FHSU Baseball at MIAA Tournament (5/9/08)
The Fort Hays State Tigers begin play at the MIAA baseball tournament in Kansas City this evening against conference regular season champ Emporia State. The Tigers dropped three of their final four to Pittsburg State last weekend  and are the number-four seed. The Hornets won their second MIAA regular season title and are ranked fourth in the country at 46-7. The Hornets swept their four conference games with the Tigers and won two non-conference games earlier in the year. Second-seed Central Missouri plays Missouri Western at noon then it’s the Tigers and Hornets at six o’clock at Community America Ballpark in Kansas City. It’s the first time the MIAA Tournament has been held at a neutral site. We’ll have coverage on KAYS beginning at 5:45 with the Fort Hays Auto Sales Pre-game Show.

FHSU Salvages Final Game of Series (5/4/08)
The Fort Hays State Tiger baseball team salvaged the final game of their regular season ending four-game series with Pittsburg State. After losing 5-4 and 15-7 on Saturday the Tigers dropped the opener 4-3 yesterday before scoring 17 runs on 15 hits in a 17-5 rout in game two. James Simpson (3-0) settled down after a rough start to get the win, allowing three earned runs on six hits. The Tigers hit five home runs in the game including two from Greg Beiker. Fort Hays launched nine over the weekend to set the school record of home runs in a season with 83. The Tigers are 27-28 and 21-15 in the MIAA where they finish fourth. They will be the fourth seed for the MIAA Tournament in Kansas City and open with regular season champ Emporia State Friday evening.

FHSU Takes 3 of 4 From SBU (4/26/08)
The Fort Hays State Tigers take three of four at Southwest Baptist over the weekend. The Tigers won the opener 10-3 and the final two games Saturday 11-1 and 10-2. The only loss was the second game of the series which was suspended Friday night due to darkness. The Tigers scored nine in the top of the ninth to take a 17-13 lead but the Bearcats rallied with six in the bottom of the inning for an 18-17 victory. The Tigers remain in third place in the MIAA at 24-25 overall and 20-12 in the conference. The Tigers will try to lock down a spot in the MIAA Tournament this weekend when they host Pittsburg State in a four-game series beginning Friday night.

FHSU Baseball Swept By UNO (4/23/08)
The Fort Hays State Tigers had their bats silenced yesterday, dropping a pair of 1-run games to Nebraska-Omaha. Fort Hays rallied for two in the bottom of the seventh but lost the opener 5-4. The Mavericks used a pair of solo homers in the fifth and sixth innings to break a 1-1 tie and win the second game 3-2. Fort Hays left the bases loaded twice in both games and stranded ten runners in game one and seven in game two. Pat Huddleston pitched five solid innings in game one but suffers the loss. Donnie Moore gives up all three runs in game two and drops to 2-2. Tyler Robbins hit a solo homer for the Tigers in the first game and Dusty Washburn had two hits in each game to extend his hitting streak to 17 games. UNO has now won 20 of their last 21. The Tigers fall to 21-24. They continue conference play tomorrow and Saturday at Southwest Baptist.

Gilliland Shares MIAA Pitcher of the Week Honors (4/23/08)
Fort Hays State's Eric Gilliand has been named the MIAA Co-Pitcher of the Week for his efforts against Central Missouri this past weekend. Gilliland shares the honor with Missouri Western's Chris Jackson. The junior from Concordia came within one out of a nine-inning complete-game win at Central Missouri, as the
Tigers became the first team to sweep the Mules at home in a doubleheader
since 1997. He allowed only one earned run in the first eight innings.

FHSU Baseball Defeats Newman ((4/22/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team continued their recent hot play with a 12-3 win at Newman University in Wichita last night. No other details are available this morning. The Tigers have won 10 of their last 13 and improve to 21-22. They will host Nebraska-Omaha in a doubleheader this afternoon at 3pm. The Tigers lost twice to the Mavericks in Omaha last week. Yesterday UNO has their 18-game winning streak snapped with a 7-2 loss at Washburn. We’ll have both games for you today on KAYS beginning with the Fort Hays Auto Sales Pre-game Show at 2:45pm.

FHSU Baseball Splits At UCM, Takes 3 of 4 In Series (4/20/08)
The Fort Hays State Tiger baseball team has a great weekend in Warrensburg. Saturday, the Tigers became the first team in eleven years to sweep the Mules in a doubleheader at home, yesterday they split their two games with Fort Hays winning 8-5 in the opener and losing 12-6 in game two. Trailing 4-1 after four in the first contest, the Tigers scored three in the fifth to tie then added three in the seventh to take the lead. Tyler Robbins RBI double put the Tigers ahead. Greg Bieker added a bunt single and Garrett Brown a run scoring single. Garrett Huck, who picked up his first career save Saturday, retired all five that he faced for the win. In game two, The Tiger fell behind 6-0 before coming back to tie the game only to give up six in the seventh. Greg Bieker hit two home runs, a solo shot in the fifth and a two-run blast in the sixth. Ryan Majercik hit a two-run homer in the seventh and Garrett Brown's a solo shot. The Tigers improve to 20-22 and 17-11 in the MIAA where they remain in third place, just three games behind the second place Mules. FHSU hosts Nebraska-Omaha in a doubleheader Wednesday before resuming conference play at Southwest Baptist Friday.

