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Tigers hand Royals sixth straight loss

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DETROIT (AP) — Tyson Ross pitched seven impressive innings in his Comerica Park debut, and the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five with a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

Ross (1-1) signed with the Tigers in the offseason, and this was the last current ballpark he hadn’t pitched in. He allowed a run and five hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.

Rookie outfielder Christin Stewart, whose grand slam lifted Detroit to a win Saturday, drove in two more runs to help the Tigers complete a three-game sweep of their first home series. Joe Jimenez pitched the eighth for Detroit and Shane Greene finished. Greene has saves in all seven victories this season for the Tigers and has not blown any.

With two outs in the ninth and a man on base, center fielder Niko Goodrum ended the game with a diving catch. Greene became the first pitcher since saves became an official stat in 1969 to earn seven in his team’s first 10 games.

Brad Keller (1-1) allowed three runs in six innings for the Royals, who have dropped six in a row.

Whit Merrifield and Billy Hamilton had three hits each for Kansas City. Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 28 games dating to last season. He’s just two shy of George Brett’s franchise record.

Merrifield led off the game with a double and eventually scored on Alex Gordon’s one-out groundout. Stewart tied it in the second with an RBI triple, and the Tigers took the lead when he scored on Gordon Beckham’s double play grounder.

Stewart added an RBI single in the sixth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Hamilton stole second base in the third inning, but he paid a price when the throw hit him in the left arm, and his head appeared to crash into the glove of Detroit’s Josh Harrison. Both players were a bit shaken up but remained in the game.

Tigers: Detroit reinstated RHP Drew VerHagen (right shoulder) from the 10-day injured list to replace LHP Matt Moore, who went on the IL with a right knee injury.

UP NEXT

Royals: Kansas City returns home to face Seattle. RHP Homer Bailey (0-0) starts for the Royals on Monday night against RHP Felix Hernandez (1-0).

Tigers: Detroit has Monday off before hosting a series with Cleveland. Jordan Zimmermann (0-0) takes the mound Tuesday for the Tigers against Corey Kluber (0-2).

Meyer captures automatic, Newell provisional at Colorado Invitational

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BOULDER, Co. – At the Colorado Invitational, the Fort Hays State men’s track and field team battled the altitude change to earn strong finishes and qualifying marks in Boulder. The weekend produced the Tigers’ first automatic mark, along with an NCAA provisional to bring back to Hays.

Brett Meyer captured the first automatic mark of the season for FHSU after earning a fifth place finish in the 1,500-meters with a strong time of 3:49.65. Kolt Newell also brought the competition in the high jump as he claimed second place to earn his provisional following a jump of 6 feet, 11 inches.

In the 100-meters, Philip Landrum earned a second place finish with a time of 10.88 alongside a fourth place finish in the 200-meters with a mark of 21.68. Brayden Soza earned a tenth place finish in the 200-meters with his own strong time of 21.68. Sabino Medrano captured a tenth place finish in the 100-meter hurdles following his time of 15.66, while earning 12th place in the 400-meter hurdles at 58.27.

The quad of Matthew Pieper, Shane Finegan, Meyer and Landrum accounted for a sixth place finish in the 4×400 meter relay with a combined time of 3:21.69.

Close behind Newell in the high jump was teammate Lucas Broxterman who earned an eighth place finish in the event with his own mark of 6 feet, 5 inches. Ryan Stanley claimed eighth in the pole vault with his height of 15 feet, 5 ½ inches and Mark Faber was on his heels in ninth place with a jump of 14 feet, 11 ½ inches.

Gilbert Peters went for fifth place in the shot put with a throw of 51 feet, 4 ¼ inches, While Jacob Gaughan placed seventh in the discus with a heave of 154 feet, 3 inches. In the javelin, two Tigers placed in the top ten starting with a runner-up finish by Cameron Fouts at 179 feet, 9 inches, and a sixth place title by Trey Teeter who threw for 167 feet, 11 inches.

The Tigers are back on the track next weekend (April 12-13) as they travel to visit MIAA foe in Nebraska-Kearney.

