The Hays Monarchs put an end to their two-game losing streak Thursday night with a doubleheader sweep on the road in Great Bend.

Game one: Hays 15 Great Bend 9

Hays jumped out to a 9-3 lead after five and a half innings but Great Bend rallied for five runs in the six and one more in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings.

The two teams were scoreless until the top of the ninth when the Monarchs exploded for six runs on their way to the 15-9 win.

Jordan Gottschalk was five-for-six with an RBI and scored twice and Kameron Schmidt finished three-for-five and drove in three runs.

Liam Stults worked four innings in relief to pick up the win. He allowed four runs and stuck out six.

Game two: Hays 7 Great Bend 3

In the second game of the doubleheader the Monarchs rallied for a 7-3 win in the second game.

Hays scored three runs in the fifth to go up 5-3 and they added two more in the win.

Grant Romme and Jordan Gottschalk finished two-for-four with two RBIs each and Dick Hockett allowed just three hits in three shutout innings of relief to pick up the win.

Monarchs improved to 16-5 on the season and they are off until next Wednesday when they travel to Larned for a doubleheader.