RUSSELL, Kan. – The Hays High baseball team improved to 7-3 with a doubleheader sweep of Russell/Victoria Friday. The Indians won the opener 8-1 then overcame six errors to rally for a 10-8 win in game two.

Braydon Delzeit went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI’s to lead the Indians 15 hit attack in the first contest. Connor Rule, Dalton Stout, Jarett Pfannenstiel, Drew Young and Palmer Hutchison all had two hits each. Delzeit hit a solo homer and Hutchison singled in a run to push the Indian lead to 4-1 in the third inning. They added single runs in the fifth and sixth and two in the seventh for the final margin. Marcus Altman gave up one run on four hits with nine strikeouts over five innings for the win.

Hays raced out to a 6-0 lead in the second game then needed three runs in the sixth for the comeback win. Jared Haynes single scored Rule and Delzeit to break a 7-7 tie. After the Broncos scored a run in the bottom of the inning, Marcus Altman drove in an insurance run with a single to push the lead to 10-8.

Palmer Hutchison pitched the final 4 1/3 innings for the win.