Saints Split Costs them First Place

Seward won the series against Hutchinson this weekend at Brent Gould Field but they needed more. Dodge City won all four at Cloud and stands in first at 14-6 while the Saints are 13-7. Seward won 9-0 and lost 6-5 against the Blue Dragons Saturday.

In game one, Hayden Howard gave the Seward staff their third straight complete game in a 9-0 win. Howard (3-3) struck out five and walked one. Seward scored two in the first and seven in the fifth. Jacob Fuller was 3-4 with two RBI’s while Devan Nelson was 3-4. Johnny Griffith was 2-3 with two RBI’s. Bryson Allen was 2-4 with a double.

Seward led game two 2-0 until Hutch plated runs in the fourth and the fifth to tie it. Seward took the lead with a run in the fifth. Hutchinson’s Gordon Guild, who was hitting .140 with an RBI lifted an opposite field grand slam over the right field wall to make it 6-3. Seward scored two in the seventh but couldn’t score in the eighth or ninth. Bryson Allen was 3-4 with two triples and a double in the loss.

Seward is 19-20 overall and 13-7 in the Jayhawk West while Hutchinson is 9-17 overall and 5-11 in the Jayhawk West.

Seward plays at Clarendon Wednesday and plays at Pratt Saturday and Sunday at 1. The Pratt games will air on Talkradio 1270 and kscbnews.net.