By RICK PETERSON
Junior Levi Risenhoover hit a pair of home runs with four RBI in Washburn's 13-5 road win at Fort Hays State. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]The Ichabods stay on the road to face Rogers State for three games beginning Friday at 3 p.m.
The Tigers (12-27 overall, 9-20 MIAA) got on the board first, scoring a run on two hits in the first inning.
Washburn (17-23, 13-13) was able to even the game at one after Owen Laessig lifted a leadoff home run in the third inning.
Ichabod pitcher Fidel Hatch quieted the Fort Hays State bats after the first inning with three straight scoreless innings to wrap up his start.
In the Washburn fifth Trenton Barry and Ian Luce both reached on singles after Laessig was hit by a pitch, loading the bases.
A throwing error allowed two runs to score for the Ichabods to take the lead.
With one out Jackson Mervosh slashed a single into left, scoring another run to make it 4-1.
Griffin Huiatt took over on the mound after the fourth, tossing two scoreless innings to begin his day.
Washburn continued to add on to its lead, with Luce, Levi Risenhoover and Jack Borgmann delivering back-to-back-to-back homers to lead off the seventh.
The Tigers got one run back on two hits in the bottom of the seventh.
Next time up Barry and Luce both reached before Risenhoover went yard for a second straight at-bat to put Washburn up, 10-2. Two batters later Easton Wasinger blasted a solo shot to right field, adding another run.
The Ichabods continued to add on in the ninth with Brandt Beeby pinch hitting and slamming a two-run homer down the left field line.
Fort Hays State scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth but Washburn held on to win 13-5.
Hits went in favor of the Ichabods 14-9 while the Tigers led 6-4 in walks and had the only error in the game.
Three pitchers completed the game for Washburn, with Hatch tossing four innings to begin the game, striking out five and allowing one run on three hits.
Huiatt earned the win, throwing 4.0 innings with four strikeouts and allowing one run.
Risenhoover led the offensive charge, going 2-6 with two home runs, the first multi-homer game for the Ichabods this season. He drove in four runs.
Luce went 3-6 with a home run while Wasinger and Borgmann both had multiple hits with homers. Beeby and Laessig also both also went yard.
