The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion scored in every inning and blanks Leavenworth 14-0 Saturday in Leavenworth. The second game was called due to lightning.
The Eagles score two in the first, one in the second, four in the third, two in the fourth and five in the fifth of the run-rule contest.
Riley Kaus led the Eagles nine-hit attack going 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Hayden Hutchison and Zack Legleiter also drove in two runs each.
Hayden Hutchison (6-0) went five innings and picks up the win, allowing just three hits while striking out two.
MINNEAPOLIS — Heading into his team’s day-night doubleheader against Kansas City, one of Ron Gardenhire’s top priorities was protecting Minnesota’s taxed bullpen.
Scott Diamond and Cole De Vries eased their manager’s concerns.
Diamond began the day tossing eight solid innings in a 7-2 victory, and De Vries closed it with six strong innings as the Twins completed the day-night sweep by beating the Royals 5-1 on Saturday night.
“A long day of baseball, and two nice wins,” Gardenhire said.
The pair of victories helped the Twins finish June with a 14-13 record — their first winning month in almost a year.
“Geez, that’s the first I’ve heard of it,” said Joe Mauer, who hit his fourth homer in the second game. “But, you know, we’ve been playing pretty good baseball and hopefully we can continue to do that.”
Josh Willingham and Chris Parmelee also homered for the Twins in the second game. But the story was De Vries, who was called up as the 26th player on the roster as allowed for doubleheaders — and promptly sent back down the minors after the victory.
“He wouldn’t be able to pitch for probably four or five days right now,” Gardenhire said. “We’ve got eight until the All-Star break, it doesn’t make much sense to keep him here.”
De Vries took the move in stride.
“Coming here, I knew I was the 26th guy, and usually the guy who comes up to be the 26th guy goes back down, and so I kind of figured that was going to happen,” he said.
Pitching in front of his hometown fans, De Vries (2-1) struck out a career-high six and held the Royals to five hits. Kansas City’s lone run against him came on Billy Butler’s homer leading off the second.
Luke Hochevar (5-8) allowed five runs and eight hits, including Minnesota’s three homers.
A night after throwing five relief innings, the Twins’ bullpen was needed for only four combined in the doubleheader thanks to Diamond and De Vries. Twins relievers entered the day with the third-most innings pitched in the majors.
De Vries struck out four in the first two innings, fanning Jarrod Dyson and Alcides Escobar to work out of a second-inning jam with runners at second and third.
Alex Burnett, Tyler Robertson and Jared Burton each pitched an inning of scoreless relief.
Hochevar entered the game having thrown 16 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings after stopping Houston and Tampa Bay.
After Mauer’s two-out single in the first, Willingham homered. In the second, Parmelee hit his first homer of the season on a shot to deep right. Mauer’s solo homer to left-center, the former AL MVP’s first since June 2 and fourth overall, barely cleared the wall to make it 4-1 in the third.
Before Saturday, Hochevar had given up only two home runs in his previous 42 2/3 innings.
“Two of those home runs came with two strikes when I’m trying to put a guy away, and I just felt like my curveball didn’t have that finish, that bite,” Hochevar said.
Trevor Plouffe, who homered in the first game, scored on Darin Mastroianni’s RBI single in the sixth.
Easily the Twins’ most effective starter since being called up in May, Diamond (7-3) allowed two runs and six hits to give Minnesota a big lift.
“I was feeling confident earlier, this is just icing on the cake I guess,” Diamond said. “I’m pretty happy to be able to just keep going out. With a doubleheader today, I’m just trying to eat up as many innings as possible.”
Jonathan Sanchez (1-4) didn’t fare nearly as well. While Diamond cruised through Kansas City’s lineup, Sanchez issued six walks and was done after 4 1-3 innings. Both starters finished with 101 pitches.
Minnesota strung together five consecutive hits to open a 6-0 lead in the fifth inning, including a strange RBI single from Brian Dozier.
With one out and runners on first and second, Dozier’s bouncer hit the ground behind him and rolled fair. While Sanchez and catcher Brayan Pena scrambled after the ball, Dozier sprinted safely to first and Ryan Doumit scored all the way from second.
Alexi Casilla added a two-run double and Denard Span had an RBI single before Royals manager Ned Yost brought in Vin Mazzaro.
Yuniesky Betancourt drove in Kansas City’s first run with a groundout in the sixth. He also singled in a run in the eighth.
