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LARNED — Larned's Dillan Smith scored the game-winning run on an error as the Indians completed a Central Kansas League baseball sweep over Hoisington with a 5-4 victory Friday. Larned (7-4, 7-4 CKL) won the opener 6-2.

INDIANS 6, CARDINALS 2 (G1) — Larned scored three fifth-inning runs to ice a 6-2 victory. Logan Erway's triple scored Jack Stelter, who reached base on an error. Erway scored on Ian Orth's single. Gavin Alvarez scored on a passed ball for a 6-2 lead.

Larned pitcher Dillan Smith yielded no earned runs in five innings.

Stelter doubled home Aidan Smyth in the first inning. Hoisington's Jack Wikum singled in Layton Haxton for a 1-1 tie. Smith's second-inning single scored Alvarez. Kaden Pontius singled home Stelter for a 3-1 lead.

M.J. Aylward scored the Cardinals' second run on a seventh-inning error.

INDIANS 5, CARDINALS 4 (G2) — Larned rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tag reliever Tony Moore with the loss. Layton Haxton's single scored Gunnar Cline. Tony Moore's double scored Aylward and Cole Steinert's double scored Moore for a 3-0 lead.

Smyth's double scored Dillan Smith and Smyth scored on Brady Hope's third-inning single. Hoisington's Alex Elmore scored on a wild pitch for a 4-2 lead.

Dillan Smith's fourth-inning single scored Ty Smith. Dillan Smith's sixth-inning single scored Ian Orth. Dillan Smith stole third base and scored the game-winning run on a throwing error.

Hoisington 010 000 1 — 2 6 1

Larned 111 030 x — 6 9 2

Hanzlick, Cole Steinert (6) and Chase Steinert. Dillan Smith,, Murray (6), Grosfield (7) and Stelter. W—Smith. L—Hanzlick. 2B—L—Smyth, Erway, Stelter. 3B—L—Erway

Hoisington 012 100 0 — 4 5 2

Larned 002 102 x — 5 6 1

Haxton, Moore (4) and Chase Steinert. Smyth, Erway (5) and Stelter. W—Erway. L—Moore. 2B—L—Smith, Smyth; H—Cole Steinert, Moore 

CKL BASEBALL

Pratt 12-1 14-2

Hesston 10-3 12-3

Larned 9-4 9-4

Halstead 8-6 8-8

Smoky Valley 5-8 5-10

Hillsboro 5-7 7-7

Haven 5-7 5-7

Lyons 5-8 5-8

Hoisington 4-8 6-8

Nickerson 0-12 0-14

FRIDAY—Pratt 5-11, Haven 4-0; Hesston 11-9, Smoky Valley 0-6; Larned 6-5, Hoisington 2-4; Hillsboro 10-5, Lyons 9-8; Halstead 13-16, Nickerson 3-1

SATURDAY—Larned 6-5, Halstead 2-4