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Belk pitches no-hitter as Eagles sweep

Collin Belk tossed a no-hitter as the Kirkwood Eagles trimmed Iowa Lakes, 2-1, in eight innings in the first game of a doubleheader at the Kirkwood field Sunday.

The Eagles also won the second game, 8-7.

Belk (4-0) walked only two batters and was touched for an unearned run in the fourth inning when Iowa Lakes took a 1-0 lead. Kirkwood scored in the bottom of the fourth and it stayed 1-1 until the bottom of the eighth.

Dairo Gonzalez led off the eighth inning with a double. Greg Brodzinski walked and a pinch-hit single by Ozzie Adams loaded the bases with one out.

Gonzalez scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly to center field by Angel Merced.

Kirkwood trailed, 7-6, entering the bottom of the sixth inning of the nightcap. The Eagles scored twice in the sixth on RBI singles by Wilfredo Feliz and Brodzinski to take an 8-7 lead.

Jake Triulzi, who got the final out for Kirkwood in the top of the sixth, pitching a scoreless seventh inning for the victory.

Gonzalez hit a home run for the Eagles in Game 2.

Kirkwood raised its records to 12-2 overall and 2-0 in the ICCAC. Iowa Lakes fell to 6-8 overall and 0-2 in the league.

The same two teams are scheduled to meet again Monday in a doubleheader at Kirkwood at 1 p.m.

Kirkwood's four-game series against Iowa Lakes orginally was scheduled for Friday and Saturday, but was postponed until Sunday and Monday due to wet grounds.

GAME 1

IOWA LAKES (1): Perez, rf, 3 1 0 0, Torres, cf, 3 0 0 0, O'Melia, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Gonzalez, c, 2 0 0 0, Rosario, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Fuguet, lf, 2 0 0 0, Arroyo, ss, 3 0 0 0, Ramirez, dh, 3 0 0 0, Kandborg, 2b, 3 0 0 0. Totals 25 1 0 0.

KIRKWOOD (2): Feliz, cf, 2 0 0 0, Schenck-Joblinske, lf, 4 0 1 0, Gonzalez, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Brodzinski, c, 3 1 0 0, Rodriguez, 2b, 4 1 0 0, Hernandez, 1b, 2 0 0 0, Adams, ph, 1 0 1 0, Merced, dh, 3 0 1 2, Colon, ss, 2 0 2 0, Hagarty, rf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 26 2 6 2.

Iowa Lakes   000 100 00 - 1 0 2
Kirkwood       000 100 01 - 2 6 1

Figueroa and Gonzalez. Belk and Brodzinski. W - Belk (4-0). L - Figueroa. 2B - Gonzalez (K).

GAME 2

IOWA LAKES (7): Perez, rf, 4 1 0 0, Torres, cf, 4 0 3 0, O'Melia, 1b, 2 0 0 1, Gonzalez, c, 3 1 1 0, Rosario, 3b, 4 1 2 0, Arroyo, ss, 4 0 0 0, Kandborg, 2b, 2 1 2 0, Johnson, dh, 3 1 1 0, Padilla, ph, 1 0 0 0, Galagarza, lf, 2 2 1 0. Totals 29 7 10 1.

KIRKWOOD (8): Feliz, cf, 3 2 2 2, Schenck-Joblinske, lf, 3 1 1 0, Gonzalez, 3b, 4 1 2 3, Brodzinski, dh, 4 0 2 1, Rodriguez, 2b, 4 0 2 0, Merced, c, 3 0 2 0, Hast, c, 0 0 0 0, Hernandez, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Colon, ss, 2 2 1 0, Hagarty, rf, 1 1 1 2. Totals 28 8 14 8.

Iowa Lakes    101 005 0 - 7 10 1
Kirkwood        130 022 x - 8 14 2

Brinez, Eldeen (6) and Gonzalez. Rosario, Amador (6), Triulzi (6) and Merced, Hast (7). W - Triulzi (2-0). L - Eldeen. 2B - Torres. 3B - Feliz, Hagarty, Kandborg. HR - Gonzalez (K).

 

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