LARNED — Hoisington/Central Plains pitcher Lane French set the tone with a 14-strikeout outing to spark a sweep over Larned 2-1 and 6-3 in Tuesday's Central Kansas League baseball doubleheader.

Hoisington plays Pratt (5-4, 4-0 CKL) and Larned (1-5, 0-2 CKL) plays Hesston (6-1, 6-0 CKL) Friday.

CARDINALS 2, LARNED 1 (G1) — French (1-0) outdueled a trio of Larned pitchers with 14 strikeouts out of 18 outs. French (1.45 ERA) has 22 strikeouts out of 29 outs recorded. Rhen Galla earned a save with back-to-back strikeouts to strand the tying and winning runners on base.

Hoisington's Marcus Ingram singled home French in the third inning. Larned's Deacon Martin doubled and scored on a double steal with Conner Spreier in the fourth inning.

Kayden Umphrey singled home Kaidenn Chambers in the fifth inning for the winning run.

CARDINALS 6, LARNED 3 (G2) — Hoisington's French delivered a 2-run single that scored Bentley Corbett and Galla in a 3-run third inning. Brodie Crites scored on a passed ball. Chambers (2-0) pitched five innings for the victory.

Tyrus Penka scored on a fourth-inning error for a 4-0 lead.

Larned's Hunter Hobbs doubled in Anthony Gonzalez and Spreier in the fourth inning. Ian Gilliland singled in Gonzalez for a 4-3 score.

The Cardinals earned two insurance runs when Chambers scored on an error and Aiden Hekele scored on Corbett's groundout for a 6-3 lead.

Hoisington 001 010 0 — 2 8 2

Larned 000 100 0 — 1 6 0

French, Galla (7) and Ingram. Regan Miller (4), Shaver (5) and Gonzalez. W—French, 1-0. L—Shaver, 1-2. SV—Galla. 2B—H—French 2; L—Martin 2, Gonzalez

Hoisington 003 100 2 — 6 7 3

Larned 000 201 0 — 3 5 6

Chambers, Hahn (6) and Chambers. Morgan, Martin (3), Miller (6) and Shaver. W—Chambers, 2-0. L—Morgan, 0-1. 2B—H—French, Chmbers; L—Hobbs