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The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk baseball team begins their playoff march these evening when they travel to Mediapolis to meet the Cardinal Comets. Mid-Prairie is 15-10 this year after an 8-1 win over Washington last week to close the regular season. The Hawks hit it at .288 on the year with five players over .300 led by Karson Grout’s .373. He’s tied with Dylan Henry for the team lead with 22 RBI and Cain Brown has scored a team best 28 runs. As a staff, Mid-Prairie has a 4.04 ERA Brock Harland has a 2.10 mark in 20 innings with a 3-1 record. Grout has a 3-0 record with a three ERA this year and Brady Weber is 3-2 with a 3.23.

Cardinal is 17-7 this year. They were first round winners Saturday over Central Lee 10-1. They hit .298 as a group with four players over .300 led by Carson Kenney at .404. Cardinal pitchers have an ERA of 2.40 together with Landon Becker holding a 6-0 record and 0.54 ERA in 38 innings. Blaine Bryant and Tatem Telfer are a combined 7-3 with a 2.60 mark. These two teams haven’t met since the Hawks clubbed the Comets 12-0 in 2012. The winner of this contest will play for the 2A District 11 title Saturday against the winner of Mediapolis and Van Buren. You can hear all of the action live tonight from Mediapolis High School between the Golden Hawks and Comets on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 4:30 and first pitch at 5p.m.