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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/5/1746414843413.jpeg" alt="Taber Stokes hit a home run and had four hits in Blue Dragon Baseball's doubleheader sweep of Pratt on Saturday at Stanion Field in Pratt. (Sammi Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)" />
 <figcaption>Taber Stokes hit a home run and had four hits in Blue Dragon Baseball's doubleheader sweep of Pratt on Saturday at Stanion Field in Pratt. (Sammi Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)</figcaption>
 </figure><div>Hutchinson CC Sports Information
PRATT &ndash; The Hutchinson Community College baseball team took care of business on Saturday at Stanion Field with a doubleheader sweep of the Pratt Beavers.
Sophomores&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/maher_quinn_nqj4">Quinn Maher</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/stokes_taber_u8n0">Taber Stokes</a>&nbsp;drove in two runs each to lead Hutchinson to a 7-3 win over the Beavers in Game 1 on Saturday.
Stokes followed his Game 1 performance with a two-hit game to lead the Blue Dragons to a 9-4 win that gave the Blue Dragons a 3-1 series win over the Beavers, their 12th-straight series win over Pratt dating back to 2013.
The Blue Dragons close the regular season with a 37-19 overall record and secured third place in the Jayhawk West with an 18-14 mark.
The Dragons will be the No. 3 seed out of the Jayhawk West and will unofficially play Allen in the opening round of the Region 6 Tournament next week at Hobart-Detter Field. Official pairings will be released on Sunday.
GAME 1 RECAP &ndash; Hutchinson 7, Pratt 3 The Blue Dragons made a four-run third inning stand up in Game 1.
Maher lined a single to right field to score&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/mustow_adam_sf8t">A.J. Mustow</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/allen_griffin_bmj4">Nick Glantz</a>&nbsp;for a 2-0 lead. Then Stokes it a two-run home run to left field for a 4-0 lead.
The Dragons added to the lead when&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/tygart_baker_ked6">C.J. Reid</a>&nbsp;singled home&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/hamrick_cael_iiy0">Cael Hamrick</a>&nbsp;in the top of the sixth for a 5-0 lead. The Beavers finally broke through against Blue Dragon starter&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/ainsworth_seth_huwf">Seth Ainsworth</a>&nbsp;for three runs, cutting the Hutchinson lead to two runs.
Hutchinson answered right back in the top of the seventh when&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/mustow_adam_sf8t">A.J. Mustow</a>&nbsp;led off the inning with a home run and Glantz scored on a wild pitch for a 7-3 lead.
Ainsworth pitched 5 2-3 innings to earn the victory. He allowed seven hits and three runs with seven strikeouts and two walks.
<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/flores_colin_o7x4">Colin Flores</a>&nbsp;earned his seventh save of the season with 1 1-3 innings. Flores had three strikeouts.
The Blue Dragons had 10 total hits in Game 1. The only extra-base hits were home runs from Stokes and Mustow.
Stokes was 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Mustow was 2 for 3 with a RBI and two runs scored. Maher was 1 for 4 with two RBIs
GAME 2 RECAP &ndash; Hutchinson 9, Pratt 4 Stokes followed his Game 1 performance with two hits &ndash; the only Hutchinson player with a multi-hit game in Game 2 &ndash; with two runs and an RBI. Stokes walked and scored in the Dragons' four-run third inning. He then singled and scored in the Dragons' three-run fourth to build an 8-0 lead.
The Blue Dragons had just seven hits in Game 2, but racked up eight stolen bases. Reid,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/mazza_antony_9347">Anthony Mazza</a>&nbsp;and Maher had two steals each. Stokes and Mustow had the other steals.
<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/fegen_scotty_n1yk">Scotty Fegen</a>&nbsp;had a two-run single in the third inning. Mustow, Glantz and Maher also had RBI singles in the game.
Starting pitcher&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/mccombs_noah_7a9n">Noah McCombs</a>&nbsp;pitched three scoreless innings with two hits allowed and two strikeouts to earn the pitching win.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/perry_gabe_wq1l">Gabe Perry</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/wolcott_jake_0h6q">Jake Wolcott</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/bios/phillips_brandt_fntp">Brandt Phillips</a>&nbsp;and Flores combined for six innings of relief work</div>

⚾ Blue Dragons sweep Beavers, finish 3rd in Jayhawk West