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.

KENNEDY (7): Jacobus, cf, 4 0 0 0, Skow, dh, 4 0 0 0, Sass, 3b, 0 0 0 0, Johnson, lf, 3 1 0 0, Staton, 1b, 4 2 2 1, Stevens, rf, 3 2 2 1, Maiers, c, 3 0 2 2, Lizarraga, p, 3 1 0 0, Daniels, ss, 3 1 1 2, Smetzer, 2b, 3 0 1 1. Totals 30 7 8 7.

MARSHALLTOWN (3): Mitchell, 3b, 4 2 1 0, Thimesch, 2b, 3 1 2 1, Judkins, ss, 4 0 2 1, Hillygus, 1b, 4 0 1 1, McCarville, rf, 4 0 0 0, Schrempf, lf, 3 0 0 0, Sowers, p, 1 0 0 0, Diveney, cf, 2 0 1 0, Ruddick, c, 3 0 0 0, Hanke, 1 0 0 0. Totals 29 3 7 3.

Kennedy          032 010 1 - 7 8 3
Marshalltown  101 010 0 - 3 7 2

Lizarraga, King (7) and Maiers. Sowers, Hanke (5) and Ruddick. W-Lizarraga. L-Sowers. Sv-King. 2B- Stevens, Maiers 2, Judkins. 3B-Daniels. HR-Staton. SB-Staton, Mitchell 2, Thimesch, Judkins.