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Ellinwood baseball sweeps Kinsley/Macksville
Trace Tudor
Ellinwood pitcher Trace Tudor

Eagles sweep Kinsley/Macksville

KINSLEY – Ellinwood’s baseball team swept Kinsley/Macksville 6-4 and 9-2 in Thursday’s doubleheader at windswept Kinsley. Ellinwood (7-11) drops Kinsley to 7-7.

ELLINWOOD 6, KINSLEY 4  (G1) – Ellinwood’s Cohen Gunn delivered two big at-bats to bring home three runs for the Eagles. Bryan Jaske (2-3, 4.57 ERA) earned the victory and Cohen Gunn earned the save. Jaske has 32 strikeouts in 25 innings.

The Eagles led 2-0 when Trace Tudor’s groundball scored Campbell Coleman and Jaske scored on an error.

Kinsley’s Diego Esparza scored on Kendall Grippin’s groundout and Woodrow Lancaster scored on a passed ball for a 2-2 tie.

Tudor and Banks Jacobs scored on Cohen Gunn’s groundball for a 4-2 lead in the fourth. Cohen Gunn singled home Tudor and Jacobs scored on Drake Hosman’s single for a 6-2 lead.

Kinsley’s Ty Clawson and Esparza scored on Grippin’s fifth-inning single.

ELLINWOOD 9, KINSLEY 2 (G2) – Ellinwood pitcher Tudor (4-3, 2.71 ERA) struck out 10 Kinsley batters in a 9-2 victory. Tudor has 39 strikeouts in 31 innings.

Coleman doubled twice and drove in three runs. Drake Hosman, Jaske and Tudor also drove in runs.

Kinsley’s Hector Gomez drove in Conner Chamberlain and Lancaster scored on an error.

Through 18 games, Campbell is batting .478 (22 for 46); Jaske .327 (18 for 55) and Cooper Gunn .327 (18 for 55).  

Ellinwood 200 220 0 – 6 10 4

Kinsley 101 020 0 – 4 2 4

Jaske, Cohen Gunn (7) and Coleman. Lancaster, Grippin (4) and Chamberlain. W—Jaske, 2-3. L—Lancaster. SV—Cohen Gunn. 2B—E—Jacobs.

Ellinwood 002 101 5 – 9 11 3

Kinsley 010 001 0 – 2 3 4

Tudor and Jacobs. Chamberlain, Schmidt (3), Anderson (7) and Lancaster. W—Tudor, 4-3. L—Chamberlain. 2B—E—Coleman 2. 3B—K—Lemuz.

2-1A ELKHART REGIONAL—Bucklin/South Central 11-1, Minneola/Ashland 12-2, Stanton County 5-4, Sublette 6-5, Spearville 8-7, Kinsley/Macksville 7-7, Pratt Skyline 8-8, Elkhart 4-8, Satanta/Moscow 0-10

2-1A HAYS REGIONAL—Salina Sacred Heart 16-0, Hays TMP 10-6, Inman 7-9, Ellinwood 7-11, Ell-Saline 4-10, Little River 4-12, Hutchinson Trinity 3-13, Bennington 2-12, Ellis 1-13