McPHERSON, Kan. – The Hays Eagles Sr. American Legion baseball team split their two games Saturday at the McPherson tournament. The Eagles scored 13 runs  in the first three innings and beat Emporia 13-2. They jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings in their second game against Ark City but lost 7-4. The Eagles are now 2-1 in pool play and 12-6 overall.

Ark City rallied with six runs in the fifth inning and one in the eighth. Ricky Hockett went 2-2 and drove in a run and scored a run. He tripled in the first inning and singled in the third inning. Hockett gave up three runs on one hit and took the loss.

Hockett had two hits and three RBIs in the first game against Emporia. Wyatt Schumacher struck out six hitters en route to the win. Schumacher allowed one earned run, three hits and no walks over four innings.