HAYS - Hays High hosted Great Bend in a single game on a windy, hot April afternoon.
Dalton Dale crushed a pair of two-run homers and drove in six total as the Indians beat Great Bend 16-6 in six innings.
The first four Indian batters scored in the bottom of the first as Hays never trailed. Garrett Wellbrock walked and then scored on a Dylan Dreiling single. Dalton Dale hit his first home run followed by a line drive home run by Derek Riggs.
Highlights
Great Bend cut the lead in half in the top of the third inning at 4-2 before Hays plated one in the third and three more in the fourth for a 8-2 advantage.
The Indians led 10-5 after the top half of the sixth inning. They scored six runs, all with two outs, in the bottom half of the frame. Dalton Dale hit the first pitch he saw from the fourth Panther pitcher over the left field fence for a 16-6 run rule victory.
Coach Dustin Dreher
Wellbrock, Dale and Noah Weimer each scored three runs. Dreiling and Dale each recorded three hits while Carson Spray and Weimer had two.
Spray (2-0) took the victory working five innings. Bradyn Dreher pitched the sixth. Hays improves to 5-1 and is 4-1 in conference play. Great Bend falls to 5-2 and 2-1 in the WAC.
Each team committed four errors.
The second game of the series will be played in Great Bend on Thursday, April 21.