Deutscher wins javelin and claims provisional to lead Tigers in Colorado

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BOULDER, Colo. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team traveled west to compete in altitude at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder. The Tigers are bringing back multiple top-ten finishes and one first performance which also turned in a provisional mark.

Alexcia Deutscher led the Tigers on the day with a first place finish in the javelin, earning her yet another provisional mark on the season. Deutscher threw for a top mark of 141 feet, 3 inches. Teammates Kaci Vaughn (third place, 120 feet, 10 inches) and Kalynn Foster (sixth place, 109 feet, 1 inch) also finished strong in the event.

Lindsay Shupe claimed a sixth place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 25.27, followed by an eighth place finish in the 400 meters after turning in a time of 58.10. In the 400 meter hurdles, Peri Lange earned a ninth place finish with a time of 1:05.44.

Onto field events, Summer Kragel performed a personal best in the high jump to claim third place with a mark of 5 feet, 5 ¼ inches. Haley George placed fifth at 5 feet, 3 ¼ inches, and Robin Ritsema rounded out with a tenth place finish at 5 feet, 3 ¼ inches. Rohey Singhateh finished in seventh place in the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 6 ¼ inches, but capped her day with a third place finish in the triple jump at 37 feet, 8 ½ inches. Kayla Smith placed eighth in the long jump with her distance of 17 feet, 5 ½ inches, and fourth in the triple jump at 37 feet, 5 ¼ inches. In the hammer throw, Laurel Haley went for 156 feet, 10 inches to place eighth in the field.

The Tigers are back in action next weekend (April 12-13) as they travel to MIAA foe in Nebraska-Kearney.

FHSU softball swept at home by Missouri Western State

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Softball struggled to convert key offensive opportunities in a pair of losses to Missouri Western on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. The Griffons won by scores of 4-1 and 5-1 to move to 22-14 overall, 9-5 in the MIAA. The Tigers are 14-15 overall and fell to 7-7 in MIAA play at.

Game 1: Missouri Western 4, Fort Hays State 1
The Tigers can look at two excellent opportunities squandered in the early going of game one as a big reason for a loss. In the bottom of the second, with the game still scoreless, FHSU loaded the bases with two outs but could not push a run across. An inning later down 1-0, the Tigers loaded the bases again, this time with one out and could not put a ball in play with two straight strikeouts.

The Tigers could have done serious damage in the fourth when they loaded the bases again with one out, but a sacrifice fly RBI by Grace Philop was the only run they had to show for that opportunity. At the time, it cut a 2-0 MWSU lead in half.

Michaelanne Nelson (5-8) threw a complete game for the Tigers with seven hits and two walks allowed, while striking out a season-high seven batters. FHSU and MWSU tied in the hit column with seven each, but the Griffons came up with timely hitting when they needed it. They pushed a 2-1 lead to 4-1 with a pair of runs in the sixth. FHSU left 11 runners on base in the game, compared to six for MWSU.

Missouri Western starter Kaili Hinds lasted only 2.0 innings before Kenzie Hilzer (4-7) worked in relief the rest of the way. Hilzer picked up the win, allowing five hits and two walks over 5.0 innings with seven strikeouts. Hilzer moved to 4-7 on the season.

Game 2: Missouri Western 5, Fort Hays State 1
The Tigers saw a bit of déjà vu in game two, coming up empty in a one-out bases loaded situation in the first inning. With Missouri Western already leading 2-0 after a two-run home run in the top of the inning, the Tigers could not counter with any runs of their own in the bottom half. A strikeout and groundout ended the Tiger threat.

Fort Hays State trimmed the lead in half to 2-1 in the third inning when Bailey Boxberger had an RBI single to right field, scoring Terran Caldwell from second with two outs. From that point, the Tiger bats went silent as MWSU pitcher Lexi Kinnaird (6-3) recorded 12 consecutive outs to close out the complete game. Kinnaird allowed six and struck out seven.

Hailey Chapman (8-7) produced her second double-digit strikeout performance in the circle this year, fanning 11 Griffons in a complete-game effort. She allowed five runs on seven hits and three walks in the loss.

