Elvin Rodriguez drove in Brett Lang with a one-out single to left field in sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie as the Hays Larks stay alive at the NBC World Series with a 3-2 win over the Newton Rebels.

Frank Leo Postgame Interview
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Game Highlights
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Newton scored two runs with two outs in the first inning. The Larks score one in the bottom of the inning on a throwing error but would leave the bases loaded.

They tied the game in the fifth on a sacrifice fly from MacKenzie Handel which drove in Zair Koeiman who led off the inning with his second triple of the tournament.

Brett Lang tripled with one out in the sixth.

Shawn Lewick picks up the win allowing two runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out two and walking three. Lewis left in the eighth after a leadoff double by Romus Cezar, but Eric Gilliland came in to get the final three outs.

Colton Reavis nailed down the final three outs in the ninth for his sixth save.

Aaron Cornell had three hits as the Larks move to 31-12 overall and 2-1 in the tournament. They play the winner of Saturday’s game between Valley Center (KS) Diamond Dawgs and the Tulsa (OK) Braves at 10:30am Sunday.

Notes: The game didn’t start until 2:30am and was the final game of day one of baseball around the clock.