LARNED — Larned pitcher Jadyn Crosby sparked a doubleheader sweep over Nickerson 7-1 and 8-2 in Friday's Central Kansas League games.

Larned (10-14, 3-11 CKL) extends Nickerson (4-22, 0-16) to a 22-game losing streak.

LARNED 7, NICKERSON 1 (G1) — Crosby (7-9) struck out eight batters and permitted zero earned runs. Brylee Squires scored on a passed ball.

Brileigh Stahlecker singled home Jadae Robinson and Eowyn Hedding and Kendra Marvin singled home Stahlecker and Brooke Simmons in a 4-run second.

Robinson scored on Hedding's fifth-inning single. Simmons scored on Crosby's sixth-inning double.

LARNED 8, NICKERSON 2 (G2) — Simmons drove in three runs and Stahlecker and Marvin each delivered two runs batted in.

Simmons scored on an error after singling home Hedding in the first. Simmons doubled home Hedding and Jozlyn Mead and Stahlecker and Simmons scored on Marvin's second-inning triple for a 6-1 lead.

Stahlecker's single drove home Gillian Smith and Hedding in the fifth.

Shalie Powell and Mayci Terhune doubled home Nickerson's runs.

Nickerson 010 000 0 — 1 5 1

Larned 140 011 x — 7 12 0

Cornejo, Terhune (2) and Powell. Crosby and Hedding. W—Crosby. L—Crosby, 7-9. 2B—L—Hedding, Crosby; N—Cornejo 2.

Nickerson 101 000 0 — 2 9 3

Larned 240 020 x — 8 12 2

Cornejo, Terhune (2) and Powell. Stahlecker and Hedding. W—Stahlecker, 3-5. L—Cornejo. 2B—L—Simmons; N—Powell, Terhune. 3B—Marvin.