MICAH DILLMAN Staff Reporter and SHAWN RONEY Sports EditorExcelsior Springs shortened the end of its fourth week of varsity baseball by a few innings.Facing Springfield-based Hillcrest in an April 12 home doubleheader, the Tigers swept the Hornets. Sparked by a combined one-hitter from pitchers Landon Marcum, Brody Querry and Kota Triplett, Excelsior Springs took the first game 13-0. Triplett and Noah Nedblake then threw a combined twohitter to help Excelsior Springs cruise 10-0. Per Missouri State High School Activities Association regulations, both ballgames ended after five innings because of a 10-run mercy rule.“On the bump, I just found my rhythm and just let her eat,” said Triplett, whose stat line in the finale included four strikeouts and one hit allowed through four innings.But it wasn’t the strikeouts Triplett and his fellow hurlers recorded or their sting...