HESSTON – Hoisington reliever Lane French preserved an 8-8 tie and the Cardinals surprised Hesston with a 7-run eighth inning for a 15-9 Central Kansas League baseball victory. Hoisington (3-5, 3-5 CKL) handed Hesston (9-1, 7-1 CKL) its first loss of the season.

Hesston rallied for a 6-5 victory in an 8-inning nightcap.

CARDINALS 15, HESSTON 9 (G1) – French stranded the game-winning runner on base by retiring Kaden Cox and Blayne Wilson to preserve an 8-8 tie after the Swathers scored three runs.

Hoisington’s Chase Steinert, M.J. Aylward, Gratton Dalton and Tony Moore delivered RBI hits in a 7-run eighth inning. French, Aylward and Carson Mason scored on errors.

Moore, Steinert, Aylward, Dalton and Ethan Graff also drove home two runs.

Hesston’s Gunnar Lewis drove home three runs and Keagan Shelite hit a 3-run homer.

HESSTON 6, CARDINALS 5 (G2) – Hoisington was three outs away from a historic doubleheader sweep when Hesston swung the momentum with a 3-run seventh inning. Whit Rhodes singled home Blayne Wilson with the game-winner. Jacob Burkholder scored on a groundout. Shelite singled home Brett Cox. Shelite scored on an error for a 5-5 tie.

The Cardinals took advantage of six Hesston errors to score four unearned runs. Steinert scored on Marcus Ingram’s single. Moore scored on Steinert’s single. Moore tripled home Leyton Haxton for a 3-1 lead.

Hoisington 103 310 07 – 15 20 4

Hesston 040 100 31 – 9 8 6

Moore, French (6), Aylward (8) and Dalton. Rhodes, Clark (6), Lewis (8) and Shelite. W—French. L—2B—HOIS—Moore 2, Dalton, Graff, Haxton; HESS—Wilson. HR—HESS—Lewis, Shelite.

Hoisington 011 011 10 – 5 6 3

Hesston 000 110 31— 6 8 6

Haxton, Aylward (5), Martin (8) and Steinert. Keagan Shelite, Keal Shelite (5), Clark (7) and Coutre. W—Clark. L—Martin. 2B—HESS—Warden, Lewis. 3B—HOIS—Moore.

CKL BASEBALL

Haven 8-0 8-0

Hesston 7-1 9-1

Lyons 6-2 6-2

Pratt 6-2 7-3

Halstead 4-4 4-4

Hoisington 3-5 3-5

Smoky Valley 3-7 3-9

Larned 2-6 2-6

Nickerson 1-7 1-7

Hillsboro 0-8 0-8

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