Kinsley/Macksville split pair

KINSLEY — Kinsley/Macksville pitchers Kendall Grippin and Woodrow Lancaster combined for a 1-hit shutout for a 4-0 baseball victory over Bucklin. The Red Aces won the second game 6-4.

KINSLEY 4, BUCKLIN 0 (G1) — Kinsley's Grippin struck out nine batters and Lancaster struck out six batters/ Bucklin's Jack Willems singled for the Red Aces hit.

Grippin doubled home Lancaster in the first inning. Grippin doubled home Joshua Stuckey in a 3-run fifth inning. Anthony Meza and Diego Esparza scored on an error for a 4-0 lead.

BUCKLIN 6, KINSLEY 4 (G2) — Kinsley's pitchers issued 13 walks that led to a 6-4 setback. 

Stucky scored on a groundout and Lancaster scored on a stolen base for a 2-0 lead.

Bucklin's Jake Herd and Kolson Cook scored after three walks and an error for a 2-2 tie.

Kinsley's Trenton Anderson scored on a walk. Bucklin's Jack Herd scored on a walk for  3-3 tie.

Kinsley's Grippin scored on a hit batter. 

Four more walks led to Bucklin's 3-run seventh inning. Jack Willems scored on a walk, Isaac Girk scored on Herd's single. Nick Feikert scored home for a 6-4 lead.

Bucklin 000 000 0 — 0  1 1

Kinsley 100 030 x — 4 3 1

Konrade, Herd (5), Willems (6) and Feikert. Grippin, Lancaster (6) and Lancaster. W—Grippin, 1-0. L—Konrde, 0-1. 2B—K--Grippin 2

Bucklin 002 100 3 — 6 7 0

Kinsley 201 100 0 — 4 4 2

Kirk, Willems (4), Huck (5) and Feikert. Anderson, Stuckey (3), Lancaster (5), Esparza (7) and Lancaster. W—Hick, 1-0. L—Esparza, 0-1. 2B--K--Grippin