Prep highlights: Hockinson baseball routs first-place Mark Morris

The Hockinson baseball team erupted for eight runs in the fourth inning and toppled first-place Mark Morris 11-1 on Wednesday.

The Hawks had six singles and sent 14 batters to the plate in the fourth inning, which ended with Hockinson ahead 10-0. Mark Morris pitchers also hit three batters and issued one walk in the inning.

The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. Graham Learing struck out eight and allowed just four hits and one walk in a complete-game effort.

Hockinson (9-6, 8-5) avenged a 12-0 loss to the Monarchs on Monday.

Mark Morris (13-2, 9-2) fell a half game behind Ridgefield for the 2A Greater St. Helens League lead. The Spudders beat Woodland 7-3 on Wednesday.

Stars of the day

• Chanz Flores, Hudson’s Bay baseball, allowed three hits and struck out nine over seven innings and had a game-tying sacrifice fly in a 4-3 win over R.A. Long.
• Max Daniels, Ridgefield baseball, struck out nine, allowing one hit over five innings in a 7-3 win over Woodland.
• Maddie Milhorn, Skyview softball, went 3 for 3 with two home runs and seven RBI in a 16-1 win over Kelso.
• Ella Berfanger, Union softball, went 3 for 3 with two runs and an RBI in an 11-2 win over Heritage.
• Rylee Rehbein, Battle Ground softball, went 2 for 4 with two doubles and strikes out nine over five innings in an 8-0 win over Evergreen.
• Mackenzie Moore, Prairie softball, went 3 for 4 with three runs and RBI in a 7-0 win over Mountain View.
• Madeline Smith, Ridgefield softball, went 4 for 5 with two runs, a double, home run and five RBI as the Spudders break open a game that was tied 5-5 after four innings to beat Mark Morris 15-5.
• Ainsleigh Utter, Woodland softball, went 2 for 4 with two doubles and three RBI in a 6-3 win over R.A. Long.
• Cayden Husley-Bible, Stevenson softball, went 7 for 9 with seven runs, two doubles, four RBI, three stolen bases in doubleheader sweep of Castle Rock.