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FHSU baseball sees season come to an end

5/13/2011

By The Hays Daily News

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- During the regular season, the Fort Hays State University baseball team won three one-run games in a four-game series against Missouri Western State University. Junior closer Brett Macari earned the save in all three of those victories.

It appeared history would repeat itself in Thursday's opener of the MIAA postseason tournament, with the Tigers clinging to a one-run lead with one out to go and Macari on the mound.

But Macari gave up a two-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth, and Missouri Western defeated Fort Hays 5-4 to end the Tigers' season. Fort Hays finished the year 28-23 in the first year under Steve Johnson.

"Heartbreaking for the kids," Johnson said on his postgame radio show. "Going to be tough for them to swallow and take. ... They should hold their heads up, they came out and played the game the right way. Just didn't make plays when we had to."

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