Posted: Apr 03, 2019
Kirkwood baseball knocks off Parkland
Thursday, 04 April 2019 04:55 Metro Sports Report
The Kirkwood baseball team exploded for nine runs in the second inning Wednesday and topped Parkland, 11-5, in a non-conference game at Kirkwood.
Levi Usher, Taylor Jackson, Zion Pettigrew and Kal Youngquist had two RBIs for the Eagles (17-10). Pettigrew, Youngquist and Corey Graham had two hits. Usher, Jackson and Joel Thompson scored twice.
Blake Mann pitched three spotless innings in relief for the victory. He retired nine straight batters and had four strikeouts.
Parkland 120 020 000 - 5 5 2
Kirkwood 290 000 00x - 11 10 1
Kempner, Hawthorne (2), Solebo (5), Ballard (7) and Barnard. Fuller, Mann (5), Llewellyn (8), Kerr (8), Krob (9) and Thompson. W - Mann. L - Kempner. 2B - Pettigrew. RBI - Loston, Usher 2, Jackson 2, Pettigrew 2, Youngquist 2, Graham, Thompson. SF - Loston. SB - Usher, Jackson 2, Youngquist.
