Kennedy Baseball

Improved Cougars trim Ottumwa, 6-5

The Kennedy High School baseball team began the season with few players with any varsity experience. As June ends, it is clear they could be building for a strong finish.

Hosting Ottumwa for a non-conference battle Thursday night, the Cougars banged out 10 hits for a 6-5 victory.

Jared Staton drove in Zach Daniels in the bottom of the sixth to break a 5-5 ballgame and David King pitched the seventh inning to save the victory for Sammy Lizarraga.

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Kennedy upended by No.2 IC West

IOWA CITY - It took a month, but the eight-run lead Iowa City West built in the first inning proved more than Kennedy could overcome.

West beat Kennedy, 14-4, Wednesday in the completion of a game suspended by rain on May 28. West had scored eight runs in the first inning when the game was suspended.

Zach Daniels was 3-for-3 and drove in two runs for Kennedy (10-9, 8-6). Sammy Lizarraga had a two-run double.

Ezra Reiners drove in three runs for No.2 Iowa City West (21-4, 14-2).

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Daniels, Staton lead Cougars past Bobcats

MARSHALLTOWN - Zach Daniels' two-run triple in the second inning erased a 1-0 deficit and sent Kennedy past Marshalltown, 7-3, Wednesday in a non-conference baseball game.

Jared Staton swatted a home run in the Cougars' two-run third inning and was 2-for- 4.

The win was the fifth straight for Kennedy (10-8) and its eighth in its last nine games.

Sammy Lizarraga pitched  6.2 innings and struck out seven to pick up the win for the Cougars. David King fanned the only batter he faced to pick up the save.

Joel Smetzer and Matt Stevens also drove in runs for Kennedy.

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Kennedy pitchers toss twin shutouts

IOWA CITY - Zach Daniels and Jackson Behn each pitched shutouts to lead Kennedy to a doubleheader sweep of Iowa City High, 8-0 and 5-0, Monday night in Mississippi Valley Conference baseball at Mercer Park.

Kennedy (9-8, 8-5) rapped out 25 hits on offense. The Cougars had 15 hits in the opener.

Jared Staton had three hits and drove in a run in the opener. Andrew Johnson scored three runs.

Derek Jacobus, Brock Skow, Tony Maiers, Matt Stevens and Daniels had two hits apiece. Maiers drove in two runs.

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