HAYS – Sam Crowell homered and drove in five in his return and the Larks knocked off the Boulder Collegians 10-4 Tuesday night at Larks Park.
Crowell’s two-run home run in the second got the scoring started in a three-run inning for the Larks (11-1, 5-1 RMBL).
Crowell added a two-run single and Palmer Hutchison tripled in a run giving Hays a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning.
Two innings later Crowell drove in his fifth run of the game to give Hays a 7-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth. Hays scored an eighth run on an error one batter later and led 8-0 through five innings.
The Collegians rallied for four runs in the top of the sixth inning but Hays got a Leo Jiminian RBI single and Hutchison sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seven to take the 10-4 lead.
Jackson Blue allowed four unearned runs over six innings and got the win in his first start of the summer for the Larks. He struck out two and allowed five hits and one walk.
Sam Crowell and Palmer Hutchison both finished three-for-three. Crowell homered and drove in five runs. Hutchison was just a homerun shy of the cycle.
The Larks have won seven games in-a-row and will go for the sweep Wednesday at Larks Park.