Diamond struck out four and walked two while pitching eight innings for the second consecutive start. Glen Perkins finished the seven-hitter.
“The first game, we were dead,” Royals outfielder Jeff Francoeur said. “It carried over to the second game. We’re a much better hitting team than to do what we did today. It’s disappointing.”
NOTES: Sanchez pitched five effective innings to win at the Los Angeles Angels in his first start of the season on April 8, but has struggled since that victory. He is 0-4 with a 7.19 ERA in his last nine starts. … The doubleheader was a makeup of an April 28 rainout.
MINNEAPOLIS — Even foul balls are turning into disasters for Jonathan Sanchez.
Sanchez failed to make it out of the fifth inning as the Kansas City Royals lost 7-2 to the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday.
Scott Diamond pitched eight solid innings, Trevor Plouffe homered and Alexi Casilla had three hits for the Twins, who snapped a three-game slide.
Minnesota strung together five consecutive hits to open a 6-0 lead in the fifth inning, including a strange RBI single from Brian Dozier.
With one out and runners on first and second, Dozier’s grounder bounced off the ground behind him and rolled fair. While Sanchez and catcher Brayan Pena scrambled after the ball, Dozier sprinted safely to first and Ryan Doumit scored all the way from second.
“I’ve never seen a ball do that. I’ve never seen a ball that was three feet foul, curve back fair,” Roylas manager Ned Yost said. “That was one of those circumstances where you don’t expect that to happen so you kind of drop your guard because you think it’s a foul ball. Then the ball skirts back and you’re running over to make a play.”
It was just one part of another rough day for Sanchez (1-4), who is 0-2 with a 6.21 ERA since coming off the disabled list on June 13 following a left biceps injury. While Diamond (7-3) cruised through Kansas City’s lineup, Sanchez issued six walks and was done after 4 1-3 innings. Both starters made 101 pitches.
“It’s a slump, you know?” Sanchez said. “It’s not working. I’m not doing anything that’s working right now.”
Sanchez, who had a promising 2010 season that included 13 wins and a 3.07 ERA, was acquired in a trade with San Francisco in November, with the Royals parting with Melky Cabrera in the deal. While Cabrera is one of the NL’s leading hitters this season, Sanchez has allowed six runs in his past two starts and four or more in four of his last five.
Sanchez also appeared to lose focus Saturday, which allowed Minnesota to steal a season-high five bases.
“At times when you’re fighting your command, your whole focus and concentration is trying to get the ball over the plate,” Yost said. “There were times when his whole focus was this way that he forgot about what was happening behind him.”
Sanchez pitched five effective innings to win at the Los Angeles Angels in his first start of the season, but has struggled since that April 8 outing. He is 0-4 with a 7.19 ERA in his last nine starts.
Yost said that he has no plans to remove Sanchez from the rotation.
Yuniesky Betancourt drove in Kansas City’s first run with a groundout in the sixth. He also singled in a run in the eighth.
Diamond struck out four and walked two while pitching eight innings for the second consecutive start.
Diamond’s biggest pitch came when he fanned Billy Butler on a 3-2 offering with two outs and runners on second and third in the eighth.
“It’s one of those games where things didn’t go our way,” said Pena, who finished 0 for 4. “Hopefully in the second game we change our luck.”
NOTES: The doubleheader is to make up an April 28 rainout. … Casilla had his fifth three-hit game of the season. … Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader will feature Minnesota’s Cole De Vries against Luke Hochevar.
Aaron Cornell’s eighth inning single drove in Elvin Rodriguez as the Hays Larks edge the El Dorado Broncos 5-4 in their series opener Friday night at Larks Park. Rodriguez led off the inning with a double and moved to third on a wild pitch. The victory improves the Larks to 15-8 and 9-8 in the Jayhawk League where they move back within a game of first place following Liberal’s 5-3 loss at home to Haysville.
El Dorado scored three in the first on a three-run homer off of Larks starter Joey Begel, who settled down and didn’t allow another run over the next five innings. Begel went six innings allowing six hits while striking out two and walking four.
The Larks scored two in the bottom of the first on Austin Darby’s two-run double. They tied the game in the second on a Jon Ryan sac fly.
The Larks took a 4-3 lead in the fourth on a Zair Koeiman sac fly, scoring Rodriguez.
