Hutchinson CC Sports Information

FORT SCOTT – Held to three total hits on Wednesday, the Hutchinson Community College baseball team dropped Game 1 of the Region VI (Plains District) Tournament opening-round series on Wednesday at Lions Field.

Fort Scott hit six home runs and two Greyhound pitchers kept the Hutchinson offense quiet as the Blue Dragons dropped an 11-0 decision in seven innings to trail the best-of-3 series 1-0.

Game 2 of the series will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Lions Field.

Fort Scott, the leading home run-hitting team in the KJCCC this season, showed that power off in Game 1. The Greyhounds led off with home runs from Brody Szako and Evann Long. Szako hit two home runs in the game. The final homer, a two-run blast by Ayden Slott, ended the game in the seventh inning.

Blue Dragon starter Justin Smith (2-2) pitched two-plus innings. He left the game in the third with an injury he sustained in the first inning when he was struck with a hard ground ball up the middle.

Michael Uhler pitched four innings in relief. Derick Johnson pitched 1-3 inning.

Fort Scott out-hit the Blue Dragons 13-3.

Max Childress doubled off the right-field wall for the Dragons' first hit in the third inning. Christian Powell and Ryan Henderson also had hits in the game.

Hutchinson's best scoring opportunity came in the fourth, but the Dragons stranded runners at second and third.

Fort Scott's Jett Feltman (6-1) pitched 5 1-3 innings, allowing three hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Peyton Medeiros worked the final 1 2-3 innings, retiring all five batters he faced.

The last time the Blue Dragons dropped Game 1 of an opening-round series and rallied to win the series game in 2019. The Dragons dropped the opening game to Labette and Hobart-Detter Field and won the next two games 13-4 and 2-0 to advanced to the eight-team double-elimination tournament.