The Hays High Indians took game one of the 2015 Diamond Classic 6-4 over Wichita Word of Life Thursday afternoon.

Hays fell behind 3-0 in the second inning following two fielding errors by the Indians.

RELATED STORY: Updated schedule for remaining games.

Hays pushed their first run across in the bottom of the third inning on a Dalton Stout RBI single to score Cole Schumacher. Stout drove in another run with a single in the fifth, then a throwing error on the relay from short stop to the pitcher allowed Adam Klaus to tie the game at three. The Indians took their first lead at 4-3 in the bottom of the same fifth inning when Marcus Altman drove in pinch runner Jace Armstrong.

Word of Life tied the game up in the sixth inning at 4-4. In the bottom of the sixth the Indians received the game winning runs on RBI singles by Jarrett Pfannenstiel and Adam Klaus.

Cole Schumacher goes the distance for his fourth win of the year, pitching seven innings allowing four runs, four hits, striking out five and walking only one.

Hays High is now 7-8 on the year.

Word of Life beat Salina Central 6-4 in the second game of the tournament.

Then mother nature won between Hays and Great Bend Thursday evening.

The tournament schedule has been changed for Friday. There will be two sites in order to try to get games in before the potential for more weather.
Hays High will host Salina Central at 1:00 at Hays High School, followed by Goddard and Salina Central.
Larks Park will be the other host site. Goddard will play Great Bend at 1:00 and then Great Bend will play Word of Life.