HAYS, Kan. – Matt Munoz double with one out in the eighth inning scored John Renzel with the go-ahead run to lead the Hays Larks to a 4-3 comeback win over the Great Bend Bat Cats Thursday night at Larks Park. The Larks improve to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the Jayhawk League. Great Bend falls to 2-3 overall and 0-3 in the Jayhawk League after suffering their second straight one-run loss.

The Larks tied the game with two outs in the sixth on an Easton Smith balk with the bases loaded. The Ellis native allowed two earned runs on six hits over five innings and left with the game tied at three.

Toby Scoles pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for the win. Fabian Munoz worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for the save.

Devin Hagar and Wyatt Divis both had two hits to lead the Larks 10-hit attack.

Starter Walter Pennington allowed three runs on four hit with eight walks and a couple of strikeouts.

The Larks open a three-game series with El Dorado Friday night beginning at seven. Free admission courtesy of Nex-Tech Wireless.