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PRATT — Pratt's pitching shut down Hoisington 10-0 and 12-2 in Friday's Central Kansas League baseball twin bill.

CKL league leader Pratt (7--1, 6-0 CKL) drops Hoisington (4-6, 3-3 CKL) into fourth place.

PRATT 10, HOISINGTON 0 (G1) — Hoisington's Thomas Higgins (.320) singled to prevent a no-hitter. Galla (1-1) yielded six runs.

Pratt scored nine runs in the second inning with 'six singles, three walks and a hit batter.

Caleb Strong drove home two runs. Josiah Schmidt, Cresten Pore, Madden Wilson, Luke Gatlin, Max Thimesch and Caiden Smiley drove in runs.

PRATT 12, HOISINGTON 2 (G2)—Hoisington's Marcus Ingram delivered two hits and singled in Brodie Crites. Ingram scored on a first-inning error.

Crites (0-1, 4.94 ERA) yielded two earned runs as Pratt scored 12 runs.

Pore drove in two runs. Strong, Schmidt, Wilson, Emmanuel Avila, Smiley and Vince Van Der Vyver drove in runs.

Hoisington 000 000 0 — 0 1 0

Pratt 091 0x — 10 12 0

Galla, Martin (2) and Ingram. Thimesch, Van Der Vyver (5) and Pore. W—Thimesch, 2-0. L—Galla, 1-1. 2B—P—Schmidt.

Hoisington 200 000 — 2 3 2

Pratt 203 025 — 12 12 1

Crites, Martin (4), Hoffman (6) and Ingram. Pore, Van Der Vyver (5) and Avila. W—Pore, 1-0. L—Crites 0-1. 2B—P—Demuth, Wilson. 3B—Pore.