Tiger Notes
-Grace Philop and Terran Caldwell led the Tigers with three hits each in the doubleheader.
-MWSU had five extra-base hits in the doubleheader compared to just one by FHSU.
-FHSU pitchers combined for 18 strikeouts, compared to 15 by the MWSU staff.
-Missouri Western now has five straight wins over FHSU going back to the 2017 season.

Up Next
Fort Hays State hosts Northwest Missouri State (9-16, 4-8 MIAA) on Sunday at Tiger Stadium. The doubleheader starts at 12 pm.

Three-run first not enough for Tiger baseball in loss to Bearcats

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – Despite scoring three runs in the first inning, the Fort Hays State baseball team dropped the second game of their weekend conference series to Northwest Missouri State 4-3 Saturday at Bearcat Field. o 3-26 overall and 2-18 in conference play, while the Bearcats moved to 16-15 on the season and 12-8 in MIAA action.

Tyler Olson’s double down the left field line scored scored Landon Erway to give the Tigers (3-26, 2-18 MIAA) and early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Ryan Grasser then delivered a two-run single, scoring Olson and Taylan Mullins-Ohm.

Tiger starter Ethan Booe shut down the Bearcat (16-15, 12-8 MIAA) bats for the better part of three innings until they cut into the Tiger lead with an RBI single in the third. The Bearcats tied the score at 3-3 in the fourth with an RBI double and an RBI single in consecutive plate appearances. NWMSU took the lead for good in the fifth with a sacrifice fly.

Booe tossed 5 1/3 innings allowing four runs on eight hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Ryan Brown pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits with a strikeout.

Quintin Van Ackeren (4-1) allowed three runs on three hits over six innings. Alex Slocum, Aaron Easley and Trevor Dudar combined to pitch three innings of one-hit, shutout ball with Dudar picking up his seventh save of the season.

The Tigers and Bearcats will wrap up the series on Sunday (April 7) inside Bearcat Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Stewart’s grand slam lifts Tigers over Royals

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Royals have had the lead with opponents batting in the 7th inning in six of seven games this season.

DETROIT (AP) — Christin Stewart hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 7-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.

The Tigers trailed 4-2 in the seventh but rallied against Kansas City’s struggling bullpen. Kevin McCarthy (0-1) allowed three hits and a hit batter. The only out on his watch came with the score 4-3, when Alex Gordon threw Josh Harrison out at the plate. Detroit eventually loaded the bases with two out, and Stewart hit a drive down the line in right field off Wily Peralta.

It was the second home run of the season for Detroit’s rookie outfielder. Stewart’s other one was also big — a 10th-inning shot at Toronto that provided all the scoring in a 2-0 victory in the season opener.

Whit Merrifield, Jorge Soler and Hunter Dozier all homered for the Royals, but Kansas City’s bullpen — which entered the game with a 7.45 ERA — couldn’t hold on.

Shane Greene pitched a perfect ninth and now has saves in all six Detroit victories this season — without blowing any. The Tigers have won four straight, and the Royals have dropped five in a row.

Tigers starter Matt Moore retired the first eight hitters he faced, but he left the game after three innings with a sprained right knee. Detroit led 2-0 in the sixth when Merrifield hit a solo shot, extending his hitting streak to 27 games. Kansas City then tied it in the seventh on a home run by Soler, and Dozier hit a two-run homer off Victor Alcantara (2-0) later that inning.

Nicholas Castellanos hit an RBI single in the seventh for the Tigers, and Miguel Cabrera followed with a single that could have loaded the bases with nobody out. Instead, third-base coach Dave Clark sent Harrison, who was thrown out at home. One out later, Jeimer Candelario drew a walk that loaded the bases for Stewart.

Merrifield’s hitting streak, which dates to last season, is now tied for the second-longest in Royals’ history. Jose Offerman had a 27-game streak in 1998, and George Brett had a 30-game run in 1980.

Royals first baseman Frank Schwindel, whose error in the second gave Detroit the game’s first run, singled in the seventh for his first career hit.

Cabrera hit an RBI single in the fifth that put the Tigers up 2-0.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: OF JaCoby Jones (left shoulder) and RHP Drew VerHagen (right shoulder) started rehab assignments with Class A Lakeland on Friday night. Jones went 1 for 4 but struck out three times, which left Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire a bit bemused. “Says, ‘When am I getting out of this place?’ You’re in A ball, just struck out three times,” Gardenhire said with a smile. “When you get a couple hits, not strike out three times in A ball — that would be my answer.”

