HAYS, Kan. – Matt Fish pitched 6 1/3 hitless innings before giving up a solo home run to Jordan Wilkerson. That would be the only hit he allowed over seven innings as the Hays Larks closed out their series against Great Bend with a 6-1 victory Thursday

night at Larks Park.

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Game Highlights

Fish (2-0), who just wrapped up his senior season at Lewis-Clark State, walked two while striking out three for his second win in three starts. Ryan Kotulek worked out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth then worked around a couple of one-out singles in the ninth.

Trey Ochoa’s one-out single scored two in the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie. Colin Simpson doubled to start off the sixth and scored on Trevor Boone’s sacrifice fly. The Larks then added three in the seventh on RBIs from Jonathan Soberanes, Simpson and Boone.

Simpson had three of the Larks 10 hits. Soberanes and Jacob Boston both had two while Boone and Ochoa drove in two.

The Larks (20-9, 20-8 Jayhawk League) remain a game back of first-place Liberal in the Jayhawk League. The Bee Jays beat Dodge City 11-6.

The Larks are on the road this weekend for three in Haysville. The Aviators have lost seven straight and 22 of their last 23.