FHSU Baseball Swept At UNO (4/15/08)
The Fort Hays State Tigers six-game win-streak came to an end yesterday as they drop two at Nebraska-Omaha who has now won 14-straight. The Tigers lose in the opener 10-7 then fall 11-5 in game two. It was another big day for catcher Ryan Majercik who hit a three-run homer in the Tigers five-run fifth in game one. He finished with three hits, all of them home runs and five RBI’s in the two games. Dusty Washburn went 3-for-3 with two doubles in the opener and doubled in game two to run his hitting streak to ten games. Greg Bieker had a pair of hits in game one to run his streak to 12 before going 0-for-3 in the second game. The Mavericks hit six home runs in the two games and are now 26-9. The Tigers fall to 17-21. They return to MIAA play this weekend with a four-game series at #14 Central Missouri.

Washburn MIAA Hitter of the Week
Fort Hays State Dusty Washburn is the MIAA Hitter of the Week. Washburn hit .650 and drove home at least one run in each of the Tigers six games. He ended up with six home runs and 16 RBI’s last week and became the first Tiger since Jeff Bieker in 2004 to hit for the cycle in Saturday’s win over Truman State.

FHSU Sweeps Truman (4/13/08)
The Fort Hays State Tigers capped a wild weekend with a doubleheader sweep of Truman State Sunday and take all four games of the series at Larks Park. Saturday they set a new school record for runs in a game in their 32-5 victory then beat the Bulldogs 16-5 in the second game. Yesterday they hit eight home runs and win 11-7 and 15-14. Brent Biggs hit a second inning grand slam as the Tigers built an 11-2 lead in the first game. In the second contest, they fell behind 7-0 after the first two innings before Corey Gaudet, Dusty Washburn, A.J. Levanduski and Tyler Robbins hit consecutive home runs. Dusty Washburn put the Tigers up 13-11 with a three-run blast in the seventh. After Truman scored three in the top of the eighth to retake the lead, Gaudet’s two-run double put the Tigers back on top for good. Gaudet finished 3-for-6 with 6 RBI’s in game two. Dusty Washburn homered twice and drove in four. The Tigers hit eight home runs in the two games yesterday and 19 in the four games as they improve to 17-19 overall and 14-10 in the MIAA where they are alone in third place.

FHSU Baseball Adjusts Weekend Schedule (4/11/08)
The schedule for this weekend’s four-game series between Fort Hays State and Truman State is being adjusted. The two will not play tonight, instead they will play a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at one then two more on Sunday beginning at noon. You can hear Sunday’s games on SportsRadio 1400 KAYS.

FHSU Baseball Sweeps Washburn (4/8/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team had to rally in both of their games with Washburn yesterday, but come away with two wins. The Tiger fell behind 7-0 after an inning and a half in the first game but win 10-7. Kevin Large allowed only one hit in five and-a-third innings of relief for the win. The Tigers tied the game on Tyler Robbins two-run homer in the fifth then scored three in the sixth to take the lead. In the second game, Washburn led 3-0 before the Tigers came back to tie it with two in the fifth and one in the sixth. Brian Thompson gave up a homer to the first batter he faced in the seventh then retired the next nine for the win. The Tigers tied the game with a run in the ninth then won it on Logan Burditt’s one-out single to center. The Tigers move to 13-19 overall and to 10-10 in the MIAA. They host Truman State in a four-game series this weekend.

FHSU Baseball Swept at Emporia State (4/7/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team was swept over the weekend at #6 Emporia State. The Tigers drop the series finale 13-3 yesterday. Like they did all series, the Hornets jumped out early scoring four in the first and five in the third for a 9-2 lead. The Tigers scored two in the second inning on a two-run Logan Burditt home run. The only other run came in the fourth on a Corey Gaudet RBI single. Tiger starting pitcher Kevin Large allowed six runs, all earned, to the Hornets in two innings. Friday ESU won 14-8 then took two on Saturday by scores of 23-8 and 15-5. The Hornets have now won 25-straight and remain unbeaten in the MIAA at 18-0. The Tigers fall to 11-19 and 8-10 in the conference where they are tied for sixth. The Tigers host Washburn in a two o’clock doubleheader tomorrow which we will have on SportsRadio 1400 KAYS beginning at 1:45pm.

FHSU Baseball Sweeps Washburn (4/1/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team used strong starting pitching from Eric Gilliland and Kevin Large to sweep Washburn 4-2 and 9-0 Tuesday and run their winning streak to five. Gilliland retired 19 of the final 20 Ichabod hitters including 16 in-a-row to end the first game. The Tigers rallied with three in the fifth and one in the sixth. Garrett Brown’s pinch-hit homer tied the game. FHSU (11-15, 8-6 MIAA) then took the lead later in the inning on Brett Becker’s single. Topeka native Kevin Large took a no-hitter into the sixth inning of game two. He left in the top of the eighth after allowing just three hits. Fort Hays struck for four in the third then added two in the sixth and three in the eighth. Tyler Robbins and Greg Bieker both had a pair of hits and each drove in two. Brett Becker also had two RBI’s. The Tigers have won seven of their last nine and are now tied for third in the MIAA with Missouri Southern for third. They face conference leader Emporia State in a four-game series starting Friday.

