DODGE CITY – After falling behind 3-0 the Hays Larks scored 15 straight runs on their way to a 15-3 win in seven innings of the Dodge City A’s Wednesday night in Dodge City.
The A’s scored three runs in the first off Hays starter Cade Brown who allowed three unearned runs on two hits in two innings.
With Dodge City leading 3-0 after the first inning before Hays (20-6, 14-3 RMBL) chipped away at the lead scoring a single run in the third and then trailing 3-1 the offense came to life for the Larks.
In the fourth Hays got a run on a Leo Jiminian sacrifice fly, a wild pitch to tie the game at three. Tanner Rice followed that with an RBI single that gave the Larks a 4-3 lead. A lead they never relinquished on their way to the run-rule victory.
Hays added six in the fifth, one in the sixth and four in the seventh for the 15-3 win in seven innings.
Tanner Rice and Leo Jiminian each drove in three runs and nine of the 11 Larks that came to plate in the game recorded an RBI.
Sam Hendon earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief.
Hays has won three straight.
The Larks host Colorado Springs Friday at Larks Park.