Liberal pitchers walked 15 batters as Jayhawk League champion Hays pummeled the Bee Jays 14-2 Monday night at Larks Park.
The Bee Jays actually scored first. Jonathan Tapia tripled to left center to begin the game. Tom Lichty singled him home. Jack Krauel doubled to right to give Liberal the 2-0 lead. But Liberal walked four and allowed three in the first. The Larks scored four in the third, three in the fifth, one in the sixth, and three in the eighth. Evans went 2 and 2/3, Zac Bridger pitched 2 and 1/3, Blake Brewster went two, and Anders Davidson pitched one inning. The Larks out hit the Bee Jays 13-8 and both teams had an error.
Liberal is 23-17 overall and 19-15 in the Jayhawk League. Hays is 37-13 overall and 26-8 in league. The same two teams play Tuesday night at 7 with pregame at 6:45 on 1270 and kscbnews.net.
