Hays Post
PARKHILL, Mo. – After having their two games rained out Thursday, the Hays High baseball team went 1-1 Friday at the Butch Foster Memorial Classic played at the Creekside Baseball Complex. The Indians lost their opener 5-3 to Basehor-Linwood but came back to defeat Bonner Springs 10-0 in five innings.
The Indians are now 12-7 on the season. They open play in their own Diamond Classic against TMP-Marian at 6:00 p.m. Thursday.
Basehor-Linwood 5, Hays 3 (8 innings) The Bobcats (9-10) scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie. The Indians rallied with three in the bottom of the inning and had the tying run at the plate.
Nolan Dreher pitched a gem, holding Basehor-Linwood to one run on over the first seven innings. The Bobcats opened the eighth with a leadoff double, fielder’s choice, walk and single to go up 3-1. Another fielder’s chose scored the third run of the inning. The fourth scored on a single.
Hays would use a leadoff off walk followed by a couple of fielder’s choices and an error to plate two in the bottom of the inning but a popup and fly out ended the game.
Dreher suffered the loss allowing five runs on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks over 7 1/3 innings.
Dylan Haselhorst drove in two of the Indians three runs.
HHS was held to only three hits as they lost their fourth straight game.
Hays 10, Bonner Springs 0 (5 innings) Carter Graham didn’t allow a hit in the run-rule victory striking out three and walking three. The only real threat came in the second after back-to-back walks to lead off the inning and an error loaded the bases but Graham got a strikeout and fly out to keep the Braves (1-12) off the board.
The Indians scored in every inning plating two in the first, one in the second, two more in the third and fourth then three in the fifth to end the game by run-rule.
Johnny Cano and Carter Graham both had two hits, Dylan Haselhorst had a double and Jack Wiemer drove in two runs.