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KCC baseball team drops twinbill
The Kirkwood baseball team spent a long, frustrating day at the ballpark Monday.
Iowa Lakes swept the Eagles, 4-1 and 12-2 in five innings, in an ICCAC doubleheader at Kirkwood.
The twin defeats left Kirkwood at 16-10 overall and 4-4 in the league. Iowa Lakes raised its marks to 11-7 overall and 3-5 in the conference.
Kirkwood got only four hits in the 4-1 loss in the opener. The Eagles loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but managed only a single run on an infield error.
Kirkwood managed only three hits in the 12-2 loss in the nightcap and got swept off its own field in five innings.
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