Hesston won against Hillsboro in Tuesday's second game with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again in Friday's first game. The Hesston Swathers put the hurt on the Hoisington Cardinals with a sharp 7-1 victory. Considering Hesston has won three games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Whit Rhodes spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up 15 Ks.
On the hitting side, Keagan Shelite was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Gunnar Lewis, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Hoisington's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marcus Ingram, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Hesston has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Hoisington, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-6.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Hesston beat Hoisington by a score of 4-3 later that day.
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