HAYS — Gavin Reece pitched Larned's 16-and-under baseball team past Hays Post 173 in Tuesday's second game. Hays won the opener 17-5. Larned is 14-13.
LARNED 4, HAYS 2 — Reece struck out seven Hays batters in a 94-pitch effort.
Kellen Chansler scored on a first-inning error. Owen Shaver stole home on a double steal with Mark Mazouch.
Ian Gilliland scored on a third-inning error. Easton Fox scored on a bases-loaded walk for a 4-2 lead.
Hays' Joey Fisher scored on a wild pitch. Noah Schumacher scored on a fifth-inning groundout.
HAYS 18, LARNED 5 — Larned's pitchers walked 14 batters and hit five batters to gift wrap Hays' 18-5 victory.
Larned's Gilliand singled home Dominic Mead and Caden Finger. Conner Herbert doubled home Owen Shaver.
Hays' Noah Schumacher drove in three runs. Levi Beall, Keiston Evans and Jaedyn Nebel each drove in two runs.
Larned 201 001 — 4 5 0
Hays 010 010 — 2 4 2
Reece and Gilliland. Pfannenstiel, (5) and Beall. W—Reece. L—Pfannenstiel. 2B—L—Fox, Gilliland. 3B—H—Schumacher.
Larned 104 00 — 5 3 1
Hays 396 x — 18 7 0
Herbert, Johnson (1), Fox (2), Chansler (2) Shaver (3) and Mazouch. Schumacher, Zimmerman (3) and Beall. W—Schumacher. L—Herbert. 2B—L—Herbert.
LARNED 4, HOISINGTON 2 (G1) — Larned's Mark Mazouch threw a 2-hitter July 12. Hoisington led 2-0 when Hahn scored a run and Hoffman singled home Higgins.
Larned's Kade Johnson and Easton Fox scored on passed balls. Gavin Reese scored on Owen Shaver's sacrifice fly.
Cooper Herbert scored Larned's fourth run on a double steal with Kellen Chansler.
HOISINGTON 9, LARNED 3 (G2) — Larned's K.J. Cell and Ian Gilliand drove home runs.
Hoisington's Amrein Higgins and Ford each drove home two runs.
Hoisington 020 00 — 2 2 1
Larned 031 0x — 4 4 2
Chambers, Hoffman (2), Corbett (3) and Higgins. Mazouch and Gilliland. W—Mazouch. L—Chambers.
Hoisington 130 41 — 9 6 3
Larned 000 03 — 3 5 4
Umphrey, Ross (5) and Higgins. Mead, Reece (4) and Shaver. W—Umphrey. L—Mead. 2B—H—Chambers.
Hoisington 020 00 — 2 2 1
Larned 031 0x — 4 4 2
Chambers, Hoffman (2), Corbett (3) and Higgins. Mazouch and Gilliland. W—Mazouch. L—Chambers.
