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Cardinal baseball loses to Pratt twice
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Lane French - photo by Lori Farmer

cHOISINGTON — The Pratt Greenbacks roared to early leads and swept Hoisington/Central Plains 8-3 and 11-2 in Friday's Central Kansas League baseball doubleheader.

Pratt (7-4, 6-0 CKL) drops the Cardinals to 6-3, 1-3 CKL.

PRATT 8, CARDINALS 3 (G1) — Pratt led 6-0 after 31/2 innings. 

Caleb Strong scored on a passed ball after he hit an RBI first-inning single. Strong singled in Landon Demuth for a 3-0 lead. Two errors led to Pratt's 3-run fourth inning. Strong, Madden Wilson, Owen Schmidt scored on Josiah Schmidt's double for a 6-0 lead.

Cardinal Brodie Crites scored on a fourth-inning bases-loaded walk to Aiden Hekele. Lane French scored on a groundout.

Pratt's Pore scored on Wilson's fifth-inning single for a 7-2 lead. Cardinal French singled in Brody Corbett in the fifth inning. Pratt's Josiah Schmidt scored on a sixth-inning error to close out the scoring. 

PRATT 11, CARDINALS 2 (G2) — Pratt scored nine first-inning runs thanks to five unearned runs off pitcher Aiden Hekele to coast past the Cardinals. Josiah Schmidt drove home three runs with three hits. Strong drove in two runs.

French singled in Brody Corbett in the third inning. Kaidenn Chambers homered in the fourth inning.

Pratt 210 311 0 — 8 8 0

Hoisington 000 210 0 — 3 4 4 

Owen Schmidt, Thimesch (6) and Teafatiller. Umphres, Galla (6) and Chambers. W—O. Schmidt. L—Umphres, 0-1. 2B—H—Josiah Schmidt, O. Schmidt

Pratt 910 010 0 — 11 11 1

Hoisington 001 100 0 — 2 9 3

Craft, Demuth (5), Strong (7) and Teafatiller. Hekele, Penka (1) and Chambers. W—Craft. L—Hekele. 2B—P—J. Schmidt 2, Pore, Strong, O. Schmidt. HR—H—Chambers

CKL BASEBALL

Pratt 6-0 7-3

Hesston 7-1 7-2

Haven 6-2 6-2

Hoisington 2-3 6-3

Halstead 2-6 2-10

Nickerson 1-2 1-8

Larned 1-3 2-6

Hillsboro 1-5 3-6

Smoky Valley 1-6 1-6

FRIDAY—Haven 10-10, Halstead 2-2; Larned 7-2, Hesston 3-12; Pratt 8-11, Hoisington 3-2; Andale 18-18, Nickerson 3-3; Smoky Valley 7-10, Hillsboro 5-11

MONDAY—Haven at Remington

TUESDAY—Pratt at Lyons; Nickerson at Hoisington; Smoky Valley at Larned; Herington at Hillsboro

PRATT (6-0, 7-3)—WL Hutchinson 2-0, 2-10; WW Halstead 15-1, 13-1; LL Great Bend 0-6, 5-7; WW Haven 9-2, 16-6; WW Hoisington 8-3, 11-2;  4-15—at Lyons; 4-17—Nickerson; 4-25 —at Smoky Valley; 5-2—Hesston; 5-5—Kingman; 5-9—Hillsboro; 5-13—Larned; 5-15—Andale

HESSTON (7-1, 7-2)—L Wichita Life 2-7; WW Hillsboro 19-0, 14-3; WW Halstead 13-6, 7-6; WW Smoky Valley 7-4, 22-15; WL Larned 12-2, 3-7; 4-17—Hoisington; 4-22—at Nickerson; 5-2—at Pratt; 5-5—Newton; 5-9—Haven

HAVEN (6-2, 6-2)— WW Smoky Valley 16-1, 10-4; WW Hillsboro 9-2, 12-3; LL Pratt 2-9, 6-16; WW Halstead 10-2, 10-2; 4-14—at Remington; 4-17—Larned; 4-22—at Hoisington; 4-25—Nickerson; 4-28—Wichita Trinity; 5-2—at Andale, Hutchinson; 5-9—at Hesston

HOISINGTON  (2-3, 6-3)—WW Russell 15-14, 13-11; WW Ellinwood 8-3, 4-1; L Nickerson 7-21; WW Larned 2-1, 6-2; LL Pratt 3-8, 2-11; 4-15—Nickerson (3-0, suspended); 4-17—at Hesston; 4-22—Haven; 4-25—at Hillsboro; 5-2—Halstead; 5-8—at Smoky Valley 

HALSTEAD (2-6, 2-10)—L Kingman 2-5  L SE Saline 8-9; LL Sedgwick 0-6, 4-10; LL Pratt 1-15, 1-14; LL Hesston 6-13, 6-7; WW Nickerson 8-7, 12-2; LL Haven 2-10, 2-10; 4-17—at Hillsboro; 4-22—Smoky Valley; 4-24—Larned; 4-28—at Dougass; 5-2—at Hoisington

NICKERSON (1-2, 1-8)—LL Hutchinson Trinity 8-10, 0-5; LL Lyons 5-12, 2-10; W Hoisington 21-7; LL Halstead 7-8, 2-12; LL Andale 3-18, 3-18; 4-15—Hoisington (0-3 suspended); 4-17—at Pratt;  4-22—Hesston; 4-25—at Haven; 4-28—Kingman; 5-2—Hillsboro;  5-5—at Smoky Valley; 5-9—Larned 

LARNED (1-3, 2-6)—LL TMP 0-8, 4-11; WL Lyons 12-1, 4-5;  LL Hoisington 1-2 2-6; WL Hesston 7-3. 2-12; 4-15—Smoky Valley; 4-17—at Haven; 4-22—Hillsboro; 4-24—at Halstead; 4-29—at Hugoton; 5-6—Russell; 5-9—at Nickerson; 5-13—at Pratt

HILLSBORO (1-5, 3-6)—WW Canton-Galva 11-1, 14-6; LL Hesston 0-19, 3-14; LL Haven 2-9, 3-12; L Moundridge 6-8; WL Smoky Valley 11-10, 5-7; 4-15—Herington; 4-17—Halstead; 4-22—Larned; 4-25—Hoisington; 4-29—Marion; 5-2—at Nickerson; 5-5—at Council Grove; 5-9—at Pratt

SMOKY VALLEY (1-6, 1-6)—LL Haven 1-16, 4-10; LL Hesston 4-7, 15-22; WL Hillsboro 7-5, 10-11; 4-15—at Larned; 4-22—at Halstead; 4-25—Pratt; 4-28 Lyons; 5-1—SE Saline; 5-5—Nickerson;  5-8—Hoisington