AUGUSTA – The Hays Larks will open Kansas Collegiate League Baseball postseason play Saturday against the McPherson Pipeliners.

The Larks finished the regular season 29-8 and tied for first in the Jayhawk West Division with Liberal at 10-6. But the Bee Jays claimed the regular season title via tiebreaker. Liberal was 26-12 on the season.

As division champions, the Bee Jays have secured a spot in the KCLB championship series against the winner of the South-Central Division champions, the Kansas Cannons. Both teams also qualified for championship week of the NBC World Series in Wichita, Aug. 1 to 10.

The Larks, Dodge City, Wellington and McPherson will have to fight it out for the final league’s final spot at the NBC.

They will play in a four-team, double-elimination league tournament starting Saturday in Augusta.

Wellington and Dodge City will play at 2 p.m. with the Larks and McPherson at 7 p.m.