JACKSON, Mo. -- Shane Kistner battled an allergic reaction to poison ivy Tuesday morning.

By the afternoon, the Jackson Indians were battling a bad reaction to his bat.

Kistner enjoyed his first high school 5-for-5 game at the plate and knocked in six runs as Notre Dame won 14-8 at Jackson.

Kistner, batting leadoff, led a torrid Bulldog attack that banged out 18 hits against four Indian pitchers. The victory for Notre Dame (5-1), ranked fifth in the Class 2A Missouri Baseball Coaches Association poll, was its second of the season over Jackson (3-4).

Kistner's hits included his first high school home run, a two-run hooking shot in the sixth inning that barely stayed fair down the left-field line.

His heroics seemed far-fetched earlier in the day after he brushed up with poison ivy over the weekend.

"It was questionable whether he was going to be able to go today," Notre Dame coach Jeff Graviett said. "His eye was almost swollen shut."

Medication helped reduce the inflammation and Kistner was in the lineup, ready to swell his team-leading .533 batting average.

"Once he got out here and started moving around, you couldn't even tell it by the end of the game," Graviett said. "The swelling went down. He obviously saw the ball very well. He's a great hitter. He's as natural a hitter as I've coached."

Kistner had a two-run single in a five-run Notre Dame fourth inning when the Bulldogs broke a 5-5 deadlock with the Indians for a 10-5 lead.

"I just felt real confident up there," Kistner said. "I was just relaxed and they gave me the pitches I wanted."

All nine spots in the Notre Dame order accounted for a hit and the top six batters in the lineup went a collective 15 for 25. Kyle Diveley, batting cleanup, continued to feast on Jackson pitching going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. In a season-opening 13-12 win over Jackson, Diveley had a home run and six RBIs.

Wulfers, hitting behind Diveley, went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and Timmy Wencewicz, batting third, was 2-for-4.

"When we hit up and down, we're a pretty darn good team," Wencewicz said. "If our defense catches up to our hitting, I think we'll be unstoppable."

The Bulldogs committed just one error behind starting pitcher Scott Wittenborn and Wayne Essner (2-0), who picked up his second win in relief, allowing just one run over the final four innings.

"The last two games we played very well defensively," Graviett said, "and if we continue to do that, we're going to be a nice ballclub."

Notre Dame took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run single by Diveley, but Jackson moved ahead 3-2 in a three-run second. Jackson starter Bryan Austin walked in two of Notre Dame's three runs in the third before being lifted for Josh Snell (0-1) as Notre Dame moved ahead 5-3.

Jackson countered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Jake Carter, who went 3-for-4, singled home Dusty Roberts with two outs to tie the game at 5-5.

The first six Notre Dame batters then reached safely in the fourth as Notre Dame moved ahead for good. Wulfers and Kistner both had two-run singles in the inning.

Jackson again came back with three runs in the bottom of the inning, but Essner allowed just two hits over the final three innings in silencing the Indians.

"Our pitching has been real mediocre," Jackson coach Sam Sides said. "If we score eight or nine runs we ought to be able to win. It's getting so we have to score 15, 20 runs to win a ballgame. We're not going to do that. We've got to make plays, and we're just not doing that."

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