ELLIS — When Ellinwood standout pitcher Cohen Gunn is throwing, the Eagles can beat any baseball team they play.

Cohen sparked Ellinwood (8-12) to a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Ellis/Quinter. Ellis/Quinter (14-8) won the nightcap 11-1.

ELLINWOOD 4, ELLIS 3 (G1) — Gunn (4-2, 0.96 ERA) struck out seven batters and yielded one earned run. He has 72 strikeouts in 362/3 innings, two strikeout per inning.

Trace Tudor scored on a passed ball for a 3-0 lead after his single scored Gunn. Cade Coleman's double scored Banks Jacobs. Noah Herrman scored on Alvin Bowyer's single for a 4-0 lead.

Ellis' Ben Byers singled in Aiden Aschenbrenner. Jax Ruf doubled home Austin Lopeman. Colt McCoy scored on Byers' seventh-inning sacrifice fly. Pitcher Shea Hoskins retired the final two batters to earn the save.

ELLIS 11, ELLINWOOD 1 (G2) — Byers, Lopeman, McCoy and Maddux Reese each drove home runs for Ellis.

Ellinwood's Cohen Gunn (.462) doubled and scored on a fifth-inning wild pitch.

Ellinwood 301 000 0 — 4 7 1

Ellis 000 011 1 — 3 4 2

Cohen Gunn, Hoskins (7) and Jacobs. Byers, Blackwill (7) and Ruf. W—Gunn, 4-2. L—Greenwalt. SV—Hoskins. 2B—E—Coleman; ELLIS—Ruf, Ashenbrenner.

Ellinwood 000 01 — 1 5 1

Ellis 126 02 — 11 12 0

Coleman, Hoskins (3), Jacobs (5) and Jacobs. Blackwill, Ruf (5) and Lopeman. W—Blackwill. L—Coleman, 0-3. 2B—E—Cohen Gunn.