HAYS – Trey Riggs and Palmer Hutchison each drove in a run late with a sacrifice fly to help the Hays Eagles Senior American Legion baseball team rally for a 4-2 win over Great Bend Wednesday at Larks Park.

Great Bend got the scoring started in the top of the third to take a 1-0 lead but the Eagles answered right back in the fourth, scoring a run on an error and a William Sennett RBI single to go up 2-0.

Hutchison’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning put Hays up 3-1 and then after the Chiefs scored a run in the top of the seventh Riggs drove in the Eagles fourth run on a sacrifice fly putting Hays up 4-2.

Five Hays pitchers combined to allow just two runs on six hits. Brock Lumus pitched three innings of scoreless relief and earned the win. Brady Kreutzer pitched a perfect ninth for the save.

Kreutzer’s appearance wasn’t without issue though. After throwing 102 pitches on Saturday against Rossville he was required to wait four days before pitching again so he should not have been allowed to pitch again until Thursday.

The American Legion rules state that when the player violates the pitch count rule the player and the coach are ineligible until reinstated by the Kansas American Legion Baseball Committee.

The Eagles improve to 13-4 with the win and are at the Hooper Showcase in McPherson this weekend. They are scheduled to play Pratt and Liberal on Friday.