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Fort Hays State head baseball coach Jerod Goodale has announced a pair of dates for the 2019 Tiger Baseball Fall Prospect Camp. A pro-style workout camp will be held for high school seniors (2020 graduates) on Saturday, August 31 and for sophomores and juniors (2021, 2022 graduates) on Sunday, September 1. Camp will run from noon until 5 p.m. both days at Larks Park.

Individuals will have the opportunity to showcase their skills to coaches from Fort Hays State in a pro-style workout. The camp will consist of running a 60-yard dash, throwing from positions, batting practice and live scrimmage. Pitchers will also have the opportunity to throw to live hitters. The coaches will provide instruction and evaluations will be given to the players.

Camp will be limited to 27 players each day and spots will be reserved in the order registration forms are received. Each player must bring his own baseball equipment. Players should bring a glove, bat, cleats/spikes, running shoes or turf shoes, hat and any other equipment they feel necessary to compete. Catchers must bring their own gear. Helmets will be provided.

Deadline to register is August 19. Registration form and $100 payment can be sent to:
Fort Hays State Baseball Camp
600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601

CLEVELAND (AP) — The All-Star Game might not count anymore, but tonight’s Home Run Derby is upping the stakes.

This year’s derby includes a $1 million top prize, and the participants are taking it seriously, with several practicing in simulated derby conditions.

Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich is out after tweaking his back; he was replaced by Oakland’s Matt Chapman.

The rest of the field is Cleveland’s Carlos Santana, the Mets’ Pete Alonso, Pittsburgh’s Josh Bell, Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr., Houston’s Alex Bregman and the Dodgers’ Joc Pederson.

The event airs on ESPN at 7 p.m.

MCPHERSON – The Larks scored in all but two innings and Ryan Ruder tossed seven shutout innings as Hays picks up an 11-1 run-rule victory Sunday over the McPherson Pipeliners.

Seven of the nine Larks hitters had at least one RBI and George Southerland, Max McGuire and Alex Strachen each drove in two. Mikey Gangwich hit his fourth homerun of the summer.

Ruder scattered six hits in seven shutout innings while striking out four and walking just one for his fifth win.

After sweeping the Pipeliners in the two-game series in McPherson the Larks are 23-7.

They have Monday off before beginning a two-game series with Dodge City on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals can only hope a four-day layoff won’t curtail the wave of momentum they’re riding into the All-Star break.

Anthony Rendon doubled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, Brian Dozier and Victor Robles homered, and Washington beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 Sunday for its 10th win in 12 games.

The resurgent Nationals have blown past Philadelphia into second place in the NL East. Since sinking to 19-31 on May 23, Washington has gone 28-11 and lost only one of 13 series.

Now, it’s hurry up and wait until their next game, on Friday in Philadelphia.

“It would it be nice to keep playing on this hot streak,” manager Dave Martinez said. “I’d say the way they’re playing, keep going is great, but I think we all need a break.”

Starting pitching has been a big reason for the turnaround. In extending a trend, left-hander Patrick Corbin struck out 11 and scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings.

Over the last seven games, Nationals starters have a 1.35 ERA with 65 strikeouts. It was the ninth time in the last 12 games that Washington starters allowed one run or fewer.

The big three of Max Scherzer, Corbin and Stephen Strasburg turned in a history-making performance in the first half, making the Nationals the first team in NL history to have three pitchers with at least 125 strikeouts prior to the All-Star break.

“As a team, just to finish there how we did is awesome, being five games up (47-42) to where we were a couple months ago,” Corbin said. “We’re kind of where we want to be.”

The hitting has been robust, too. Washington has homered in a franchise-record 21 straight games, the longest active streak in the big leagues.

“I love how we overcame a lot of things in the first month and a half and how we finished,” Dozier said. “We’ve made it happen.”

Corbin left with a 2-0 lead, courtesy of solo homers by Dozier and Robles, but the Royals pulled even in the eighth . After Fernando Rodney gave up a two-out RBI single to Adalberto Mondesi, Alex Gordon greeted Sean Doolittle (6-2) with a run-scoring double.

Washington emphatically answered in the bottom half against lefty Jake Diekman (0-6). Rendon’s double to the gap in left-center scored Adam Eaton , and Howie Kendrick capped the uprising with a pinch-hit, two-run double.

Much earlier, the game developed into a pitching duel between Corbin and Jakob Junis, who allowed only five hits over seven innings.

“I’ve been struggling a little big lately, so to go out there and have a good outing like that — seven innings, two runs — that’s good going into the break and the second half,” Junis said. “Hopefully I can take the good from this game and build off that.”

There probably won’t be too many times when he goes up against a foe as effective as Corbin.

“He pitched a great game, and I had to compete with that,” Junis said. “I’m just glad I kept it close.”

