April 21, 2024 – Emporia State baseball took an early 7-0 lead on Sunday afternoon but were unable to hold off Fort Hays State as the Hornets fell 10-7 against the Tigers in the series finale.
Both teams were retired in order in the first before Emporia State got the scoring started in the second. Singles by
Jovanni Toledo and
TJ Racherbaumer and a walk by
Patryk Hernandez loaded the bases with no outs.
Andrew Rantz drew a walk to push a run across and
Drew Jennings recorded a sacrifice fly to push two runs across.
Logan Myers followed Jennings with a walk to load the bases again before
Kadyn Williams was hit by a pitch to make the score 3-0.
Following an eight pitch second frame by
Ian Lanik on the mound, the Hornets added four more to their total in the third inning.
Patryk Hernandez drove in the first run with an RBI double before
Joe Daneff homered for the seventh time this season to drive in three runs and give the Hornets a 7-0 lead.
The Tigers responded with four runs in the bottom of the third and after a scoreless fourth inning for both teams, Fort Hays State scored one in the fifth and four more in the sixth as they rallied to take a 9-7 lead. Emporia State drew two-out walks in both the seventh and eighth inning but were held without a run. Fort Hays State scraped together a run in the bottom of the eight as the Hornets entered the ninth trailing 10-7.
The Hornets put two runners on with one out but were unable to put together a rally in their last at-bat as Emporia State dropped the series finale against Fort Hays State.
Joe Daneff,
Jovanni Toledo and
TJ Racherbaumer each had two hits while Daneff drove in three with his third inning home run.
Kadyn Williams,
Patryk Hernandez,
Andrew Rantz and
Drew Jennings each had an RBI of their own.
Emporia State will return to action on Tuesday, April 23 as they travel to Topeka for a midweek non-conference Turnpike Tussle against Washburn. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
