SEAN BOSTON
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson High School baseball coach Mace Krol earned bragging rights in the first-ever Krol Series on Friday at Hobart-Detter Field, as the Salthawks picked up a pair of wins over teams coached by his brothers — Adam, head coach at Andale/Garden Plain, and Noah, head coach at Haven.
With the two wins, the Salthawks improve their record to 12-9 on the season. They will host Newton on Tuesday at Hobart-Detter Field.
With the split for Haven, the Wildcats are now 15-7, and will travel to Hesston next Friday. The two losses drop Andale/Garden Plain to 10-10, and they will play at Buhler on Monday.
Game 1 — Hutchinson 3, Andale/Garden Plain 1
Jack Davis delivered a complete-game gem on Friday, leading the Hutchinson Salthawks to a 3-1 win over Andale/Garden Plain (10-9) in the opening game of the Krol Series.
The win marked Davis’ second complete game of the season and improved his record to 4-1. The right-hander allowed just three hits and one unearned run over seven innings, striking out four and walking two.
Andale/Garden Plain took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Brody Winter drew a bases-loaded walk. Hutchinson quickly answered in the bottom half of the inning with a sacrifice fly from Caiden Beavers to even the score.
The Salthawks broke the tie in the sixth when GeVaugn Embers came off the bench to deliver a pinch-hit sacrifice fly. An error later in the inning added an insurance run for a 3-1 lead.
Beavers, Embers, Jack Yoder, Carter Morgan, and JuJu Lyons each had one hit for Hutchinson. Beavers and Embers also drove in runs. Defensively, the Salthawks turned three double plays.
Caden Fowler took the loss for Andale/Garden Plain, allowing three runs — only one earned — on four hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk.
Noah Stanley, Austin Bugner and Jared Flax each had one hit for the Indians, while Winter drove in the team’s lone run.
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W: Davis (4-1). L: Fowler. Time: 1:23.
Game 2 — Haven 7, Andale/Garden Plain 2
Haven rallied in the seventh inning to stun Andale/Garden Plain 7-2 on Friday, scoring six runs in the final frame to cap a come-from-behind win.
Andale/Garden Plain opened the scoring in the third inning on a fielder’s choice by Noah Stanley. The lead held until the sixth, when Jaxson Wilder’s RBI single down the right field line tied the game for the Wildcats.
In the bottom of the sixth, Austin Bugner singled home a run to give Andale/Garden Plain a brief 2-1 advantage.
But Haven erupted in the top of the seventh, collecting five hits and scoring six runs to flip the game. The biggest blow came from Chandler Ingold, who ripped a three-run triple to right-center to put the Wildcats in control.
Ingold also earned the win on the mound, throwing a complete game. He allowed just four hits and two unearned runs while striking out three and walking four over seven innings.
Patrick Keehn took the loss for Andale/Garden Plain, pitching six and one-third innings. He gave up six runs — five earned — on seven hits, striking out five and walking two.
Haven finished with nine hits, led by Ingold and Tanner Loughrie with two apiece. Ingold went 2-for-4 with a team-high three RBIs.
Greyson Winter, Bugner, Easton Linnens and Cruz Kaiser each had one hit for Andale/Garden Plain. Stanley and Bugner drove in one run apiece.
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W: Ingold. L: Keehn.
Game 3 — Hutchinson 12, Haven 0 (5 Innings)
Caiden Beavers recorded his sixth three-hit game of the season as Hutchinson rolled past Haven 12-0 in five innings Friday at Hobart-Detter Field.
Beavers went 3-for-4 at the plate, including an inside-the-park home run in the second inning, his first home run of the season. He also singled in the first and doubled in the third, driving in a total of four runs.
The Salthawks erupted for six runs in the first inning, highlighted by Beavers’ two-run single, an RBI double by Cole Bleything, a sacrifice fly from JuJu Lyons, and RBI contributions from Jack Davis and Merrick Brotzman.
In the second, Hutchinson tacked on five more runs despite recording just one hit in the frame. Beavers’ inside-the-park homer brought in two, followed by a hit-by-pitch RBI for Brotzman, a bases-loaded walk to Oak Williams, and a sacrifice fly by Carter Morgan.
Lyons capped the scoring in the third with a line-drive single to right.
On the mound, Morgan earned his first complete-game victory, allowing just three hits over five shutout innings. He struck out five and walked two. Wyatt Bontrager took the loss for Haven, giving up six runs on five hits in just one-third of an inning.
Williams led Hutchinson with three walks and two stolen bases. The Salthawks swiped five bags as a team and turned one double play defensively.
Brogan Wray, Chandler Ingold, and Tanner Loughrie each had one hit for Haven.
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W: Morgan (4-1). L: Bontrager. Time: 1:27.