FHSU Baseball Splits At Missouri Southern (3/22/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team split their four-game MIAA series at Missouri Southern over the weekend. The Tiger dropped the opener 15-6 Thursday then exploded for 40 runs in a sweep Friday by scores of 16-1 and 24-11. The Lions won the finale Saturday 14-4. Fort Hays is now 6-14 overall and 3-5 in the MIAA. They play at Nebraska-Kearney Tuesday night before resuming MIAA play at home this weekend against Northwest Missouri State.

FHSU Loses Series Opener At Southern (3/20/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team’s pitching woes continue. They give up 21 hits and lose at Missouri Southern 15-6 last night for their fourth-straight loss which drops them to 1-4 in the MIAA. The Lions scored two in the first, two in the second and one in the third and led 8-0 before the Tigers (4-13, 1-4 MIAA) scored five in the fifth on a Brett Becker grand slam and Dusty Washburn solo homer. Washburn would add another solo shot in the eighth. Southern (5-14, 3-2 MIAA) put the game away with four in the seventh and three in the eighth. Eric Gilliland gave up eight runs, four earned on ten hits in four innings for the loss. The two play a doubleheader today before wrapping up the series with one on Saturday.

Tigers Drop Final Three Games To Western (3/17/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team drops the final three games of their MIAA opening series against Missouri Western. The Tigers rallied for a 6-5 win over the Griffons Friday night then lost 5-0 and 14-4 Saturday. In the series finale, the Griffons win 13-6. Starter Brian Thompson lasted only a third of an inning. Thompson allowed six earned runs on five hits. The Tigers fall to 4-12. They play at Rockhurst tomorrow and Wednesday.

FHSU Baseball Splits Games In Emporia (3/11/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team snapped their five-game losing streak, scoring four in the second in an 8-3 win over Minnesota-Duluth yesterday in Emporia. Garrett Brown homered and Brent Biggs drove in three helping Kevin Large to his first win. The Tigers then fell apart in the seventh inning in their game with Emporia State, giving up six runs and lost 14-8. Fort Hays had scored a run in the top of the seventh to go up 8-7 but hit four batters in the bottom of the inning. James Fischer suffered the loss. Chase Schippers went 5-for-5 at the plate and Dusty Washburn drove in four. The Tigers are now 3-9 on the season. They open conference play at home this weekend against Missouri Western.

FHSU Baseball Drops Two In Emporia (3/10/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team lost two games in Emporia yesterday. The Tigers dropped a 6-5 decision to Minnesota-Duluth then a 5-0 decision to Emporia State. Eric Gilliland pitched eight innings against the Hornets, allowing just one earned run on four hits but took the loss. The Tigers committed four errors in the game. FHSU has now lost eight of their last nine and are 2-8 on the season. They play Duluth and Emporia State again today.

FHSU Baseball Swept At #3 Ouachita Baptist (2/25/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team lost 4-2 at #3 Ouachita Baptist yesterday. Saturday the Tigers lost both ends of a doubleheader and were held to just six runs in the three-game series. Matt Augustine allowed just four runs, two earned over seven innings yesterday to take the loss. Saturday the Tigers lost 2-1 and 11-3 and are now 2-6 on the season.

Baseball Splits With UNK (2/16/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team split their doubleheader with Nebraska-Kearney Saturday at Larks Park. The Tigers lost the opener 9-2 then rallied to win game two 13-9. Sunday's doubleheader was postponed due to inclement weather. FHSU is now 2-3 on the season.

FHSU Baseball Loses In Texas (2/4/08)
The Fort Hays State baseball team dropped the final game of their season- opening three game series at ninth-ranked Angelo State 14-9 Sunday. The Rams raced to a 5-0 lead in the first two innings then scored four in the third for a 9-2 lead. After the Tigers scored three in the fifth, Angelo scored five in the sixth to put the game away. Kevin Large allowed five runs in an inning and-a-third for the loss. The Tigers won the series opener 11-1 on Friday then lost 2-1 Saturday. They are scheduled to host Kansas Wesleyan in their home opener Saturday.

Sabath Signs 19, Hires Two New Coaches For 2008
Fort Hays State baseball coach Rick Sabath has announced the signing of 19 players and the hiring of two new assistants for the 2008 season. 13 of the 19 players signed are junior college transfers with the other six high school seniors. Seven of the transfers hail from Kansas, three from Colorado and one each from Nebraska, Idaho and Washington. Among the high school players signed are Andy Hammeke from TMP-Marian and Great Bend’s Matt Patzner. Sabath has also hired Nolan Deitrich and Mike Saddler as assistant coaches. Saddler has been an assistant at Baker and is a Colby native while Dietrich comes from Washburn. Sabath has also announced that graduate assistant Nate Thompson is leaving to become an assistant at Nebraska.