El Dorado tied the game with a run in the seventh off Larks reliever Jake McDavid.
Colton Reavis pitched a scoreless ninth for the win. Aaron Cornell had three hits Brett Lang had two hits and Elvin Rodriguez scored three runs.
MINNEAPOLIS — The first and second time through the batting order hasn’t been a problem for Luis Mendoza. It’s that third trip through that has given him trouble.
That wasn’t the case Friday night.
Mendoza allowed one run over a career-high eight innings, Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals won their fourth straight, hanging on to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3.
“I’m just glad to stay longer,” Mendoza said. “It was my first time going eight innings in the big leagues. I just tried to keep going.”
Yuniesky Betancourt, Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer added RBIs for the Royals (35-39), who are four games under .500 for the first time since April 16.
Jonathan Broxton allowed two runs in the ninth, but got Trevor Plouffe to foul out to end the game and earn his 20th save.
“Piece of cake,” Royals manager Ned Yost said with a grin.
Joe Mauer had two hits and an RBI double in the ninth that cut Kansas City’s lead to 4-2. Josh Willingham followed with an RBI groundout.
“We gave ourselves a chance at the end. We just needed another big hit and we were short,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
The American League-worst Twins lost their third straight and are 2-7 in their last nine home games.
Mendoza (3-4) retired the final 13 batters he faced and 18 of the final 20. He struck out five and allowed one runner to reach second base.
The 28-year-old righty got his first win since May 13, and first as a starter since April 26.
“Earlier in the year he was really struggling the third time around,” Yost said. “He just waltzed right through them tonight. They couldn’t go up there the third time around just sitting on one pitch.”
Yost is used to things getting interesting when Broxton comes in. But in the end, the Royals usually come out on top.
Broxton is 20 for 23 in save opportunities and the Royals are 31-1 when leading after eight innings.
“It’s always been my experience that good closers know how much they got to work with,” Yost said. “He’s been a guy that will bend a little bit in these situations, but very seldom does he break. That’s his job. You let him get his job done.”
Making his second start of the season, Brian Duensing (1-4) couldn’t pick up the Twins’ struggling rotation.
The converted reliever allowed three runs and eight hits and was removed after allowing three straight hits to start the fifth. Twins starters are 3-9 with a 5.80 ERA at Target Field over Minnesota’s last 13 home games.
The Royals are 32-25 over their last 57 games and appear to only be getting better as their young hitters improve.
After a 12-game skid early, Kansas City has a legit shot of reaching .500 by the All-Star break.
“We just need to keep pushing,” third baseman Mike Moustakas said. “It’s a big series here and we need to stay consistent.”
Perez made his 2012 debut one week ago after returning from the disabled list with a torn meniscus in his left knee. He has two home runs and five RBIs in five games.
Alcides Escobar, Kansas City’s 25-year-old shortstop, had two hits and scored a run. Escobar is 9 for his last 13 and leads all shortstops with a .318 batting average.
Hosmer’s infield RBI single in the seventh proved to be the winning run.
Justin Morneau had two hits for Minnesota and just missed a home run in the seventh when his long fly ball died at the wall in right-center.
Ryan Doumit had an RBI single for the Twins.
Before the game, Doumit signed a new $7 million, two-year contract with Minnesota. The 32-year-old catcher and designated hitter is hitting .272 with seven homers and 34 RBIs in his first season with the Twins.
NOTES: The Royals kicked off an 11-game trip that takes them to the All-Star break. … Reliever Kyle Waldrop made his season debut for the Twins. He allowed no runs over 1 1-3 innings. … The Royals will promote LHP Tommy Hottovoy for Saturday’s split day-night doubleheader to make up for a game postponed on April 28. … Minnesota’s Scott Diamond (6-3) will face Jonathan Sanchez in the first game. In only 10 starts, Diamond leads the Twins in wins and has the lowest ERA in the rotation. Sanchez is 1-3 with a 6.21 ERA and allowed six runs in 5 2-3 innings in his last start. … Luke Hochevar takes the mound for Kansas City in the nightcap. The 28-year-old threw his second career shutout on Monday against the Rays. The Twins recalled Cole De Vries from Triple-A Rochester to start game two. De Vries was with the Twins earlier this season, going 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA in three starts.
