.6 million ballots.

Washington third baseman Anthony Rendon was third, followed by Colorado first baseman Mark Reynolds and Miami first baseman Justin Bour, who will compete in Monday’s Home Run Derby.

Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts was second in the AL vote, followed by the Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius, Texas shortstop Elvis Andrus and Tampa Bay first baseman Logan Morrison.

Additional All-Stars will be picked for injured players.

Chiefs sign veteran linebacker Josh Mauga to contract

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs signed veteran linebacker Josh Mauga, who missed all of last season with a hip injury, and former Seattle safety Steven Terrell on Thursday.

The Chiefs created roster space for him by waiving punter Will Monday.

Mauga started 30 games for the Chiefs in 2014 and ’15, but an offseason injury forced him onto the injured reserve list last August. Ramik Wilson wound up starting in his place.

His return gives the Chiefs someone familiar with the defense to work behind Derrick Johnson, the veteran stalwart who is coming off his own Achilles tendon injury. Johnson participated in some of Kansas City’s offseason program and expects to be ready for training camp.

Terrell appeared in 32 games for the Seahawks, starting five last season.

Perez homers in 10th to give Royals win over Mariners

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SEATTLE (AP) – Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the 10th, Alex Gordon added a two-out RBI single later in the inning and the Kansas City Royals completed a three-game sweep with a 9-6 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.

Perez drove the second pitch from reliever James Pazos (2-2) out to right field for his 17th homer of the season. It was the third home run of the game for Kansas City, adding to earlier two-run shots by Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain.

Mike Minor (5-1) pitched the ninth to get the victory and Kelvin Herrera threw the 10th for his 19th save. Minor had a scare when Mike Zunino led off the ninth with a flyball to deep left field that Gordon caught one step in front of the wall.

Kansas City won for the sixth time in seven games and handed Seattle its seventh straight loss at home.

Larks split in Great Bend

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GREAT BEND, Kan. – The Hays Larks scored five runs in the fifth inning then added two more in the sixth as they rally for a 7-3 win in game two of their doubleheader in Great Bend and settle for a split with the Bat Cats Wednesday at Al Burns Field. The Bat Cats (14-15, 14-15 Jayhawk League) exploded for nine runs in the first three innings and won the opener 9-4.

Clayton Rasbeary tied the second game with a two-run double. Colin Simpson gave the Larks (19-9, 19-8 Jayhawk League) the lead with a sacrifice fly. Mikey Gangwish and Max Remy followed with runs scoring singles. Simpson added a two-run single an inning later.

Dylan Schneider (1-0) allowed two earned runs on six hits over four innings for the win. Chad Smith pitched three scoreless frames for his first save.

Trevor Boone hit a three-run homer in the Larks four-run sixth in game one. Jake Norton (1-2) allowed five runs on no hits with four walks in one inning and suffered the loss.

Despite the split, the Larks gain ground on Liberal in the Jayhawk League race after the Bee Jays were swept by Dodge City. Hays and the Athletics are now one-game out of first place with Derby a game and a half back.

The Larks close out the four-game set with the Bat Cats Thursday night. It’s Stand Up To Cancer Night. There will be a special ceremony in the top of the 7th inning to honor cancer survivors and people who have fallen to cancer and Larks payers will be wearing pink jerseys and a pink autographed bat and two pink Larks autographed baseballs will be raffled.

Free Admission courtesy of the Hays Rotary, Simply Charmed and Emprise Bank for the 7pm contest.

Hays Monarchs split in Dodge City

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DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Hays Monarchs American Legion baseball team split their doubleheader in Dodge City Wednesday at Red Demon Field, dropping the first game 3-1 then coming back to take the second 8-01.

Chase Werth had three hits including two doubles and drove in two to lead the way in the nightcap. Gavin Schumacher, Creighton Renz and Cole Zimmerman all had two hits. Luke Ruder allowed one run on five hits over five innings for the win. Tate Garcia struck out for over the final two frames for the save.

Trent Mayo gave up three runs on two hits over four innings in the first game.

The Monarchs are now 13-8. They play at a tournament in McPherson this weekend.

Larks avoid third straight loss with win over Great Bend

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HAYS, Kan. – The Hays Larks avoided their first three-game losing streak of the summer with a 5-2 win over Great Bend Tuesday night at Larks Park.

Mikey Gangwish hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to break open a one-run game then Tyler Starks worked out of a bases-loaded jam by striking out the side in the ninth for the save.

Starter Peyton Battenfield (3-1) allowed two runs on nine hits with nine strikeouts and no walks over eight innings for the win.

The Larks scored their first two runs off of Bat Cat errors before Gangwish’s third homer of the season gave them some breathing room.

Parker Schkade loaded the bases in the ninth thanks to an error and two singles before Starks came in and nailed down his fifth save of the season.

Liberal beat Dodge City so the Larks stay two back of the Bee Jays in the Jayhawk League.

Hays (18-8, 18-7 Jayhawk League) travels to Great Bend for a doubleheader Wednesday night before the two close out the series at Larks Park Thursday.

Royals keep rolling with another win in Seattle

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SEATTLE (AP) – Whit Merrifield hit the first pitch of the game from Felix Hernandez for his seventh home run, Mike Moustakas added his 24th homer of the season, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Tuesday for their fifth win in six games.

Kansas City knocked around Hernandez (3-3) for five earned runs in six innings. Merrifield set the tone jumping on an 89 mph pitch in the middle of the plate and clearing the wall in left-center. The Royals scored three times in the fourth inning thanks to Moustakas’ two-run shot and a two-out error by second baseman Robinson Cano that allowed Brandon Moss to score. Salvador Perez had a two-run double and the five earned runs were the most allowed by Hernandez in his eight starts this season.

Kansas City starter Danny Duffy (5-4) returned after spending a month on the disabled list and allowed just two first-inning runs.

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