GOODLAND — The Hays Monarchs Sr. American Legion scored five runs in the fifth inning to break open a one-run game and beat the Goodland Outlaws 7-1 at the Zone 6 tournament in Goodland Tuesday night.  The win secures a trip to next week’s AA State American Legion tournament and advances them to the zone finals against Colby at 6pm Wednesday.

The Monarchs take advantage of two walks and three errors in the big inning. Jared Vitztum had the only hit of the inning, driving in two.

Liam Stults struck out 11 over six innings without allowing an earned run and picks up the win as the Monarchs improve to 23-7.