Metro Sports Report

KCC baseball splits with Muscatine

MUSCATINE - Zach Patterson has struggled as a hitter for much of the season for the Kirkwood Eagles this year, but he had a good day at the ballpark Wednesday.

Patterson went 5-for-6 and hit a home run as Kirkwood split a twinbill at Muscatine.

The Eagles won a slugfest in the opener, 16-14. Muscatine scored twice in the bottom of the seventh and grabbed the nightcap, 5-4.

Patterson went 3-for-3 in the opener with his home run and scored three runs. Austin Saikal also went 3-for-3 with a homer and three runs.

Mount Mercy baseball splits with AIB

DES MOINES - Cody Bell had a good day for the Mount Mercy baseball team Wednesday as the Mustangs split a Midwest Collegiate Conference twinbill at AIB.

AIB won the first game, 11-4. Mount Mercy took the nightcap, 9-7.

Bell, a Kennedy grad, went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the first game. He was the winning pitcher in the second game for his first victory of the year.

The split left Mount Mercy at 15-19 overall and 6-9 in the conference. AIB is 18-20 overall and 13-7 in the league.

Lance Daugherty hit a pinch-hit homer for the Mustangs in the first game.

Ben Larson was 3-for-3 and scored two runs for Mount Mercy in the second game. Devin Holmes was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Jimmy Lizarraga and Austin Czerwiec drove in two runs for the Mustangs. Colton Jourdan scored twice.

Coe softball swept by Simpson

INDIANOLA - The Coe softball team scored only one run in two games Wednesday and dropped an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Simpson, 9-0 and 4-1.

The Kohawks had three hits in the first game and four hits in the nightcap.

The losses dropped Coe to 19-13 overall and 3-5 in the conference. Simpson raised its records to 24-8 overall and 3-5 in the league.

Game 1

Coe          000 00 - 0 3 0
Simpson    224 1x - 9 12 0

W - Fisher (10-3). L - Weeces (11-5).

Game 2

Coe          100 000 0 - 1 4 3
Simpson    000 022 x - 4 7 0

W - Fisher (11-3). L - Fligg (5-6).

Gaffey hits 3 homers as Mustangs split

LA CROSSE, Wis. - Amanda Gaffey belted three home runs for the Mount Mercy softball team Wednesday as the Mustangs split a Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader at Viterbo.

Mount Mercy won the first game, 9-7. Viterbo took the nightcap, 8-7, in eight innings.

Gaffey went 2 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs in the first game. She went 2-for-4 in the second game with two homers and three RBIs.