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Cardinal baseball sweeps Halstead
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Hoisington Cardinal pitcher Leyton Haxton (3) delivers a pitch against Nickerson. The Cardinals swept Nickerson 11-2 and 23-13 Tuesday. - photo by JIM MISUNAS Great Bend Tribune

HOISINGTON – Hoisington pitcher Tony Moore threw a shutout and the Cardinals closed out a sweep with 15-0 and 6-4 Central Kansas baseball wins over Halstead Friday. The Cardinals (10-6) drop Halstead to 6-10.

CARDINALS 15, HALSTEAD 0 (G1) – Hoisington’s Moore struck out eight batters in a nifty 4-inning outing. Moore and Chase Steinert each drove in three runs. M.J. Aylward drove in two runs. Leyton Haxton, Lane French, Gratton Dalton and Ethan Graff drove in runs.

CARDINALS 4, HALSTEAD 4 (G2) – Hoisington’s French preserved a 6-4 win with a shutout inning.  M.J. Aylward (1-0) worked three innings and drove home two runs. Ethan Grubb scored two runs on errors and doubled home Aylward.

Halstead 000 0 – 0 2 4

Hoisington 824 1 – 15 12 2

Hill and Chege. Moore and Ingram. W—Moore, 3-1. L—Hill. 2B—HOIS—Steinert 2, Haxton.

Halstead 201 001 0 – 4 3 3

Hoisington 000 321 x – 6 6 4

Mueller, Eskam (6) and Chege. Martin, Aylward (4), French (7) and Ingram. W—Aylward, 1-0. L—Mueller. 2B—HOIS—Grubb.

CKL BASEBALL

Haven 13-1 13-1

Pratt 11-3 12-4

Hesston 10-4 12-4

Hoisington 8-6 10-6

Larned 8-6 8-6

Lyons 8-6 8-6

Halstead 5-9 6-10

Smoky Valley 4-10 4-12

Nickerson 3-11 3-11

Hillsboro 0-14 0-16

5-9—Hoisington at Larned; Nickerson at Halstead; Lyons at Hillsboro; Smoky Valley at Hesston; Pratt at Haven

5-5—Larned at Nickerson; Halstead at Lyons; Haven at Hesston; Hillsboro at Pratt

5-4—Hoisington at Smoky Valley

5-2—Russell at Larned

5-1—Kingman at Nickerson; Lyons at Pratt Skyline

4-28—Larned 6-7, Smoky Valley 3-2; Hoisington 15-6, Halstead 0-4; Nickerson 10-10, Hillsboro 5-0; Hesston 2-4, Pratt 0-5; Haven 8-6, Lyons 1-4

4-25—Canton-Galva 5-4, Hillsboro 1-2

4-24—Hoisington 2-8, Ellinwood 1-7; Halstead 14-5, Douglass 6-7

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