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Pratt Greenbacks sweep Larned baseball
2021 LHS baseball

PRATT – The Pratt Greenbacks produced 24 runs in a doubleheader sweep over Larned 12-6 and 12-9 in Tuesday’s Central Kansas League baseball twin bill.

PRATT 12, LARNED 6 (G1) – Pratt broke the game open with four-run fifth and sixth innings. Jack Stelter keyed the Indians’ offense with three RBIs.

Pratt’s Kaiser Pelland scored on Dru Lunsford’s second-inning sacrifice fly. Stelter tripled home Dillan Smith and scored on a third-inning error for a 2-1 lead.

Pratt’s Dru Lunsford, Gerardo Martinez and Matthew Shanline drove home runs in a three-run fourth inning for a 4-2 lead. Larned’s Kaden Pontius singled home Stelter for a 4-3 score.

Pelland’s two-run single sparked a four-run fifth inning. Matthew Hook tripled home Pelland and Hook scored on a sacrifice fly for a 8-3 lead.

Aidan Smyth scored on Stelter’s sacrifice fly. Christian Murray scored on Erway’s double and Erway stole home for a 8-6 score. But Pratt’s Dylann Lunsford and Pelland forced home sixth-inning runs on hit batters and Hook and Dru Lunsford added RBIs for a 12-6 margin.

PRATT 12, LARNED 9 (G1) – Pratt iced the victory with a seven-run fifth inning to roar to a 9-3 lead. Shanline and Deda each drove home two runs.

Larned’s Kaden Pontius scored on a wild pitch and Ian Orth scored on a passed ball for a 2-1 tie after 31/2 innings. Aidan Smyth scored on Stelter’s fielder’s choice for a 3-2 lead after 41/2 innings.

The Indians scored six runs in the final two at-bats. Smyth singled home Brady Hope. Jacob Grosfield scored on Dillan Smith’s single. Smyth scored on an error. Pontius scored on a seventh-inning wild pitch. Orth and Hope scored on Smyth’s two-run single for a 12-9 final.

Larned 002 013 0 – 6 6 0

Pratt 010 344 x – 12 14 1

Smith Murray (5) and Stelter. Dylann Lunsford, Shanline (4), Dru Lunsford (6), Coss (7) and Deda. W--Shanline. L—Smith, 0-1. 2B—L—Erway, Stelter; P—Dylann Lunsford, Shanline. 3B—P—Espino.

Larned 000 213 3 – 9 13 5

Pratt 002 073 x – 12 8 2

Smyth, Grosfield (5), Pontius (6) and Stelter. Espino, Dru Lunsford (6) and Deda. W—Drue Lunsford. L—Smyth, 0-1. 2B—P—Deda 2, Shanline