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Hoisington baseball sweeps Hillsboro
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The Hoisington Cardinal baseball team celebrates after beating Hillsboro. - photo by Lori Farmer

HOISINGTON – Hoisington pitchers Mason Martin and Preston Roat delivered solid performances to spark the Cardinals past Hillsboro 13-3 and 6-2 in Friday’s Central Kansas league baseball doubleheader. The Cardinals improve to 6-8, 6-6 CKL and drop Hillsboro to 1-11, 1-11 CKL.

CARDINALS 13, HILLSBORO 3 (G1) – Hoisington’s 12-run fifth inning turned a 3-1 deficit into a run-rule victory. Mason Martin delivered a 2-run single and game-ending RBI single. Tony Moore and Lane French hit RBI singles and French knocked home a run with a sacrifice fly. The Cardinals drew six walks and took advantage of two Hillsboro errors.

Martin (2-2) worked 42/3 innings with six strikeouts.

Marcus Ingram and Moore each drove home two runs. Rhen Galla and Gratton Dalton drove home runs. Hillsboro reliever Nash Dickinson yielded eight runs.

CARDINALS 6, HILLSBORO 2 (G2) – Hoisington pitcher Preston Roat (2-1) struck out six batters in a nifty 89-pitch outing.

French’s 2-run triple scored Moore and Ingram in a 3-run fifth inning. Carson Mason scored on Moore’s double. Rhen Galla scored the Cardinals’ first run on a groundout. Mason and Galla scored on a sixth-inning error for two insurance runs.

Hillsboro 100 11 – 3 3 3

Hoisington 001 0(12) – 13 9 3

Frantz, Dickinson (5), Willis-Dirks (5) and Philpott. Hekele, Martin (1) and Ingram. W—Martin. L—Frantz. HR—HOIS—Moore.

Hillsboro 000 000 2 – 2 3 4

Hoisington 100 032 x –6 7 2

Boldt, Haslett (5) and Dickinson. Roat and Mason. W—Roat, 2-1. 2B—HOIS—Moore. 3B—HOIS—French.

3A RUSSELL REGIONAL—Holcomb 11-3, Russell/Victoria 8-5, Cimarron/Ingalls 7-5, Colby 6-6, Hoisington/Central Plains 6-8, Lakin 5-7, Goodland 2-8, SW Heights 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