February 25, 2015-Every starter had a hit and scored a run as Emporia State pounded out 15 hits in a 16-11 win at Newman on Wednesday afternoon in Wichita.
The Hornets scored in the first on a solo home run by Dean Long, his sixth in nine games this year. Emporia State then blew the game open in the third when 11 straight batters reached base on the way to an eight run inning and 9-0 lead. The Hornets only had four hits in the inning, but benefited from five walks and two hit batters.
Emporia State added five more runs in the fifth to go up 15-0 as four Hornet pitchers did not allow a run in the first four innings. Newman finally broke through in the bottom of the fifth with four runs and then added five in the sixth to pull within 15-9. The Hornets added an insurance run in the eighth before the Jets finished the scoring with two in the bottom of the eighth.
Long had one hit but three RBI and scored two runs while Evan Koehler matched his one for four, three RBI and two runs scored effort. By design the Hornets used nine pitcher in the nine inning game with only Shane Davies going more than an inning as he got the final out of the sixth before tossing a scoreless seventh.
