The Hays Larks use a late rally and a big first inning to pull off a doubleheader sweep Wednesday night over the Colorado Sox at Larks Park.  The Larks score four in their last at-bat to take the opener 6-5. They send 13 to the plate in the first inning and win game two 23-2. The Larks have now won three straight and are 12-4 on the season. They close out the series and the homestand Thursday night at 7pm. Admission is free courtesy of the Glassman Corporation.

Manager Frank Leo’s Postgame Comments
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Game 1: Larks 6, Sox 5
The Larks trailed 5-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth when they loaded the bases with one out thanks to a MacKenzie Handel double and two walks. They would score just one run on a Nolan Johnson two out walk to make it 5-2.

Game 1 Highlights
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Aaron Cornell singled with one out in the seventh and scored on Zair Koeiman’s two-run homer ove the right field wall to pull the Larks within a run. Handel singled and moved to second on a wild pitch. He scored when Colorado shortstop Cody Hastings tried to throw him out at third on Jon Ryan’s grounder. The wall ended up in the Larks dugout. Ryan moved to third after two straight walks and scored the game winner on a wild pitch.

Claudio Valencia worked a scoreless seventh, helped in part by an inning ending double play, and gets the win (1-0). 

Game 2: Larks 23, Sox 2
The Larks send 13 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring eight runs on eight hits and never looked back, scoring in every inning.

Game 2 Highlighs
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The Larks add five in the third and five in the fifth and scored three in the sixth.

Nebraska’s Austin Darby homered in his last two at-bats and drove in five. Darby hit a 3-run shot in the fifth and a 2-run bomb in the sixth. Jon Ryan hit his first homer of the season, a 3-run shot in the third and finished with four RBI’s. Austin Jarvis added a 2-run homer in the third.

Starter Jake McDavid allowed just one hit and picks up his first win (1-0).