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Larned softball splits with Pratt
Larned Softball
Larned's softball team - photo by Photo by JANET FLESKE

PRATT — Larned pitcher Mattie Glover was flawless in a dominating 6-0 shutout against Pratt. The Greenbacks timed her perfectly in a second-game 11-7 victory for a split of Tuesday’s Central Kansas League softball doubleheader.
Larned (3-3) plays CKL leader Haven (6-0) at home Friday.
LARNED 6, PRATT 0 (G1) — Glover threw a three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts and no walks in a dominating performance. Larned’s Lynzi Myrick delivered four hits.
Larned scored three second-inning runs. Baylea Perez singled home Kaylee Krehbiel. Myrick singled home Kendra Grandy, who had doubled. Glover’s single scored Perez for a 3-0 lead.
Alea Makings walked and stole home and Myrick doubled and scored on an error by Pratt pitcher Breanna Bosley for a 5-0 lead. Julia Tapia tripled and scored on erin Jackson’s seventh-inning error.
PRATT 11, LARNED 7 (G2) — Glover drilled a three-run homer and drove in four runs in the nightcap. Pratt outscored the Indians 11-4 after trailing 3-0. Pratt’s Kami Theis, Jenna Fincham and Jackson each drove in two runs.
Myrick doubled home Perez and Makings. Glover’s double scored Myrick for a 3-0 lead.
Theis’s first-inning double scored Madalynn Wilson and Brianna Cruz singled home Theis. Fincham and Jackson hit back-to-back triples for a 4-3 Pratt lead.
Allisan McGowan scrambled home after Wilson’s fourth-inning double for a 5-3 lead.
Glover’s three-run homer scored Makings and Myrick for a 6-5 lead after 41/2 innings.
Pratt responded with a six-run fifth inning. Fincham’s double scored Cruz. Bosley scored on Jackson’s single. Fincham stole home for an 8-6 lead. Jackson scored on a groundout. Payton Woody stole home and Wilson scored on Theis’ single for an 11-6 lead.
Makings’ single scored Nikki Taylor for Larned’s sixth-inning run.
Larned 030 200 1 — 6 10 0
Pratt 000 000 0 — 0 3 2
Glover and Martin. Bosley and Cruz. W—Glover, 3-0. L—Bosley. 2B—L—Grandy, Myrick; P—Wilson. 3B—L—Tapia.
Larned 300 031 0 — 7 11 0
Pratt 400 160 0 — 11 14 2
Glover, Perez (6) and Martin. Theis and Cruz. W—Theis. L—Glover, 3-1. 2B—L—Myrick 2, Glover; P—Fincham 2, Wilson, Theis. 3B—P—Jackson, Cruz, Fincham. HR—L—Glover.

CKL SOFTBALL
Haven 6-0
Pratt 5-1
Kingman 4-2
Lyons 4-2
S. Valley 5-3
Larned 3-3
Hillsboro 3-3
Hoisington 2-2
Hesston 2-4
Halstead 0-6
Nickerson 0-8
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Hesston 14-10, 7-6 Halstead
Haven 9-3, 14-7 Hillsboro
Larned 6-0; Pratt 11-7
Lyons 11-2, 10-0 Nickerson
Smoky Valley 15-7; Kingman 8-7
FRIDAY’s GAMES
Haven at Larned
Kingman at Pratt
Hillsboro at Hoisington