(Ron Hart Photo)After having an impressive summer to this point with the Hays Larks, former Fort Hays State pitcher Shawn Lewick has been signed by the Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association of Independent Baseball. Lewick just finished his senior year at FHSU in 2012, earning All-MIAA honors in his only season with the Tigers.
Lewick appeared in four games and made three starts for the Hays Larks this summer, posting a 1.37 ERA with a 2-0 record. He had 24 strikeouts in 26.1 innings pitched.
Lewick is slated to start for the Wingnuts on Friday night (June 29) when they open a three-game series with the Winnipeg Goldeyes.
The left-hander from Pretty Prairie, Kan., was the ace of the Tiger starting rotation in 2012, posting a record of 7-5 with a 3.89 ERA. He recorded 59 strikeouts in 76.1 innings pitched and had three complete games. He helped the Tigers to their first-ever MIAA Championship Tournament Final.
Lewick is the first Tiger to sign with an independent baseball team since Eric Gilliland signed with the Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti, Mich., in 2009. Gilliland was a member of the 2011 Wichita Wingnuts in his third year of independent baseball and now is an assistant coach at Garden City (Kan.) Community College.
The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion baseball team continues to roll. The Eagles pick up a pair of run-rule victories over Dodge City Thursday night at Larks Park. Hays wins the opener 9-0 then takes game two 11-3, both in five innings. They improve to 25-4 and will play games at Arkansas City and Wellington this weekend.
Game 1: Eagles 9, Dodge City 0 (5 innings) The Eagles score three in the second and six in the fourth, helping Josh Hiefner move to 5-0. Heifner allowed just two hits over the five innings while striking out six and walking just one.
Casey Sedbrook and Austin Unrein both had RBI doubles in the six-run fourth inning. Riley Kaus and Jarrett Sanders both drove in runs with a single while Taylor Renz knocked in a run with a sac fly.
Casey Sedbrook, Austin Unrein, Jarrett Sanders and Zack Legleiter all had two hits in the game.
Game 2: Eagles 11, Dodge City 3 (5 innings)
The Eagles strike for five in the second then score six in the fifth. Trevor Henningson moves to 5-0, allowing three runs on four hits, walking two and striking out two.
Riley Kaus and Austin Unrein both had two-run singles in the Eagles six-run fifth.
Unrein, Clayton Basgall and Zack Legletier all finished with two hits.
Fort Hays State softball coach Erin Kinberger announced the signing of four transfers for the 2013 season, all coming from junior college programs in Kansas and Oklahoma. All four will be juniors in 2013, which includes Bianca Adame, Amy Dunn, Katlyn Kern, and Jordan Jones.
Adame was a All-KJCCC West Division First Team and All-Region 6 First Team selection in 2012 at shortstop for Seward County (Kan.) Community College. A native of El Paso, Texas, Adame had a tremendous season at SCCC as a sophomore hitting .447, while setting single-season school records with 101 hits, 10 triples, and 41 stolen bases. She also led the team in runs scored with 64 and recorded 37 RBI, helping the Saints to a 40-19 record. Adame added 13 doubles for a total of 23 extra-base hits in 2012. She only struck out six times in 226 at bats and had a .457 on-base percentage. Adame also had a successful freshman campaign in 2011, hitting .318 with four extra-base hits, 17 RBI, 31 runs scored, and 24 stolen bases. She has the ability to play both the infield and outfield.
Dunn comes to the program from Garden City (Kan.) Community College, where she played for two years. Dunn appeared in 31 games as a sophomore for GCCC in 2012, batting .333 in a limited hitting role. As a freshman in 2011, she hit .200 with four home runs and 14 RBI. Dunn is a native of Lakin, Kan., and is listed as a catcher.
Kern transfers to Fort Hays State from Eastern Oklahoma State College, where she played two years. The Wichita, Kan., native posted 20 wins as a pitcher over two years with a career ERA of 4.28 and 122 strikeouts. As a hitter, she posted a career average of .270 with 14 doubles, one triple, one home run and 27 RBI over two years.
Jones comes to the program from Connors State (Okla.) College, where she played for two years. A native of Skiatook, Okla., Jones posted 18 wins as a pitcher over two years with a career ERA of 1.77 and 128 strikeouts. She saw limited action as a hitter in the two years with a .308 average, three home runs and nine RBI.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Sacramento Kings have selected Kansas forward Thomas Robinson with the fifth pick in the NBA draft.
