GREAT BEND, Kan.—The
Hutchinson Salthawks Baseball team&nbsp;fell behind early and
couldn't come back in a 10-3 loss to Great Bend in the first game of a
double-header played in Great Bend on Tuesday. The&nbsp;Hutchinson Salthawks Varsity&nbsp;struggled to contain the
high-powered offense of Great Bend, giving up ten runs.GAME 1 RECAP:Great
Bend got on the board in the first inning when&nbsp;Jade Poe&nbsp;singled on
a 1-0 count, scoring the first run of the game.Great
Bend then scored five runs in the third inning.&nbsp;Poe,&nbsp;Edwin Chavez, and&nbsp;Matthew Moeder&nbsp;powered
the big inning with RBIs.Layton
Holden&nbsp;got the win for Great Bend. Holden allowed four hits and
one run over seven innings, striking out nine.Kanon
Krol&nbsp;took the loss for&nbsp;Hutch. Krol lasted two
and a third innings, allowing five hits and six runs while striking out two.Krol,&nbsp;Myles Thompson&nbsp;,&nbsp;Kahler Dixon, and&nbsp;Bradyn Rodriguez&nbsp;each managed one hit each to lead&nbsp;the Salthawks.&nbsp;Great
Bend collected 11 hits on the day.&nbsp;Sage Koelsch&nbsp;and&nbsp;Brad Beck&nbsp;each had multiple hits for Great Bend.&nbsp;Koelsch&nbsp;went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead Great Bend
in hits.GAME 2 RECAP:In
game two, Hutchisnon’s Kahler Dixon doubled to lead of the top of the 1st
inning. Kyle Elliott then walked and Carter Booe laid down a bunt to load the
bases.&nbsp; Myles Thompson quickly sacrificed
a pop fly for the 1st out but got the RBI as Dixon scored from 3rd
on the tag to give Hutchinson an early 1-0 lead.Bradyn Rodriguez then singled to center to score Elliott and Booe for 2 RBI’s and
advanced to 2nd on the throw.&nbsp;
Hutchinson led 3-0.Kanon
Krol then singled to left field as Rodriguez advanced to 3rd.&nbsp; Hutch had runners at the corners when Nolan
Cunningham gets hit by a pitch and loads the bases, but Zack Hogan strikes out
swinging for out two.Anthony Blackwell then singled in two more runs as Hutchinson extended it's lead to 5-0 before lightning and rain suspended the game in the top of the 2nd.&nbsp; The game will be resumed at a late date.

⚾ Hutch High drops 1st game to Great Bend 10-3, leads 2nd game 5-0 when lightning and rain suspended play