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The Kaplan Pirates had no trouble on offense, winning big over Westgate 10-2 on Saturday.
The win improved Kaplan to 3-1 in district and 10-11 overall.
KHS has seven games left to play.
On Tuesday on the road, the Kaplan Pirates played Crowley. It was a big game because Kaplan is 3-1 in the district, and Crowley was 4-0.
A win by Kaplan could put the Pirates in a two-way tie for first with Crowley.

Central Catholic was just a little better than the Class 3A Kaplan Lady Pirates on Monday.
Central Catholic shut down Kaplan’s bats en route to a 2-0 non-district win.
Kaplan and Central Catholic combined for four hits.
The two pitchers also combined to strike out 29 batters.
Central Catholic batters struck out 15 times, and Kaplan’s batters struck out 14.
Kaplan falls to 21-4 overall and falls to No. 2 in the latest Class 3A power rankings. Grant (16-4) is at No. 1.
Pitcher Carina Chargois started the game for Kaplan and recorded 19 outs.

After falling behind 4-0 after three innings, the Lady Bobcats of Erath stormed back and scored nine runs in the final four innings en route to a 9-8 win over Patterson.
Heading into the top of the sixth frame, Erath was down 8-4. But the Lady Bobcats’ bats exploded and Erath scored five runs to make it a 9-8 game with one more inning to play.
Big hits for EHS in the top of the sixth frame were by Aubrey Desormeaux, Reigh Landry and a double by Courtney Dubois.
Landry finished the game with three hits, including two doubles and a home run.