Home Makes a Difference for Hays

Last season the home team won six of the eight games when Liberal played Hays. That trend continues into 2015 as the Hays Larks defeated the Liberal Bee Jays 7-1 at Larks Park Tuesday night.

Liberal scored first when Luke Sherley singled and stole two bases before scoring on a Jaylen Hubbard sac fly in the third. The Larks came back with a run in the fifth and two in the sixth against starter Brad Vassar. They added four in the eighth thanks in part to three walks. Vassar went 5.2 innings allowing three runs before Matt Hape allowed two in 1.2 innings and Lee Busto allowed two in two thirds of an inning. Matt Cole had two hits in the loss. Hays out-hit Liberal 11-6.

Liberal is 15-7 and 11-6 and Hays is 12-10 and 9-8. The same two teams play tonight at 7 with the Dugout Show at 6:45 on 1270 and kscbnews.net.