A four-run first inning proved to be the difference as the Hays Larks fall to Haysville 5-3 in the final game of their three-game weekend series at Larks Park. The Larks take two of three from the Heat and are 9-4 overall and in second-place in the Jayhawk League at 6-4. They host Dodge City Monday night at seven o’clock. Admission is free courtesy of the First Care Clinic.

Frank Leo Postgame Comments
Frank Leo Post 6-17-12

The Heat took advantage of two walks, a hit batter and had two hits off of Eastern Oklahoma State’s Michael Freeman in building the early 4-0 lead.

The Larks cut it in half on MacKenzie Handel’s (Chandler-Gilbert [Ariz.] CC) two-run double in the third.

After the Heat added a run in the fifth, Hays answered on an RBI single in the seventh from Illinois-Chicago’s Joe Bether.

Handel, Austin Jarvis (Bradley) and Claudio Valencia (Arizona Western College) each had two hits.

Freeman, who allowed four runs on two hits with four walks and one strikeout, takes the loss, his first of the season.

Jayhawk League Scoreboard
Liberal 8, Derby 1
El Dorado 11, Dodge City 9