BOUNCED IN RUBBER GAMES

The Royals fell to 1-8 in series deciding games, the lone exception a win over Detroit on June 13 to decide a three-game set. That remains KC’s lone victory in a rubber game since May 30, 2018. In addition, the Royals are 8-21 in series finales this year.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: RHP Max Scherzer has a sore back and will not pitch Tuesday in the All-Star Game, which enables him to get an eight-day break before his next start. “Our season matters so much more than the All-Star Game,” Scherzer said. … INF Ryan Zimmerman wasn’t in the starting lineup for a second straight day. “Everything’s good. This is kind of part of the deal moving forward,” said Zimmerman, who missed 53 games from April to late June with a foot injury. “It’s just going to be managing everything for the rest of the year, but I’ll take it. I’m just excited to be back and to be able to help.” … RHP Kyle Barraclough (sore forearm) was sent to Class A Potomac on a rehab assignment Sunday.

UP NEXT

Royals: Last-place Kansas City emerges from the All-Star break with a home game Friday night against the Detroit Tigers, the second-worst team in the AL Central.

Nationals: Washington comes out of the break with a Friday night visit to Philadelphia, home of Bryce Harper and the Phillies, who are also in hot pursuit of first-place Atlanta in the NL East.

MCPHERSON – The Hays Larks used a pair of six-run innings on their way to a 14-4 win over the McPherson Pipeliners Saturday in McPherson.

After McPherson scored the game’s first run in the bottom of the first inning the Larks responded with a six-run second inning.

Max McGuire got the inning started with a two-run double. The next batter, Jimmy DeLeion singled home a pair of runs and then with the bases loaded Alex Strachen singled home two more to put Hays up 6-1.

McPherson got three back in the bottom of the fourth but Hays answered with two in the sixth and six in the seventh on their way to the 14-4 win.

Skyler Luna earned the win for the Larks he allowed three runs in two innings of relief. He struck out four and walk two.

Alex Strachen and Wyatt Divis each drove in four runs in the game.

With the win the Larks are 23-7. The two teams wrap up the two-game series in McPherson Sunday.

HAYS – The Hays Senior Eagles American legion baseball team went 2-1 at the Wild West Fest tournament on Saturday in Hays, with their only loss coming in the semifinals.

Game 1: Hays Eagles 5, McCook, NE 4

In their first game of the day the Eagles had to rally from an early deficit on their way to a 5-4 win over McCook, Nebraska.

McCook opened the game with a two-run first inning.

The Eagles were able to push across a run in the bottom of the second inning on a Brady Kreutzer sacrifice fly.

The also added a run in the third when Palmer Hutchison walked with the bases loaded, tying the game at two.

McCook retook the lead at 3-2 in the fifth but Hays answered with a Cody Petersen RBI single in the bottom of the inning tying the game at three.

An RBI double in the top of the sixth inning gave McCook a 4-3 lead but the Eagles’ Dominic Bainter answered with two run double in the bottom of the inning helping the Eagles take the lead back for good on their way to the 5-4 win.

Trey Riggs earned the win with an inning and two-thirds of relief. He didn’t allow a hit and struck out all five batters he faced.

Game 2: Hays Eagles 10, Dodge City Seniors 7

The Hays Eagles scored five runs in the third inning as they rallied to win their second game of the day, 10-7 over the Dodge City Seniors.

Dodge City jumped out to an early lead, scoring three runs in the top of the first.

The Eagles answered right back in the bottom half of the inning, scoring three runs to tie the game at three.

After Dodge City pushed across two more in the top of the second, they had a 5-3 lead.

The Eagles offense answered in a big way in the third inning scoring five runs to give the Eagles an 8-5 lead, a lead they would never surrender.

Jamison Martin doubled in the first run of the inning for the Eagles. Brady Kreutzer followed that with a sacrifice fly to center tying the game at five. Then with two outs Cody Petersen doubled in two runs to put Hays up 7-5. They added one more on a passed ball and led 8-5.

The Eagles tacked on two more in the bottom of the fourth on a Dodge City error and a Dominic Bainter RBI double. Hays led 10-5 through four innings.

Dodge City added two in the fifth but Hays picked up the 10-7 win.

Kreutzer was two-for-two with two RBI’s. Petersen also drove in two runs.

Brock Lummus earned the win in relief. He allowed two runs on three hits and struck out two while walking four in two and a third innings.

Game 3: Wichita Astros 4, Hays Eagles 3

In the tournament semifinals the Wichita Astros held the Eagles to just three hits on their way to a 4-3 win.

Wichita scored two runs in the second inning and led 2-0 through two and a half innings.

The Eagles tied the game at two in the bottom of the inning, scoring on a wild pitch and a Trey Riggs sacrifice fly.