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Brad Keller (1-0) takes the mound in the series finale Sunday. Because of off days, he’ll be able to start for the third time in Kansas City’s first eight games.

Tigers: RHP Tyson Ross (0-1) makes his first home start for Detroit after signing in the offseason.

HHS baseball sweeps Garden City to remain unbeaten

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GARDEN CITY, Kan. – The Hays High baseball team moved to 8-0 Friday with a pair of wins over Garden City at Clint Lightner Field. The Indians won game one 8-1 then took the second game 12-0. The Indians return home Tuesday for a single game with Great Bend at the Hays High Field.

Game 1: Hays 8, Garden City 1
Palmer Hutchison pitched five shuthout innings holding the Buffaloes to two hits while striking out six and walking one. Willie Sennett pitched the final two innings allowing a run on two hits with two strikeouts and two walks.

Cody Petersen had three of the Indians 13 hits including a double and drove in two. Brock Lummus hit a two-triple in the fourth to put Hays up 4-0 and finished with three RBIs.

Game 2: Hays 12, Garden City 0
Cody Petersen and Dylan Dreiling combined on a four-hit shutout in the second game. Petersen struck out six with two walks and three hits over four innings. Dreiling allowed one hit over the final two innings with four strikeouts and a walk.

Palmer Hutchison went 5-for-5 with two doubles and drove in four. His double in the second drove in Willie Sennett and Cody Petersen to put the Indians up 4-0. He doubled again in the fifth and scored on an error.

Monarch baseball runs win streak to four with sweep of Ellsworth

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ELLSWORTH, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team pushed their winning streak to four games with a pair of wins over Ellsworth Friday. The Monarchs won game one 9-5 then took the second contest 7-1 to move to 4-2 on the season. The Monarchs return home Tuesday for a doubleheader with Ellis.

Game 1: TMP-Marian 9, Ellsowrth 5
The Monarchs scored five in the sixth to break open a tight game then added a run in the seventh to go up 9-1. The Bearcats rallied with four in the bottom of the seventh. Carson Jacobs allowd on unearned run on four hits with eight strikeouts and a walk over 4 1/3 innings for the win. Mason Robbins allowed four runs on five hits over the final 2 2/3 innings.

Eston Brown had two of the Monarchs eight hits and drove in three. Tyson Dinkel and Brady Kreutzer both drove in a pair of runs.

Jacobs and Kreutzer both hit doubles for TMP’s only extra base hits of the game.

Game 2: TMP-Marian 7, Ellwsworth 1
Colby Dreiling and Brady Kreutzer combined to allow one run on six hits. Dreiling gave up the lone run while striking out four over six innings for the win. Kreutzer struck out the side with a walk in the seventh.

Kreutzer drive in four.His single in the first scoring Tyson Dinkel and Jace Wentling. He reached on an error which scored two in the second then drove in two more with a singleto center in the fourth.

Mason Robbins drove in a run with a double in the second to put TMP up 3-0.

Tigers offense stymied in series opening loss to Bearcats

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Fort Hays State baseball team dropped the series opener to Northwest Missouri State on Friday 9-2. The Tigers moved to 3-25 overall and 2-17 in conference play, while the Bearcats moved to 15-15 on the season and 11-8 in MIAA action.

Marcus Altman had three of the Tigers six hits going 3-for-3. He hit a lead-off double in the third inning and two singles, one in the fifth and one in the eighth. Ryan Grasser, Jared Maneth and Tyler Olson were the only other Tigers to produce a hit in the contest.

Tiger starter Ryan Ruder pitched 2 2/3 innings of shutout ball before the Bearcats got to him with two runs in the third. An eight-hit, seven-run fifth inning chased Ruder from the game as NWMSU increased their lead to 9-0.

Jared Maneth put the Tigers on the board in the ninth inning lifting a fly ball over the left field wall for his first home run of the season. The 2-run blast scored Bryce Baumwart.

The Tigers and Bearcats will lace it up for game two of the series on Saturday with a first pitch slated for 2 p.m. from Bearcat Field.

