OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The Kirkwood baseball team suffered a 12-5 loss to Johnson County Community College on Friday.

Johnson County collected 17 hits off three Kirkwood pitchers and led 8-1 before the Eagles put four runs on the scoreboard in the sixth inning.

Johnson County answered with one run in the bottom of the sixth and three more on the seventh.

Colin Kreiter was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and two RBIs for the Eagles. Matt Paciello tripled and scored. Jack Fitzgerald, Luke Hassman and General McArthur each had one RBI.

Nick Drahozal took the loss, pitching three innings with six hits, one walk, four strikeouts and three earned runs.

Kirkwood           001 004 000 –  5  9 2

Johnson County 012 411 30x – 12 17 0

W – Neller, L – Drahozal.