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TOPEKA, Kan. -- Derek Fogel tossed a complete game two-hitter to lead the Washburn Ichabods to a 1-0 win in the opening game of an MIAA doubleheader with Fort Hays State on Tuesday afternoon at Falley Field. The Tigers rebounded to win game two 5-4. Washburn is back in action this Saturday and Sunday when Central Missouri comes to town.

Fogel (3-3) tossed a gem in the first game retiring the last 16 batters he faced and 20 of the final 21 hitters. He walked one and struck out six.

Washburn (12-17, 12-13 MIAA) pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Boone Plager led off with a walk and went to second on Blake Boling's sacrifice bunt. He went to third on a flyout to right by Travis Cruz and scored on an infield single by Marcus Peavler.

Chase Schippers (0-2) was the tough luck loser for the Tigers (16-16, 13-13 MIAA) allowed the one run on four hits in six innings. He walked one and fanned four.

Fort Hays State jumped in front 1-0 in the top of the first in game two. Sloan Soulia had a sacrifice fly that scored Brandon Hoefler. JC Ochoa singled home Nash Smith in the third to make it 2-0 in favor of FHSU. A sacrifice fly by Brett Macari in the fourth made it 3-0 Tigers.

Washburn got on the board with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth. Blake Boling had an RBI groundout to plate the first run and Travis Cruz singled home Plager, but the Ichabods stranded two runners in scoring position.

JC Ochoa had a sacrifice fly in the fifth to put the Tigers back in front by a pair at 4-2. Chris Santoscoy scored on a double play ball in the seventh and Fort Hays State led 5-2.

Washburn pulled to within a run in the bottom of the seventh when David Wade belted his fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot, to make it 5-4 FHSU, but again the 'Bods stranded a pair of runners.

Tyler Bean doubled with one out in the eigth to put the potential tying run in scoring position, but a strikeout and lineout ended the threat and the game.

Joey Hinckley (0-1) took the loss for Washburn allowing four runs on seven hits in five innings. Mitchell List allowed one run on two hits in one inning and Kerry Schachenmeyer tossed three scoreless innings in relief.

David Geiger (5-2) earned the win for the Tigers throwing 1.1 innings of scoreless relief.