With the game tied at two Wichita plated two runs in the top of the fifth inning to take at 4-2 lead.

Hays got a single run in the bottom of the inning on a Palmer Hutchison RBI single but that was all the offense the Eagles could muster in a 4-3 loss.

William Sennett allowed four runs on eight hits while striking out one and walking three over five innings and suffered the loss.

With the loss the Eagles drop to 22-6 on the summer and will play the winner of the Wichita Tribe and the Dodge City 17U team Sunday morning at 10 a.m. at Hays High school.

HAYS – The Hays Eagles Junior American Legion baseball team finished 1-2 on Saturday at the Wild West Fest baseball tournament in Hays.

Game 1: Buhler 12, Hays Eagles 5

In their first game of the day Buhler scored in four of the games’s five innings on their way to a 13-5 win over Hays.

Buhler opened the game with a three-run first inning, added two more in the second and the big inning came in the third when they scored six runs.

Trailing 11-0 the Eagles pushed across two runs in the top four the fourth inning. They scored on a Mason Robbins groundout and a Garrett Wellbrock RBI single.

The Eagles scored three more runs in the top of the fifth inning cutting the deficit to 11-5.

Robbins drove in his second run of the game on an RBI single and then Wellbrock plated two more with his second RBI single.

Buhler was able to push across two in the bottom of the fifth to take the 13-5 win.

Wellbrock was two-for-three with 3 RBI’s and Robbins was 1-for-3 with two RBI’s.

Dalton Dale suffered the loss on the mound. He allowed eight runs on three hits and six walks over two and two-thirds innings.

Game 2: Hays Eagles 7, Kansas Senators 5

The Eagles rallied from a 1-0 deficit in their second game of the day to beat the Kansas Senators 7-5.

Down 1-0 through two innings the Eagles scored their first run on an error and then Dalton Dale broke the tie with a sacrifice fly to left field. Mason Robbins followed up with another sacrifice fly to right field this time to put Hays up 3-1.

After the Senators got a run back in the bottom of the third Hays scored two runs in the fourth inning, scoring a run on a wild pitch and another run on an error, to take a 5-2 lead.

The Eagles got single runs in the fifth and sixth inning on their way to the 7-5 win.

Mason Robbins drove in two runs and Keatyn Barnett and Dalton Dale each drove in a run.

Garrett Wellbrock earned the win on the mound. He allowed five runs, four earned, in five and two-thirds innings. He struck out three and walked three.

Dawson Vonfeldt came in and got the final out of the game and earned the save.

Game 3: Dodge City 10, Hays Eagles 7

The Hays Eagles jumped out to a 5-0 lead through the first inning and a half but couldn’t hold on as the Dodge City Seniors rallied for a 10-7 win.

Garrett Wellbrock and Mason Robbins drove in the game’s first two runs on back-to-back RBI singles. Jack Fields drove in the third run of the inning on a ground out.

In the second inning Remington Cox singled in two more runs to give Hays a 5-0 lead.

Dodge City scored four runs in the second inning to cut the Hays lead to 5-4.

Hays got a single run in the third when Jack Fields scored on a wild pitch and then Fields singled in the Eagles seventh run in the fourth inning to put Hays up 7-4.

But unfortunately for the Eagles Dodge City scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth on their way to the 10-7 win.

Dawson Vonfeldt suffered the loss for the Eagles. He allowed eight runs, five earned in three and a third innings pitched. He struck out four and walked four.

The Eagles finished 1-4 at the Wild West Fest tournament and are now 12-15-1 on the season.

The will travel to Beloit on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A few days after the birth of his second daughter, Kacy, Max Scherzer was back to work.

His wife wouldn’t have it any other way.

Scherzer sustained a dominant stretch with seven strong innings two days after the birth of his daughter, Kurt Suzuki homered and the Washington Nationals beat the Kansas City Royals 6-0 on Saturday.

The NL pitcher of the month for June, Scherzer (9-5) allowed four hits and struck out 11 with one walk in his final outing before heading to Tuesday’s All-Star Game, where he won’t pitch. Kacy was born Thursday.

“I know my wife, Erica, she wanted me to pitch today,” Scherzer said. “She wants me out there pitching, she doesn’t want me sitting at home. We got the in-laws in, we got help. She’s a baseball wife, she (was) a pitcher (in college). She knows she wants me out there competing.”

Scherzer has won seven straight starts and has an 0.84 ERA over his last nine appearances. On Saturday, he settled in after a 22-pitch first inning and later struck out the side in the seventh inning as Washington won for the ninth time in 11 games.

“I played in Atlanta (with Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine) and those guys they had were pretty good, but what I’ve seen out of Max is incredible, it really is,” manager Dave Martinez said. “I don’t know how many games now where he keeps getting better and better as we go along.”

