Scott City and Ulysses baseball split doubleheader

Scott City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–As the page has turned to the final month of the season for baseball, Scott City and Ulysses battled in a GWAC doubleheader on Tuesday in Scott City. After the day was over, it would be a twin bill split, as the Tigers took game one in five innings 14-4, while the Beavers took the final game 10-5.

Ulysses 15, Scott City 5, Game 1 (5 inn.)
Things looked good for Scott City in the first game early on, as they grabbed a run in the first and the second inning to take a 2-0 lead heading into the third inning. Aaron Hoopes scored the first run of the game on a two-out Ulysses error in the first inning, and in the second, Jeffrey Nix drove in Kevin Herman on an RBI groundout. From the third inning on, it was all Tigers. They hung five up on the board, taking advantage of walks and errors by the Beavers. They took the lead for good on a Kallen Barber single that drove in two to take a 4-2 lead at that point. Another Ulysses run came on an error to make it 5-2. The score would stay the same until the fifth, when the Tigers scored nine runs, with eight coming with two outs. Ulysses sent 15 to bat in the inning to extend their lead to 14-2. Scott City tried to mount a rally to keep the game going in the bottom of the fifth. They would score twice on a Hoopes and Blaine Culp RBI singles. A line drive to left field would end the game.

Kallen Barber went 2-4 with five RBI, while Jett Moyer and Alec Feldman drove in two runs each. Victor Perez went 4 1/3 innings to pick up the win, giving up four runs, one earned, on three hits with three strikeouts. Scott City’s Brady Herman took the loss, giving up five runs, four earned, on three hits with four strikeouts. Aaron Hoopes, Blaine Culp and Jeffrey Nix drove in a run each.

Game 1 Stats
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Scott City 10, Ulysses 5, Game 2
Game two saw the reverse of game one, where the losing team scored first and last. Following a scoreless first inning, Ulysses put two on the board in the top of the second on a Kallen Barber RBI single scoring Alec Feldman, and on an Andrew Nagel single that drove in Barber. Scott City battled back to score two in the bottom of the frame, as Jeffrey Nix grounded into a fielder’s choice to score Blaine Culp, and the game was tied on a Kevin Serrano RBI groundout that scored Kevin Herman. In the bottom of the third, it was a Herman two-run single that gave the Beavers a 4-2 lead. They would add another run to make it a three-run lead. The Beavers separated themselves some more in the fourth inning, putting up five runs on the board. After a Herman RBI single, pinch-hitter Easton Lorg would drive in two runs to make it 9-2, and a Tiger error made it 10-2 after four innings. That score would hold until the top of the seventh, when Ulysses made one last effort with three runs to make the final 10-5.

Kevin Herman went 2-2 with three RBI, while Easton Lorg drove in two runs for the Beavers. Starter Harrison King went three innings, giving up two runs on four hits with four strikeouts. Kevin Serrano got the win in relief, allowing three runs, two earned on two hits in three-plus innings. The Beavers ended up with eight hits in the game. Ulysses saw Andrew Nagel go 3-4 with an RBI. He had three of the teams six hits. Alec Feldman took the loss, going 3 1/3 innings, allowing nine runs, five earned, on five hits, with three strikeouts.

Game 2 Stats
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Scott City is now 4-7 on the year, 1-6 in GWAC play. They will host Hugoton on Friday. Ulysses is now 5-11 on the year, 3-5 in GWAC play, and will be at Elkhart on Thursday.

Coach David Dirks Postgame