WELLINGTON – Matt Cavanaugh’s seventh inning RBI single broke a scoreless tie and sparked a four-run inning Thursday as the Hays Larks picked up a 5-2 win over the Wellington Heat.

Larks starter Rustin Hays and Heat starter Dylan Grove each turned in six scoreless innings before the Larks scored four in the seventh.

Hays allowed just two runs over eight innings and struck out five while walking three. It’s the second straight start that Hays has worked eight innings and picked up the win.

In the Larks four-run inning George Southerland and Jarrod Belbin opened the inning with back-to-back singles. Cavanaugh singled home Southerland and after stealing third Belbin came into score an error by the Heat cather. Drake Angeron followed that with an RBI double that scored Cavanaugh. Mikey Gangwich singled home Angeron giving Hays a 4-0 lead through six and a half innings.

Wellington scored single runs in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings but Hays got a run back on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth as the Larks earn the 5-2 win.

The Larks wrap up the two-game series in Wellington Friday night before traveling to McPherson for the first of two games on Saturday.