Hays Post
HAYS – The Hays Larks time atop the Rocky Mountain Baseball League standings was short-lived. Robert Orr hit a pair of three-run home runs and the Liberal Bee Jays beat the Larks 9-4 Wednesday and split their two-game series at Larks Park.
The Bee Jays have won 15 of their last 17 games and lead the Larks by one game in the RMBL.
The Larks (21-6, 16-5 RMBL) grabbed the early lead on a Kaleb Duncan two-run homer, his first of the season.
Liberal (19-4, 17-4 RMBL) took their first lead on Orr’s first three-run blast in the third.
The Larks tied the game a CJ Reid two-out RBI single in the sixth.
The Bee Jays answered with five in the top of the seventh capped by Orr’s second three-run homer with two outs.
The Larks got a run back in the bottom of the inning on a two-out single by Houston Russell.
The Bee Jays tacked on a run in the top of the eighth for the final margin.
The Larks out-hit the Bee Jays 13 to 11 but stranded 10 baserunners.
Garrett Hicks (1-1) allowed five unearned runs over four innings and suffered the loss.
RARE HOME LOSS
Wednesday's loss ended the Larks 10-game home winning streak. It was their longest home win streak since winning 22 in a row from July 23, 2022 through July 18, 2023.,. The Larks are 14-2 at home this summer with the only other loss against Dodge City back on June 11.
PART TWO
The Larks and Bee Jays will play twice in Liberal on Tuesday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 17.
UP NEXT
The Larks host the Fort Collins Foxes in the first game of a two-game RMBL series Friday at 7 p.m. Admission is free courtesy of the First United Methodist Church, Adams Brown, Equity Bank and Oxford House Chapter XX.