Both teams wore throwback uniforms in celebration of their franchise’s 50 years since joining Major League Baseball in 1969, with the Nationals wearing the powder blue uniforms of the Montreal Expos.

Kansas City starter Glenn Sparkman (2-5) gave up four runs and nine hits in six innings.

“The way it looked early, they were going to bash his brains in, and he did a nice job of settling down and making pitches,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “I was pleased that he was able to give us six strong.”

Alex Gordon had two hits and a walk for the Royals, who have lost eight of 10.

With Washington leading 1-0, Matt Adams walked leading off the second and Suzuki followed with his 11th homer of the season to culminate a 10-pitch at-bat.

Juan Soto had two RBI singles.

EXPOS DAY

Hall of Famer and former Expo Vladimir Guerrero threw out the ceremonial first pitch. … It wasn’t the first time in an Expos uniform for Martinez, who caught Guerrero’s pitch, and third base coach Bobby Henley. Martinez hit .279 over 3 1/2 seasons with Montreal, and Henley was a teammate of Guerrero’s on the 1998 Expos. … Expos highlights were shown between innings.

WHEELS

Scherzer stole his first base of the season and second of his career after a single in the fourth. He was then caught too far off second on Trea Turner’s grounder to third for a fielder’s choice.

CENTURY STEAL

Kansas City CF Whit Merrifield recorded his 100th career steal when he swiped second in the first inning. He’s the sixth fastest player in Royals history to reach that mark, doing it in 474 games. Tom Goodwin was the fastest (243 games).

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Manager Ned Yost said he was without a quartet of relievers following Friday’s 11-inning game including Wily Peralta (who pitched in four out of past five games), Jake Newberry (three out of four), Kevin McCarthy (51 pitches in the past three days) and Ian Kennedy (49 pitches in two days).

Nationals: Martinez said 1B Ryan Zimmerman was “normally sore” coming out of Friday’s game and was given the day off. … Martinez said Scherzer will get some extra time off after the All-Star break and won’t make his next start until Sunday, July 14.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Jakob Junis (4-8, 5.53) is winless since May 30. He received one run of support or less in four of his past six outings. He’s never faced the Nationals.

Nationals: LHP Patrick Corbin (7-5, 3.55) has a 1.29 ERA with 24 strikeouts, four walks and a .181 opponents’ batting average over his past three starts.

WELLINGTON – Wellington led wire-to-wire Friday in an 8-2 win over the Hays Larks as the two teams split a short two-game series in Wellington.

The Heat broke onto the scoreboard first with a single run in the fourth. They added two more in both the fifth and sixth innings taking a 5-0 lead into the seventh.

The Larks were able to get on the board in the top of the seventh but the Heat answered with three in the bottom of the seventh and led 8-1 through seven. Hays got another run in the eighth but fall 8-2.

Larks starter Wyatt Divis allowed three runs, two earned in five innings and suffered the loss. He struck out six and walked two.

Drake Angeron and George Southerland each collected a pair of hits and Matt Cavanagh drove in the Larks only run.

Hays is 21-7 on the summer and they are in McPherson for the first of two against the Pipeliners on Saturday.

HAYS – Beloit held the Hays Eagles Junior American Legion baseball team without a hit Friday morning on their way to a 9-0 win at Larks Park.

Beloit loaded the bases to open the game and scored on a pair of groundouts and a double and lead 4-0 after one inning.

They plated two more in the top of the second on a double and an RBI groundout and added three more in the fourth inning.

Hays managed just three baserunners in the game, all on walks.

The Eagles drop to 11-13-1. Bracket play of the Wild West Fest Tournament begins on Saturday.

Otero Junior College Athletic Director Gary Addington announced Landon Steele would be taking over the position of head women’s basketball coach. Steele officially started in his role July 1.

Steele obtained his bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays State University, and has a wide array of coaching experience in Texas, Kansas, and Colorado, as well as a detailed knowledge of Region IX women’s Basketball.

“I am excited to get started,” Steele said. “Otero has a history of excellence in their women’s basketball program, and I am honored to be a part of it. I plan to hit the ground running, and have no doubt we will have a great year”.

Steele accredits his success in coaching to his ability to instill a culture of competiveness by emphasizing accountability, blue-collar work ethic, and commitment to the team concept. He is excited to give young women a great opportunity to grow and develop as students and athletes at Otero.

“Adding Coach Steele to our staff this year is extremely exciting,” Addington said of his new hire. “I have had the opportunity to watch him as a coach at his previous institutions, and can say without a doubt that his style and methods are going to bring a lot to our women’s basketball team, as well as our athletic department as a whole. I can’t wait to see what he will accomplish this year.”

For more information about the Women’s Basketball Team at OJC, contact Steele at [email protected] or call 719-384-6829.

— Otero Junior College