ALTUS, Okla. - The 10th-ranked Kirkwood baseball team traveled to  western Oklahoma in search of warmer weather Friday and lost to  eighth-ranked Western Oklahoma State College, 11-1, in seven innings.

Western Oklahoma State (16-2) scored five runs in the second inning  and tacked on five more runs in the seventh inning to end the game by  the 10-run mercy rule.

Kirkwood (2-2) collected only five hits. Zion Pettigrew hit a double  and D'Eric Shenault had a triple.

The teams are scheduled for a doubleheader Saturday and a single game  on Sunday.

Kirkwood            000 001 0 - 1 5 3
Western Oklahoma    150 000 5 - 11 10 x

L - Lawler (0-1).