Robinson was considered perhaps the most NBA-ready player in the draft Thursday and the Kings need plenty of immediate help after missing the playoffs for a sixth straight season.
Robinson left Kansas after leading the Jayhawks to the national title game his junior season. He was the first unanimous AP All-American since 2009 and won the Big 12 player of the year award as well.
Robinson averaged 17.7 points and was second in the nation with 11.9 rebounds per game and is a strong defensive presence at power forward.
The Trail Blazers traded the 41st overall pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, Tyshawn Taylor out of Kansas, to the Nets for cash considerations.
Taylor averaged 16.6 points and 4.8 assists per game as a senior last season for the Jayhawks, who went to the NCAA championship game but fell to Kentucky.
The 6-foot-3 guard is a native of Hoboken, N.J., and a product of St. Anthony High School in Jersey City.
The Hays Larks couldn’t overcome an early six-run deficit and fall to first-place Liberal 7-5 Wednesday night at Brent Gould Field in Liberal. The BeeJays struck early, scoring three in the first then added single runs in the second, third and fourth to build a 6-0 lead.
The Larks plated two in the fifth on an RBI single from Elvin Rodriguez and a run-scoring double from Zair Koeiman, then cut the lead in half on Nolan Johnson’s RBI single in the sixth.
Liberal added an insurance run in the seventh when they stole home to go up 7-3.
The Larks would get two more in the eighth on a Rodriguez RBI single and a Liberal error, but they left two on when Koeiman lined out and Jon Ryan struck out to end the inning.
Hays went down in order in the ninth as they drop their second straight and go 1-4 on the road trip.
Starter Patrick Flanagan (1-1) takes the loss, allowing five runs, three earned on seven hits over 2 1/3 innings. Koeiman had three hits and Rodriguez drove in two.
The Larks remain in fourth place in the Jayhawk League, two-games back of the BeeJays. They are off today before hosting El Dorado in a key three-game weekend series starting Friday. The Broncos are in third place, 1 1/2 games back after an 11-2 loss to Derby Wednesday.
NOTES: Shortstop and relief pitcher Claudio Valencia will be leaving the team because of a wrist injury… Valencia was hitting .286 with 3 doubles and 10 RBIs in 14 games. He was also 1-0 without allowing an earned run in three relief appearances on the mound… The start times for Friday and Saturday night’s games have have been pushed back an hour due to the heat… Both will now start at 8 o’clock… Sunday’s game will still start at 7pm… Saturday night is the annual Larkstoberfest/Old Timer’s game with activities now set to start at 5:30pm… Authentic German food including bierocks, noodles and beans and kugan will be available… a tent with tables will be set up… All former Larks players are invited to attend and check in by 7:30pm so you can be introduced prior to the start of the game.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On the hottest day this year in Kansas City, dehydration was starting to become a concern. Players were exhausted. Royals manager Ned Yost was starting to feel sorry for Tony Randazzo behind the plate, and he wasn’t even the umpire whose face had been bloodied in the game.
Billy Butler’s tiebreaking home run in the eighth was an especially welcome sight, leading the Royals to a 5-4 victory and three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
“It was really, really hot out there,” said Butler, who greeted reliever Burke Badenhop with his 15th home run. “It was over 100 degrees. Guys were starting to get dehydrated. It was not a good day to go extra innings.”
Yost said trainers had IVs waiting in the locker room.
“We were going to start losing guys,” Yost said. “We had some guys who were starting to cramp. Eric Hosmer’s elbow was starting to get a little stiff. The umpire was about ready to fall out behind home plate. The heat out there was pretty oppressive. When Billy hit that ball, I was just hoping it was high enough.”
Aaron Crow (1-1), the fifth Royals pitcher, was the winner after getting two outs in the eighth as the Royals recorded their first home sweep of the Rays in 11 years.
“It’s been hot the last few days,” said Rays manager Joe Maddon. “But I tell you what, you didn’t hear one guy complain. They played right down to the last out. They were great.”
Mike Moustakas and Alcides Escobar also homered for the Royals, who managed to sweep a team three games immediately after getting swept themselves. After a potentially ruinous 12-game losing streak in April, the youthful Royals have fought back to five games under .500 (34-39).
