In a pitchers dual, the Liberal Bee Jays held off the Hays Larks 4-3 Wednesday night at Larks Park in Hays. Liberal won despite just two hits. Hays had three hits and three errors.
The Bee Jays scored two in the second. Noah Giovanelli singled to lead off the inning. Cal Anthony walked. Drew Gartman reached on an error. Jhett Huffman was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Josia Rojas grounded out to score a run. The Bee Jays scored two in the seventh to lead 4-0. Jhett Huffman was hit by a pitch and Josiah Rojas walked. An errors scored the third run for the Larks. Trenton Uyeda lined a sacrifice fly to right for the 4-0 lead. Hays scored three in the ninth and had the tying run on second and the winning run on first. But Josiah Rojas came in from left field to strike out the Lark hitter and secure the victory.
J. Brooks Kappelmann was Black Hills Energy Player of the Game going six scoreless innings allowing one hit. He struck out five. Anthony Edward went 2/3 scoreless before Sean Saiz worked 1 and 1/3 scoreless.
Hays is 20-4 overall and 14-4 in the Rocky Mountain. Liberal is 16-8-1 and 13-6 in the Rocky Mountain. Liberal hosts Dodge City Saturday night at 7pm at Brent Gould Field with pregame at 6:45 on 1270 and 92.3 FM. Brickhouse and Rapid Fit are the buyout sponsors.
