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A pair of League double headers highlighted Wednesday night for Northeast Kansas League legion baseball action as Seneca traveled to Sabetha and Doniphan County hosted Oskaloosa.

At the end of the night it was the top two teams in the NEKL in Seneca and Doniphan County picking up two more League wins each, as Seneca won 9-0 and 11-3 over Sabetha and Doniphan County picked up 10-2 and 7-3 wins.

Doniphan County Takes Two Against Oskaloosa

Doniphan County welcomed Oskaloosa to town on Wednesday and extended their winning streak to eight straight games with the League double header sweep, winning 10-2 and 7-3 on the night. 

Behind early offense and a solid pitching performance Doniphan County earned the 10-2 win in game one in five innings over Oskaloosa. Doniphan County took the early lead on a three run bottom of the first with four hits, three of which were doubles including a two RBI double by Jeffrey Watts; they added five more runs in the second with a two RBI double by Nathan Gaarder highlighting the inning and finished their scoring with two runs in the third. Oskaloosa needing to score in the fourth to continue the game used three walks, a Doniphan County error and their only hit of the game to score two, but after failing to score again in the fifth fell 10-2.

Watts picked up the McDonald's "Player of the Game" honors on KNZA radio after going 1-3 with a double and two RBI's and getting the win on the mound going five innings giving up two runs on one hit, five walks and a hit batter, while striking out four. Oskaloosa got their lone hit on an infield single by Jared Miller and Jaxon Sullivan was on base three times via walks.

Game two saw Doniphan County take the early lead again plating three in the bottom of the first, highlighted by a two run homer from Phoenix Keller, but Oskaloosa responded with a three run top of the second using a two RBI double by Jordan Burghart to spark the offense making it a 3-3 game. After that point Oskaloosa only managed two more base runners in the ball game and Doniphan County regain the lead with a three run bottom of the second and scored another in the fourth to win 7-3. Gaarder picked up the win on the mound going five innings giving up three runs on four hits and struck out five, while going 2-3 with a double, three RBI and a run scored. Alex Schmille added a 2-2 game with a double and Brody Winder was 1-1 with a walk and run scored.

Oskaloosa got the big hit of the game for them from Jordan Burghart, while Ethan Burghart, Jaxon Sullivan, Dalton VanHoutan and Bryce Stottlemire each notched a hit in the loss.

The wins push Doniphan County to 20-3 on the season and 9-3 in League action, while Oskaloosa fell to 13-13 overall and 8-8 in the League.

Seneca Wins Pair On the Road Over Sabetha

Seneca remained in the drive seat of the top spot in the League after picking up a pair of League wins at Sabetha on Wednesday, winning 9-0 and 11-3.

Game one was controlled by Seneca as they took the lead early and Cody Rottinghaus shutdown the Sabetha offense, leading to the 9-0 five inning win. Seneca got on the board early with two in the first and another in the second and finished the scoring with a six run fifth on three hits, three walks, a hit batter and Sabetha error. Cody was dialed in on the mound as he tossed a no-hitter pitching six innings giving up just five walks and struck out nine to earn the win, while going 2-3 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI. Dalton Hiltbrand and Justice McKernan each added a two hit game for Seneca, while Blake Popkess and Jake Meyer were each on the base for Sabetha twice via walks.

The nightcap proved to be a different game but ultimately the same outcome with a Seneca win. Seneca struck first with a run in the first, but Sabetha answered with two runs in the bottom of the first off two Seneca errors and a hit. Sabetha added to their lead with another run in the third and lead 3-1 going into the top of the fifth just three outs away from the win, but Seneca wasn't done. Using a walk, pair of hits and a sacrifice fly Seneca tied the game at 3-3 and ultimately forced extra innings, where in the top of the sixth they scored eight runs to earn the 11-3 win.

Devin Henry, Alex Rottinghaus, Dustin Rottinghaus, Cody Rottinghaus and Justice McKernan all had a two-hit game in game two for Seneca, while Alec Kirwan led Sabetha in the loss going 2-3 with a double and an RBI.

The two wins puts Seneca at 22-4 on the season and 17-3 in the League, while Sabetha falls to 7-23 overall and 4-12 in League action.