HOISINGTON — Nickerson's baseball team surprised unbeaten Hoisington/Central Plains 21-7 in Tuesday's Central Kansas League game before lightning stopped the second game with the Cardinals ahead 3-0. The Panthers scored eight first-inning runs and nine fourth-inning runs.
The Cardinals (4-1, 0-1 CKL) play Hays Thomas More Prep Friday.
NICKERSON 21, HOISINGTON 7 (G1) — Hoisington's Lane French, Marcus Ingram and Kaidenn Chambers each drove in two runs.
Brodie Crites singled and scored on a Kaidenn Chambers bases-loaded first-inning walk. Lane French scored on Aiden Hekele's groundout.
In a 5-run fourth inning, French doubled home Kaydin Umphrey and Rhen Galla. Ingram's double scored Crites and French. Ingram scored on a Chambers double for a 21-7 final score.
Nickerson's Rylan Morrell tripled and drove home four runs. Fallon Rist and Cooper Malloy each drove in three runs. Liam Hedrick, Chase Welch and Rist each drove in two runs. Rist doubled twice. The Cardinals committed five errors, walked seven batters and hit two batters.
HOISINGTON 3, NICKERSON 0 (G2, suspended) — Hoisington's French singled home Galla in a 3-run first inning. Crites scored on a Hekele single. French scored on a Umphrey single for a 3-0 lead off pitcher Corbin Shelton. French threw two shutout innings.
Nickerson 813 90 — 21 18 0
Hoisington 20 50 — 7 7 5
Rodarte, Rist (4), Morrell (5) and Hedrick. Hekele, Hahn (3), Penka (4) and Ingram. W—Rodarte, 1-2. L—Hekele. 2B—N—Rist 2; H—Chambers, French, Ingram. 3B—N—Morrell.
Nickerson 00 — 0 3 0
Hoisington 30 — 3 3 0
Shelton and Hedrick. French and Chambers.
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