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Eagles find strong pitching in sweep

Sat - 20 Apr Written by Metro Sports Report

IOWA FALLS - The Kirkwood baseball team found some hot pitchers Friday and swept an ICCAC doubleheader from Ellsworth, 1-0 and 5-0, in Iowa Falls.

The Eagles, who allowed 35 runs in three straight losses to DMACC last weekend, got excellent outings from Austin Krob and Will Nigut to move in the right direction again.

Krob tossed eight shutout innings in the 1-0 victory in the opener, allowing just three hits with 10 strikeouts. Caleb Fuller got the final three outs for his first save, netting two strikeouts.

The Eagles scored the only run in the top of the ninth when Taylor Jackson came around to score. Jamarion Loston was 3-for-4 in the game.

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Kal Youngquist of Kirkwood is greeted at home plate after slugging a home run against the DMACC Bears on Monday. Youngquist hit two homers Monday, but the Eagles lost all three games. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Pitching woes sink Kirkwood baseball

Tue - 16 Apr Written by Metro Sports Report

Kirkwood baseball coach Todd Rima is searching desperately for pitchers who can get somebody out.

Anyone interested should look for Rima at Johnson Hall. He'll be the guy hiding under his desk.

Kirkwood lost three games Monday to DMACC by the ugly scores of 12-11, 11-8 and 12-4 in league affairs at Kirkwood.

The 12-11 loss came in 11 innings and was the final score of a game that was suspended on Saturday due to darkness. The 11-8 and 12-4 setbacks came in an ICCAC doubleheader that followed.

The three losses dropped the Eagles to 21-14 overall and 8-8 in the conference. DMACC raised its records to 25-11 overall and 13-3 in the league.

Kirkwood's team earned run average has ballooned to 5.96, compared to a respectable team ERA of 4.40 last year when the Eagles reached the junior college World Series.

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Jamarion Loston (6), Zion Pettigrew (middle) and Kal Youngquist (17) celebrate after Kirkwood scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to snap a 3-3 tie in the first game of their doubleheader at Kirkwood Saturday. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

KCC baseball headed for tripleheader

Sun - 14 Apr Written by Metro Sports Report

The Kirkwood baseball team is headed for a tripleheader on Monday.

The Eagles defeated DMACC, 5-3, in the first game of their doubleheader Saturday at Kirkwood, but the second game was suspended in the bottom of the 10th inning with the score knotted at 11-11.

Kirkwood and DMACC will finish the suspended game on Monday, prior to their next ICCAC conference twinbill in Cedar Rapids.

Kirkwood scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning of the opener to erase a 3-2 deficit and held on for the 5-3 victory. Carter Lawler (3-3) pitched five innings for the win, allowing three runs on seven hits. Austin Krobe got the final four outs for his second save.

Jamarion Loston scored twice for Kirkwood in the triumph. Taylor Jackson and Brennan Brister had RBIs.

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Brister stars as Kirkwood splits

Mon - 08 Apr Written by Metro Sports Report

MASON CITY - Brennan Brister belted two home runs and collected seven RBIs as the Kirkwood Eagles rolled by NIACC, 18-6, in the second game of their conference doubleheader in Mason City Sunday.

NIACC took the first game, 10-4.

Brister went 4-for-5 with a walk in the 18-6 victory, which ended after seven innings by the mercy rule. Zion Pettigrew was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs in the onslaught. Blake Mann got the victory in relief.

Kal Youngquist had two RBIs for Kirkwood in the 10-4 loss in the opener.

Kirkwood won the four-game series against NIACC, 3-1. The Eagles raised their records to 20-11 overall and 7-5 in the ICCAC conference on their weekend trip to Mason City.

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Krob helps Kirkwood baseball sweep NIACC

Sun - 07 Apr Written by Metro Sports Report

MASON CITY - Kirkwood baseball coach Todd Rima enjoyed his return to NIACC on Saturday as the Eagles swept a conference doubleheader, 4-3 and 5-4, in Mason City.

Rima spent 11 years as the head coach at NIACC before moving to Kirkwood, where he led the Eagles to the national tournament for the first time in 19 years last season.

Austin Krob, who has struggled on the mound for Kirkwood this year, played a pivotal role in both victories Saturday in relief.

Krob pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief to get the victory in the 4-3 triumph in the opener, and he tossed the final inning in the 5-4 victory in the nightcap to notch a save.

The sweep lifted Kirkwood to 19-10 overall and 6-4 in the ICCAC Conference standings.

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