PRATT — Medicine Lodge scored 10 runs in the final two innings to rally past Kinsley/Macksville 13-8 to clinch a 2-1A state baseball berth after the Coyotes (16-7) upset top-seeded Elkhart in the semifinals. The Indians (11-10) qualify for the 2-1A state tournament May 29-30 at Great Bend.

MEDICINE LODGE 13, KINSLEY 8 — Kinsley led 6-3 after five innings, but the Coyotes' pitching collapsed in the final two innings. The Coyotes yielded 11 walks and hit three batters to hand the Indians 14 extra baserunners.

Kinsley's Woodrow Lancaster and Trenton Anderson each drove home three runs. Kendall Grippin added an RBI single.

The Coyotes yielded nine walks in the final two innings. Medicine Lodge's Zane Keller ripped a 3-run double to key a 5-run seventh inning. Lane Crenner's 2-run sixth inning single highlighted a 5-run sixth inning.

KINSLEY 6, ELKHART 5 — Kinsley pitcher Kendall Grippin (8-1) threw six innings and reliever Woodrow Lancaster preserved  6-5 victory over No. 1 seed Elkhart by retiring the final three batters.

Kinsley led 3-0 and 5-2 before Elkhart staged a late-inning offensive rally. Kinsley's Grippin hit a sacrifice fly, Joshua Stuckey scored on an error and Lancaster scored on Trenton Anderson's single for a 3-0 lead.

Elkhart's Alex Gomez singled home Grady Palmer and Calvin Shackelford scored on a third-inning error. Stuckey singled in Joey Prieto and Diego Esparza scored on Grippin's fourth-inning double for a 5-2 lead.

Shackelford scored on a Gomez double. Grippin's single scored Stuckey for a 6-3 lead. Shortstop Stuckey and first baseman Ty Clawson turned a sixth-inning double play.

Gomez scored on a Traetyn Rhodes' single and Nathan Knelsen scored on a groundout for a 6-5 score. Lancaster retired Luis Villa to earn a save.

Kinsley 003 201 0 — 6 7 5

Elkhart 002 010 2 — 5 2 5

Grippin, Lancaster (7) and Lancaster. Gomez, Knelsen (6) and Shackelford. W—Grippin, 8-1. L—Gomez. 2B—K—Grippin; E—Gomez 2.

Medicine Lodge 200 105 5 — 13 15 1

Kinsley 003 301 1 — 8 11 0

Crenner, Ruiz (4), Inslee (5), Schreiner (7) and Fischer. Lancaster, Anderson (4), Esparza (6), Stuckey (7) and Anderson. W—Inslee. L—Anderson, 1-4. 2B—K—Stuckey, Lancaster; ML—Crenner Zeller. 2B—ML—Ruiz.

KINSLEY/MACKSVILLE 11, STANTON COUNTY 1 — Kinsley's Kendall Grippin (7-1, 088 ERA) struck out 10 batters in a 98-pitch outing with zero earned runs in an 11-1 victory over Stanton County Wednesday. 

Grippin has yielded five earned runs with 67 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings. The Coyotes (15-6) play No. 1 seed Elkhart (19-3) in a semifinal game at Pratt Community College Tuesday.

The Coyotes started with a 4-run first inning. Diego Esparza scored on an error and Hector Gomez scored on a balk. Joshua Stuckey scored on Woodrow Lancaster's single. Lancaster scored on Anthony Meza's single.

Trenton Anderson doubled home Stuckey and Lancaster in the second frame. A 5-run fourth inning sealed the run-rule victory. Parker Burr and Joey Prieto forced home runs on bases-loaded walks. Esparza's RBI single and subsequent error allowed Devin Murrow, Burr and Preito to score for an 11-0 lead.

Stanton Co. 000 01 — 1 4 2

Kinsley 420 5x — 11 8 2

Floyd, Crane (1) and Robles. Grippin and Lancaster. W—Grippin, 7-1. L—Floyd. 2B—K—Lancatser, Stuckey, Anderson.

2A PRATT—Elkhart 13, Sublette 3; Kinsley/Macksville 11, Stanton County 1; Spearville 10, Minneola 0; Medicine Lodge 7, Bucklin 1; SEMIFINALS—Kinsley/Macksville 6, Elkhart 5; Medicine Lodge 5, Spearville 1; Medicine Lodge 13, Kinsley 8