VERO BEACH, Fla. - The Kirkwood baseball team's magic in one-run games continued Sunday in Florida.
The Eagles nipped 12th-ranked UConn-Avery Point, 2-1, and trimmed Riverland (Minn.), 3-2, on their spring trip.
Kirkwood (9-1) has won four straight one-run games this season and five overall.
Collin Belk (3-0) pitched a complete game for the Eagles in the 2-1 victory over UConn-Avery Point. He allowed only five hits, struck out five batters and did not walk anyone.
Eric Schenck-Joblinske had a double, stolen base and scored both of Kirkwood's runs against UConn.
The Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning against Riverland to erase a 1-0 deficit. Greg Brodzinski tied the game with an RBI single and Nick Jones gave Kirkwood a 2-1 lead with an RBI single. inch-hitter Ozzie Adams provided an insurance run with a squeeze bunt for a 3-1 lead.
Brodzinski and Jones had two hits against Riverland. Alexis Bauzo (1-0) got the victory in relief and Shane Kemp got the save.
Kirkwood is scheduled to play UConn-Avery Point in a single game Monday afternoon.
GAME 1
UCONN-AVERY POINT (1): Rivera, ss, 3 1 1 0, Miller, 2b, 3 0 1 0, DeLotto, h, 3 0 0 0, Martinez, rf, 3 0 1 0, Greene, lf, 3 0 0 0, Buckley, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Mayhew, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Olt, c, 3 0 1 0, Tavares, cf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 27 1 5 0.
KIRKWOOD (2): Feliz, cf, 3 1 1 0, Schenck-Joblinske, lf, 3 1 2 0, Gonzalez, 3b, 2 0 1 1, Brodzinski, c, 3 0 0 0, Rodriguez, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Hernandez, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Merced, dh, 3 0 0 0, Colon, ss, 2 0 0 0, Hagarty, rf, 2 0 1 0. Totals 23 2 5 1.
UConn-Avery Point 000 001 0 - 1 5 0
Kirkwood 100 010 x - 2 5 2
Lacy and Olt. Belk and Brodzinski. W - Belk (3-0). L - Lacy. 2B - Schenck-Joblinske, Hagarty. SB - Schenck-Joblinske, Gonzalez.
GAME 2
RIVERLAND (2): Krekling, cf, 4 1 1 0, VanWettering, ss, 3 1 1 0, Knutson, 2b, 2 0 2 0, Perez, 1b, 4 0 0 0, Palmer, rf, 4 0 1 0, Deatherage, dh, 3 0 0 0, Bushbaum, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Kezman, c, 2 0 0 0, May, lf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 28 2 6 0.
KIRKWOOD (3): Feliz, cf, 3 0 0 0, Schenck-Joblinske, lf, 2 1 1 0, Gonzalez, 3b, 3 1 1 0, Brodzinski, 1b/c, 3 1 2 1, Rodriguez, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Jones, dh, 3 0 2 1, Croes, rf, 1 0 0 0, Adams, ph, 0 0 0 1, Hast, c, 2 0 0 0, Hagarty, ph, 1 0 0 0, Colon, ss, 2 0 0 0. Totals 22 3 6 3.
Riverland 100 000 1 - 2 6 1
Kirkwood 000 003 x - 3 6 2
Sellner and Kezman. Bakeris, Bauzo (3), Kemp (7) and Hast. W - Bauzo (1-0). L - Sellner. S - Kemp (1). 2B - Jones.
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