HAYS – One night after hitting five home runs and scoring 21 runs in a blowout win over the Colorado Sox, the Hays Larks couldn’t come up with the big hit and lost 6-3 Sunday night at Larks Park.
The Sox (5-5 RMBL) scored a run in the seventh inning to tie then added three in the eighth to take the lead as they split the two-game series and split the season series with the Larks.
The Larks (12-3, 6-2 RMBL) n scored a run in the first. Brady Evans doubled to left with one out then stole third and scored on Cam Peherson’s sacrifice fly.
The Sox strung together three straight hits with two outs in the second and scored two on Wyatt Yarmer’s single to right to take a 2-1 lead.
Hays would get the lead back with two in the sixth. Cortland Lawson, who homered twice and drove in four in his debut Saturday night, singled with two outs which scored Grant Schmidt with the tying run. Palmer Hutchison then followed with a single to left to drive in Lawson.
The Sox took advantage of the leadoff walk off the reliever Jackson Blue and scoring the tying run on a Yarmer single to center. Yarmer would drive in his fourth run of the night on an infield single to finish off the decisive three run eighth.
The Larks threatened in the ninth with a one out single from pinch hitter Zach Henry and a two-out walk to Core Jackson but Cade Brown grounded out to second to end the game.
Jackson Blue (0-1) allowed three runs on three hits over 1 1/3 innings of relief and takes the loss. Luuk ter Beek gave up one unearned run in 1 2/3 innings of relief.
Starting pitcher Wyatt Divis allowed two runs on four hits with a career-high nine strikeouts and two walks over the first six innings.
The Larks were held to seven hits and had only one in the last three innings. They stranded 12 baserunners, seven of them in scoring position.
The Larks close out their seven-game homestand Monday night with a non-league game at 7:00 p.m. with the Junction City Brigade.