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Brady Hope leads Larned baseball
Brady Hope
Larned Indian pitcher Brady Hope throws a strike.

Larned baseball wins pair

HALSTEAD – Larned’s Brady Hope played the role of Superman with six hits and seven RBIs to lead a sweep over Halstead 11-2 and 7-4 in Friday’s Central Kansas League baseball doubleheader. Larned (6-6, 6-6 CKL) moves past Halstead (5-7, 5-7 CKL) in the league.

LARNED 11, HALSTEAD 2 (G1) – Hope (1-2) got the fun started with six innings on the mound to go with a 4-for-5 game with two doubles, three runs scored and three RBIs. Larned scored four runs in the first inning and six runs in the fifth frame.

Caden Morgan drove in two runs with two singles. Deacon Martin and Mason Miller each drove home a run.

LARNED 7, HALSTEAD 4 (G2) – Hope kept things rolling with a double, single and four runs batted home. Cade Colglazier, Eian Sanders and Morgan drove home runs. Shaver (1-1) worked four innings of effective relief to earn the victory.

Larned 400 160 0 – 11 12 5

Halstead 101 000 0 – 2 4 5

Hope, Regan (7) and Shaver. Eskins, Devine (7) and Chege. W—Hope, 1-2. L—Eskins. 2B—L—Hope 2, Smith, Miller.

Larned 050 002 0 – 7 9 3

Halstead 020 000 2 – 4 3 4

Morgan, Shaver (4) and Shaver, Morgan (4). Mueller and Chege, W—Shaver, 1-1. L—Mueller. 2B—L—Hope, Shaver, Colglazier, Sanders; H—Chege.

CKL BASEBALL

Haven 11-1 11-1

Pratt 10-2 11-3

Hesston 9-3 11-3

Lyons 8-4 8-4

Hoisington 6-6 6-6

Larned 6-6 6-6

Halstead 5-7 5-7

Smoky Valley 4-10 4-12

Nickerson 1-11 1-11

Hillsboro 0-12 0-12

4-20—Larned 11-7, Halstead 2-4; Hoisington 21-19, Hillsboro 2-3; Pratt 14-13, Smoky Valley 3-1; Haven 11-5, Nickerson 1-1; Lyons 8-8, Hesston 6-1

4-18—Larned 15-13, Hillsboro 0-2; Haven 28-10, Hoisington 18-11; Pratt 18-22, Lyons 0-0; Smoky Valley 4-5, Halstead 1-8; Hesston 11-24, Nickerson 1-4

4-14—Haven 15-9, Larned 2-5; Hoisington 15, 5, Hesston 9-6; Pratt 7-1, 11-1; Halstead 12-15, Hillsboro 2-1

4-11—Lyons 10-15, Smoky Valley 1-4

4-6—Hesston 4-6, Larned 3-1; Haven 6-9, Halstead 3-1; Lyons 7-14, Nickerson 4-4; Pratt 17-12, Hoisington 6-5; Smoky Valley 14-19, Hillsboro 2-3

4-4—Pratt 14-11, Larned 4-4; Nickerson 17-14, Smoky Valley 2-19; Haven 16-16, Hillsboro 1-6; Lyons 8-4, Hoisington 6-3

4-3—Hesston 14-11, Cheney 4-3

3-31—Pratt 14-6, Kingman 4-7

3-30—SE Saline 10-10, Smoky Valley 0-3

3-28—Hesston 16-19, Hillsboro 0-4; Haven 10-10, Smoky Valley 0-2; Hoisington 6-17, Nickerson 4-2; Halstead 5-6, Pratt 3-3

3-24—Hesston 11-6, Halstead 1-1