By TYLER HENRY
Lead Sportswriter - Salina Post
The Sacred Heart baseball team continued to roll on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep of another league rival in Ellsworth to remain undefeated on the year.
With a 12-11 walk-off win in game one and a confident 8-2 victory in game two, the 2nd-ranked Knights are now 12-0 on the year while Ellsworth drops to 7-3.
Early on, it looked like Sacred Heart might run away with the opener, as the Knights tallied a run in the first, four in the second, and two in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead into the sixth.
Evan Bogart looked borderline untouchable on the hill, fanning 12 batters and allowing just one run on four hits, issuing just two walks in the process.
In the top of the sixth, Bogart turned the game over to the bullpen, and down to their final six outs, the Bearcats exploded, capitalizing on four walks and a hit batter to rattle off seven runs and take an 8-7 lead.
With the tables turned, the Knights needed a big inning, and they got it, bringing in four more runs to reclaim the lead and add some insurance in the process.
Now down 11-8 and with just three more outs to give, Ellsworth needed a miracle, and they got it when Ben Hipp, Layton Leiker, and Will Cravens were each plunked by a pitch, and each came around to score just in time to tie the game at 11 all.
To lead off the home half of the seventh, senior Cam Yohe walked, stole second, and advanced to third on a passed ball.
Ellsworth recorded an out but Evan Bogart skied a ball to shallow left field, just deep enough for the speedy Yohe to tag from third and come in to score the walk-off run, securing the victory 12-2.
In the second contest, the Knights would record just four hits but took advantage of nine walks and two more hit batters to lock up the win 8-2.
This time around, Cam Yohe and Brady Wells would be the ones to silence the Bearcat bats, combining to toss seven innings of five-hit ball, recording four strikeouts, and stranding ten runners on base.
The Knights will return to the road this Friday when they travel to Minneapolis for a two-game set with the Lions while Ellsworth takes the rest of the week off ahead of a Tuesday tilt with Sylvan-Lucas.
Both games were streamed live as part of our Salina Regional Orthopedic and Sports Medicine games of the week, to check out the full broadcast click the link below.