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Larned baseball win streak stretches to 7 in row
Brady Hope
Larned Indian shortstop Brady Hope tags a Halstead runner out at second base. - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune

Indians rally for baseball sweep

LARNED – The Larned Indians rallied from a 6-1 deficit for an 8-7 victory over Halstead to complete a sweep of Friday’s Central Kansas League baseball doubleheader after winning the opener 5-2. Larned (9-5, 8-4 CKL) has won seven consecutive baseball games.

INDIANS 5, HALSTEAD 2 (G1) – Larned’s law firm of (Caden) Morgan and (Reese) Morgan combined for a solid 7-inning performance. Caden Morgan (2-1) struck out three batters.

Carson Shaver scored on Brady Hope’s first-inning single. Cade Colglazier and Deacon Martin scored on groundouts and Mason Miller scored on Tristan Regan’s double in a 3-run second inning. Regan scored on a fourth-inning error.

INDIANS 8, HALSTEAD 7 (G2) – Larned’s 5-run fourth inning heled overcame a 6-1 deficit. Shaver scored on Ty Smith’s single. Hope scored on an error. Smith scored on a groundout. Caden Morgan scored on an error. Martin scored on Miller’s single for a 7-6 lead. Colglazier scored a valuable insurance run on a sixth-inning wild pitch.

Colglazier led the offense with three runs driven home.

Larned reliever Shaver earned a save by recording the final two outs in the seventh inning.

Zach Gavlack and Brandon Chege each drove in two runs for Halstead (4-8, 4-8 CKL).

Halstead 001 000 1 – 2 3 1

Larned 130 100 x – 5 9 5

Gavlack and Chege. Caden Morgan, Reese Morgan (7) and Shaver. W—C. Morgan, 2-1. L—Gavlack. SV—Shaver. 2B—L—Regan. 3B—L—Shaver.

Halstead 330 000 1 – 7 11 4

Larned 101 501 x – 8 8 3

Eskins, Devine (5) and Chege. Hope, Shaver (7) and Shaver, Martin (7). W—Hope, 2-1. L—Eskins. SV—Shaver. 2B—L—Miller.

4A WEST—Abilene 13-1, Clay Center 14-2, Mulvane 10-3, Pratt 12-4, McPherson 11-5, Larned/La Crosse 9-5, Buhler 9-5, Ulysses 6-4, Rose Hill 8-6, Wellington 10-8, Circle 7-7, Lyons/Sterling 6-6, Chapman 6-6, Scott City 5-5, Hugoton 3-7, Winfield 4-10, Concordia 3-9, Andale/Garden Plain 3-12, Clearwater 2-10

CKL  BASEBALL

Pratt 10-0 12-4

Hesston 11-1 13-2

Haven 7-3 12-4

Larned 8-4 9-5

Lyons 6-6 6-6

Hoisington 6-6 6-8

Halstead 4-8 4-8

Smoky Valley 1-5 1-7

Hillsboro 1-11 1-11

Nickerson 0-10 0-10

FRIDAY—Smoky Valley at Pratt; Hoisington 13-6, Hillsboro 3-2; Haven 13-18, Nickerson 1-0; Hesston 5-4, Lyons 2-2; Larned 5-8, Halstead 2-6

PRATT (10-0, 12-4)—LL Hutchinson 1-6, 7-10; LL Great Bend 0-1, 6-10; WW Larned 12-2, 13-3; WW Kingman 15-0, 12-1; WW Hoisington 15-8, 9-1; WW Halstead 6-1, 11-0; WW Nickerson 12-0, 14-0; WW Lyons4-3, 8-2; 4-19 Smoky Valley; 4-26 at Hesston; 5-3 at Hillsboro; 5-7 Haven; 5-9 Andale

HESSTON (11-1, 13-2)—WW Halstead 4-3, 10-0; WL Cheney 16-6, 2-3; WL Larned 11-6, 4-6; W Douglass 7-6; WW Hillsboro 6-5, 7-6; WW Hoisington 7-1, 4-3; WW Nickerson 14-2, 15-0; WW Lyons 5-2; 4-2; 4-26 Pratt; 4-30 Newton; 5-3 at Haven; 5-7 at Smoky Valley

LARNED (8-4, 9-5)—WL TMP 10-3; 3-18; LL Pratt 2-12, 3-10; WL Hesston 5-4, 6-11; WL  Lyons 15-5, 0-1; WW Haven 9-5, 6-0; WW Hillsboro 6-3, 9-1; WW Halstead 5-2; 8-6; 4-22 at Spearville; 4-26 at Smoky Valley; 5-3 Nickerson; 5-7 at Hoisington

HAVEN (7-3, 12-4)—WW Hutchinson Trinity 11-0, 15-0; WL Andale 9-6, 5-16; WW Hillsboro 21-10, 17-13; WW Halstead 8-0, 13-1; WW Cheney 8-6, 3-0; LL Larned 5-9, 0-6; WL Hoisington 7-5, 2-4; WW Nickerson 13-1; 4-22 at Wichita Trinity; 4-23 at Smoky Valley; 4-26 Lyons; 5-3 Hesston; 5-7 at Pratt

LYONS (6-6, 6-6)—WL Hoisington 3-1, 10-12; WW Nickerson 13-2, 10-0; WL Larned 1-0, 5-15; WW Smoky Valley 13-2, 7-0; LL Pratt 3-4, 2-8; L Hesston 2-5; 4-23 Wichita North; 4-26 at Haven; 4-29 Skyline; 5-3 at Halstead; 5-7 Hillsboro

HOISINGTON (6-6, 6-8)—WW Nickerson 14-0, 13-0; WL Lyons 12-10, 1-3; LL Pratt 8-15, 1-9; LL Kingman 3-4, 6-7; LL Hesston 1-7, 3-4; WL Haven 4-2, 5-7; WW Hillsboro 13-3; 6-2; 4-22 Ellinwood; 4-26 at Halstead; 5-2 Smoky Valley; 5-7 Larned

HALSTEAD (4-8, 4-8)—LL Hesston 3-4, 0-10; LL Haven 0-8, 1-13; LL Pratt 1-6, 0-11; WW Hillsboro 15-5, 11-0; WW Smoky Valley 20-4, 18-10; LL Larned 2-5; 6-8; 4-22 Douglass; 4-26 Hoisington; 4-29 Kingman; 5-3 Lyons; 5-7 at Nickerson

SMOKY VALLEY (1-5, 1-7)—LL SE Saline 3-18, 7-22; WL Hillsboro 8-7, 4-5; LL Lyons 2-13, 0-5; LL Halstead 4-20, 10-18; 4-19 at Pratt; 4-23 Haven; 4-26 Larned; 5-2 at Hoisington; 5-7 Hesston

HILLSBORO (1-11, 1-11)—LL Haven 10-21, 13-17; WL Smoky Valley 5-4, 7-8; LL Hesston 5-6, 6-7; LL Halstead 5-15, 0-11; LL Larned 3-6, 1-9; LL Hoisington 1-13; 2-6; 4-23 Canton-Galva; 4-26 Nickerson; 5-3 Pratt; 5-7 at Lyons

NICKERSON (0-10, 0-10)—LL Hoisington 0-16, 0-11; LL Lyons 2-13, 0-10; LL Pratt 0-12 0-14; LL Hesston 2-14, 0-15; LL Haven 1-13; 0-18; 4-23 at Kingman; 4-26 at Hillsboro; 5-3 at Larned; 5-7 Halstead