HAYS – The Hays Larks offense exploded in the seventh inning Saturday night as they rallied from down three to beat the Valley Center Mud Daubers 17-7 in eight innings.

Valley Center was able to keep the Larks offense at bay for a good portion of the game and built a 7-4 lead through six and a half innings but that is when the Larks offense came to life.

In the seventh the Larks sent 12 to the plate and scored nine runs to take a 13-7 lead.

Justin Lee delivered the first big hit of the inning, hitting his first grand slam as a Larks and then a few batters later Jimmy DeLeon added a three-run homerun to put Hays up by six runs.

In the eight inning the Larks added three more runs on wild pitches and then Matt Cavanagh delivered and RBI single that would give Hays the 17-7 run-rule win.

Tommy Garcia allowed two runs in two innings of relief and earned the victory.

Every starter for the Larks had at least one hit and all but two drove in at least one run.

Lee was three-for-five on the night with five RBI’s and three runs scored.

Hays improves to 15-4.