KJ Lawson decides to leave Kansas as graduate transfer

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Kansas forward K.J. Lawson says he plans to transfer for the second time, this time as a graduate transfer. That would leave him with two years of eligibility remaining.

Lawson and his brother, All-Big 12 forward Dedric Lawson, sat out last season after transferring from Memphis. K.J. Lawson appeared in 35 games, averaging 3.1 points and 2.0 rebounds.

He appeared in 42 games and averaged 11.5 points and seven rebounds while at Memphis.

His decision on Friday could be a sign that Dedric Lawson is planning to declare for the NBA draft a year early. Dedric Lawson averaged 19.3 points and 10.3 rebounds last season.

Earlier this week, point guard Charlie Moore announced he would be transferring from Kansas.

HHS girls’ swimmers compete in Topeka

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The Hays High girls’ swim team competed in Topeka Thursday. Below are their results…

Megan Flavin – 200 Free 2:18.17 (5A State Consideration Time), 500 Free: 6:09.52 (5A State Consideration Time)

400 Free Relay A : Seed Time: 5:32.27, Finals Time: 4:56.52 (Dropped 36 seconds in a week)
Members: Siera Smith, Taylor Deines, Sophia Durham, Megan Flavin

400 Free Relay B: Seed Time: 5:50.46, Finals Time 5:34.23 (Dropped 26 seconds in a week)
Members: Kayli Potter, Katie Christen, Caitlin Leiker, Hanna Dannar

200 Medley Relay
Hays High A 15th 2:46.14
Hays High B 17th 2:52.47

200 Free
Megan Flavin-3rd-2:18.17
Catlin Leiker – 18th-5:54.16

200 IM
Loganne Ditter -21st-3:33.69

50 Freestyle
Siera Smith -20th 31.66
Sophia Durham – 24th 32.95

100 yd Butterfly
Hannah Harman 18th, 1:56.60

100yd Freestyle
Sophia Durham 19th 1:13.99
Siera Smith 21st 1:16.66
Taylor Deiner 23rd 1:19.23

500 Freestyle
Megan Flavin 3rd 6:09.52
Hanna Dannar 17th 8:02.24

200 Freestyle Relay
Hays High A 11th 2:08.22
Hays High B 19th 2:35.27

100 yd Backstroke
Katie Christen 22nd 1:29.31
Kayli Potter 27th 1:36.22
Paige Beamer 29th 1:46.43

100 yd Breaststroke
Andrea Lopez 22nd 1:37.97
Caitlin Leiker 25th 1:42.65

400 Freestyle Relay
Hays High A 7th 4:56.52
Hays High B 14th 5:34.23

Norris leads HHS golf to first place finish in McPherson

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McPHERSON, Kan. – Josh Norris shot 1-over-par 71 to win the individual title and lead the Hays High boys golf team to a first place team finish at the McPherson Invitational Thursday at the Turkey Creek Golf Course.

Norris finished one shot ahead of Tate Herenbruck from Sacred Heart and Trent Sutherland from Arkansas City.

Tradgon McCrae finished with a 3-over-par 73 and tied for fourth but came in sixth in a scorecard playoff.

Jason Krannawitter was eighth with a 77.

The Indians shot 311 as a team and were six shots better than second place Sacred Heart. Salina South finished third 21 shots back of HHS.

HHS softball splits with Dodge City

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HAYS, Kan. – After committing 20 errors in a pair of losses to Garden City on Tuesday, the Hays High softball team played error free ball Thursday and split their doubleheader with Dodge City Thursday at Dusty Glassman Ballpark.

Erin Wagner Postgame Interview

Game One Highlights

The Red Demons scored three in the third inning and three more in the sixth to take the first game 6-2. Jaysa Wichers went the distance in the circle, striking out eight and walking one. Kaitlyn Brown had three of the Indians 10 hits.

Game 2 Highlights

Wichers (3-2) went the distance in game two, striking out three with no walks. She also had two hits including a home run and drove in two. The Indians led 6-2 after five before Dodge City rallied with three in the sixth and one in the seventh.

The Indians are now 3-3 and 1-3 in the WAC.

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