“It would be nice if we made things easier for ourselves once in a while,” said Jeff Francoeur. “This is the third time now we’ve fought back to get to five games under .500, but then we just take a few steps back. Our goal was to get back to .500 by the All-Star break.”
The Rays had tied it 4-4 in the top of the eighth after Carlos Pena reached leading off on an error that left first base umpire Brian Gorman wiping off blood. Pena’s hot grounder glanced off first baseman Hosmer’s glove and struck Gorman on the left side of the face as he was signaling the ball fair.
The veteran ump cleaned some blood off his face but stayed in the game after being attended to by the Royals’ trainer. Then Tim Collins walked Jeff Keppinger and Ben Zobrist unloaded a two-run triple.
“He had a little cut,” said Yost. “But he’s fine. Gorman’s fine.”
Zobrist was 3 for 4 with three RBIs but made three outs on the bases. He was thrown out twice at home plate trying to score from third on ground balls.
“It’s a tough way to end the road trip,” said Zobrist. “They (Royals) were playing great over there. They did everything. They hit the ball really well, they pitched well, and played good defense. We couldn’t get anything going.”
Jonathan Broxton pitched the ninth for his 19th save in 22 opportunities.
Badenhop (1-2) recorded only one out after starter Matt Moore labored through 7 1-3 innings, giving up 10 hits and four runs.
Moustakas, who had two home runs on Sunday, hit the first pitch he saw from Moore in the first inning for his 13th home run. Escobar, who has seven multihit games in his last 12, was 3 for 3 with a double, a single and a solo homer that made it 2-0 in the third.
Yuniesky Betancourt had a two-run single in the fifth as the Royals completed a 3-3 homestand after getting swept by St. Louis.
Just hours after being recalled from Triple-A Omaha, Everett Teaford was charged with two runs on four hits in 5 innings. The left-hander was relieved by Kelvin Herrera with runners at first and second in the sixth and the Rays made it 4-2 on RBI singles from Keppinger and Zobrist before Zobrist ended the inning attempting to steal second.
NOTES: The Royals won’t have another home game for 16 days. They open a 10-day, 11-game trip on Friday in Minnesota and then take four days off for the All-Star break. … The Rays will play 17 of their next 21 at home. … As soon as the last out was recorded on Wednesday, the makeover began for the All-Star game and festivities in Kauffman Stadium. … Moustakas made an outstanding play at third to save a run, stopping Elliot Johnson’s hot smash with two out and throwing him out while Sean Rodriguez ran home from third.
The Hays High Indians have a new home in which to lift weights and train. Staff and students move in equipment, weights, and machines on Monday, July 18th and are in their second week of using the new facility.
While the entire project is not complete, summer weights instructor Ryan Cornelson says it is nice to finally be in the building. New weights and machines will be ordered to replace the current ones, along with cardio machines as well. The current equipment will head to Hays Middle School.
The Dodge City A’s had an answer every time the Hays Larks score and defeat the Larks 5-3 Tuesday night in Dodge City.
The Larks tied the game at 3-3 in the eighth, loading the bases on three straight singles from Jon Ryan, Joe Betcher and Austin Darby. Ryan scored when Ryan Busboom grounded into a double play. Hays tied the game when MacKenzie Handel reached on an error by the A’s first baseman. Brett Lang struck out looking with runners at second and third to end the inning.
The A’s took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning, scoring the go-ahead run on a groundout then adding a second run with a a two-out single.
The Larks were retired in order in the ninth to end the game.
The A’s grabbed an early 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and second. Aaron Cornell put Hays on the board in the fifth, reaching on a one-out double, advancing to third then scoring on a throwing error by the left fielder.
The A’s got the run back in the bottom of the inning with a home run to lead 3-1.
Caleb Hawkins allowed the two runs in the eighth and drops to 0-2 with the loss. Starter Alex Ellison went six innings, allowing three runs on 10 hits, striking out one and walking one.
Jon Ryan, Brett Lang and Aaron Cornell each had two hits.
The Larks have now dropped three of their last four and fall to 14-7 overall and 8-7 in the Jayhawk League where they are now in fourth place, a half-game behind El Dorado and one-game behind the A’s and Liberal.
The Larks wrap-up their five-game road trip in Liberal Wednesday night before returning home this weekend for a three-game series with the Broncos.
The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion scored in every inning and blanks Leavenworth 14-0 Saturday in Leavenworth. The second game was called due to lightning.
