The Kirkwood baseball team exploded for nine runs in the second inning  Wednesday and topped Parkland, 11-5, in a non-conference game at  Kirkwood.

Levi Usher, Taylor Jackson, Zion Pettigrew and Kal Youngquist had two  RBIs for the Eagles (17-10). Pettigrew, Youngquist and Corey Graham  had two hits. Usher, Jackson and Joel Thompson scored twice.

Blake Mann pitched three spotless innings in relief for the victory.  He retired nine straight batters and had four strikeouts.

Parkland      120 020 000 - 5 5 2
Kirkwood      290 000 00x - 11 10 1

Kempner, Hawthorne (2), Solebo (5), Ballard (7) and Barnard. Fuller,  Mann (5), Llewellyn (8), Kerr (8), Krob (9) and Thompson. W - Mann. L  - Kempner. 2B - Pettigrew. RBI - Loston, Usher 2, Jackson 2, Pettigrew  2, Youngquist 2, Graham, Thompson. SF - Loston. SB - Usher, Jackson 2,  Youngquist.