Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 Dodge City baseball took on Pratt in what proved to a wild series with plenty of offensive firepower seeing both teams earn two wins with a split. 

The Conquistadors picked up wins 26-12 in game two and 25-13 in the series finale, while Pratt won game won 17-16 in 10 innings and took game three 17-9. 

The series split moves the Conqs to 24-17 on the season and 10-14 in Jayhawk Conference action. 

Up next is a week packed with non-conference action as the Conqs will hit the road starting on Monday, April 14th to take on Northwestern Oklahoma State JV in Alva, Oklahoma for a doubleheader. Then will play in Lindsborg, Kansas with a single nine inning game on Wednesday, April 16th and finish the week with two games against #13 Johnson County in Overland, Park for a doubleheader. 

Game 1 – Lost 17-16 at Pratt
The offensive tone was set early in the series as the Conqs wasted little time scoring with four runs in the first inning on the road in the series opener. Josh McGuin notched an RBI double to get the Conqs on the board and then MD Conner belted a three-run home run. The Conqs would steal home in the third to add another run, but Pratt answered back to tighten up the game scoring four runs in the bottom of the third, and then took a 6-5 lead with a two-run fourth. In the fifth, the Conqs would have an offensive outburst scoring seven runs starting with a two-RBI double by Ben Longoria, and then added three more on a three-run homer by Juan Concepcion in the top of the sixth. Leading 15-6 the Conqs would see Pratt have a big offensive inning in the bottom of the sixth scoring seven and then added two more in the seventh to push the game into extra innings. A scoreless eighth and ninth by both teams pushed the game to the tenth. In the top of the tenth the Conqs worked the bases loaded and a walk drawn by Jose Alfonso gave the Conqs a 16-15 lead entering the bottom of the seventh. Pratt however would have three-straight singles to open the bottom of the seventh and score two runs to take the game 17-16. 

Conqs had 19 hits in the loss led by Josh McClintock who was 4-7 with two runs scored, a double, and two RBI. Conner added a 3-6 game with a home run, four RBI, and two runs scored, while Longoria added a 3-5 game with two runs scored, a double, two RBI, and a walk. Both Concepcion and McGuin each had a three-hit game as Concepcion was 3-6 with four RBI, a walk, two runs scored, and a home run, while McGuin was 3-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, a double, and a walk. 

Game 2 – Won 26-12 at Pratt
Once again, the Conqs would waste no time getting on the board plating two runs in the first inning and then three more in the second to lead 5-0 before Pratt tallied a pair in the bottom of the second. The third inning would be an explosion of runs for the Conqs scoring 17 with a two RBI double by Bynum Martinez, along with three-run home runs by Concepcion and Conner highlighting the frame. Pratt would tally four in the third themselves while the Conqs added four more in the fourth and Pratt scored three. The game would be halted after the fourth inning due to a field issue at Pratt and was suspended to be finished in Dodge City on Saturday when the series continued. On Saturday the Conqs would go scoreless in the fifth and then see Pratt belt a pair of home runs to score three runs in the bottom of the fifth but that would be all as the Conqs would finish the game via run-rule winning 26-12. 

Conqs had 17 hits in the win with five multi-hit games. Martinez was 3-4 with three runs scored, two RBI, a walk, and a double, while Conner added a 3-4 game with three runs scored, six RBI, a double, a walk, and a home run. Alfonso chipped in a 3-3 game with a double, a run scored, a walk, and an RBI. Calvin Warrillow was 2-3 with four runs scored and five RBI, while Seth Brown added a 2-3 game with four runs scored, two RBI, and two walks. 

Caleb Tucker earned the win tossing three innings as the starter, while Manuel Burguesa and Lane Benavides each tossed an inning. 

Game 3 – Lost 17-9 vs Pratt 
Behind the home run ball, Pratt would grab the early lead against the Conqs as they scored runs off the home run ball in each of the first three innings. In the first Pratt tallied three runs and then three more in the second, then added seven more by batting around in the third and led 13-0 before the Conqs would get anything going offensively. In the bottom of the third Jose Alfonso would belt a two-run homer to put the Conqs on the board but it was only the second hit of the game for the Conqs at that point. Conqs got three more runs in the fourth with an RBI double by Martinez and another RBI double from McClintock, along with a sac-fly by Seth Brown. Pratt tallied a run in the fifth and sixth innings, but the Conqs got a run in the sixth and then three on a bases-clearing double by McClintock in the seventh, but it would not be enough as they fell 17-9 in the contest. 

McClintock led the offense going 2-4 with a run scored, two doubles, and four RBI. Longoria added a 2-3 game with two runs scored and a walk, while Martinez was 2-2 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a walk. 

Conqs used four different pitchers in the loss, including 4.2 solid innings of relief from Harrison Hankins, who recorded four strikeouts. 

Game 4 – Won 25-13 vs Pratt
Looking to settle for the split in the series the Conqs score of 20 runs for the second time in the series. Pratt again used the home run ball to take the initial lead hitting a solo home run in the first but the Conqs answered with a grand slam off the bat of Conner in the bottom of the inning and would not trail in the game the rest of the way. Three runs in the top of the third by Pratt evened up the game at 4-4 until the bottom of the third when the Conqs again had another big offensive outburst scoring eight runs. A two-RBI double by McClintock and a three-run home run by Concepcion highlighted the eight-run frame. Conqs added four more in the fourth to lead 16-4 but Pratt would score eight unanswered with a run in the fifth and then seven in the sixth to tighten up the game at 16-12. The bottom of the sixth would see the Conqs again explode for nine runs as McClintock and Concepcion each belted a two-run home run in the inning and Martinez added a three-run homer. Pratt would manage another run in the seventh but it was not enough to keep the game going as the Conqs won 25-13. 

Conqs had a season-high 22 hits surpassing 20 hits in a game for the second time this season. McClintock was once again a monster at the plate as he was 5-6 with six RBI, four runs scored, two doubles, and a home run. Cory Chostner was a model of consistency in the game going 4-5 with three runs scored, while Brown added a 3-5 game with three runs scored. Concepcion belted two home runs and was 2-4 with five RBI, three runs scored, and a walk. Conner was an on-base machine going 2-2 with a home run, two runs scored, four RBI, and two walks. Longoria added a 3-5 game with three runs scored. 

Cameron Stukenborg earned the win tossing five innings as the starter and recording five strikeouts.