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Kirkwood sweeps twinbill in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS - The Kirkwood baseball team swept a doubleheader from St. Louis-Meramec Thursday afternoon, 5-0 and 4-3, with good pitching and timely hitting.

Collin Belk and Michael Amador combined on a five-hit shutout in the opener. Belk (2-0) pitched the first five innings and allowed four singles.

Wilfredo Feliz, Roly Hernandez, Angel Merced and Eric Schenck-Joblinske had two hits apiece for the Eagles (4-0) in the first game.

Kirkwood rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning to win the nightcap. Feliz led off the seventh with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt and tied the game, 3-3, on an RBI double by Dairo Gonzalez.

Hernandez drove in Gonzalez with a two-out single to make it 4-3.

Cale Henke got the victory in relief. Jake Triulzi pitched a scoreless frame in the bottom of the seventh inning for the save.

Feliz and Joblinske had two more hits in the second game. Hernandez drove in two runs.

GAME 1

KIRKWOOD (5): Feliz, lf, 4 0 2 1, Rodriguez, 2b, 4 0 0 0, Gonzalez, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Brodzinski, c, 4 0 1 0, Hernandez, 1b, 3 2 2 0, Merced, dh, 3 0 2 1, Colon, ss, 4 1 1 0, Croes, rf, 2 1 1 1, Schenck-Joblinske, cf, 3 0 2 1. Totals 30 5 12 4.

MERAMEC (0): Evans, cf, 3 0 0 0, Finol, ss, 2 0 1 0, Ehrhard, 1b, 3 0 1 0, Weiss, rf, 2 0 1 0, Schimsa, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Zurweller, dh, 3 0 0 0, Hardin, lf, 3 0 20, Ricks, c, 3 0 0 0, Kinnevan, 2b, 3 0 0 0. Totals 25 0 5 0.

Kirkwood    030 100 1 - 5 12 2
Meramec     000 000 0 - 0 5 1

Belk, Amador (6) and Brodzinski. Witt and Ricks. W - Belk (2-0). L - Witt. 2B - Feliz, Brodzinski, Hernandez. SB - Gonzalez.

GAME 2

KIRKWOOD (4): Feliz, lf, 4 2 2 0, Rodriguez, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Gonzalez, 3b, 3 1 1 1, Brodzinski, dh, 3 0 0 0, Hernandez, 1b, 3 0 1 2, Merced, c, 4 0 0 1, Colon, ss, 3 0 1 0, Croess, rf, 3 0 0 0, Schenck-Joblinske, cf, 3 0 2 0. Totals 29 4 8 4.

MERAMEC (3): Hardin, lf, 3 0 0 0, Finol, ss, 4 1 1 0, Ehrhard, 1b, 2 1 0 0, Weiss, dh, 3 1 1 0, Zurweller, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Stoll, c, 4 0 0 0, Fowler, rf, 2 0 0 0, Rhodes, 2b, 1 0 0 0, Hoover, cf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 24 3 2 0.

Kirkwood   200 000 2 - 4 8 0
Meramec    300 000 0 - 3 2 2

Daphney, Rosario (3), Henke (5), Triulzi (7) and Merced. Siedlecki, Mullins (7) and Stoll. W - Henke (1-0). L - Mullins. S - Triulzi. 2B - Feliz, Gonzalez. SB - Feliz.

 
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