BETTENDORF - Two big innings sent Kennedy to a pair of losses Tuesday in non-conference baseball against Pleasant Valley.

Pleasant Valley put eight runs in the third inning of the opener and won, 9-7. The Spartans came back with five runs in the sixth inning of the nightcap to pull out a 5-3 win.

Kennedy's Brock Skow had a double and drove in three runs in the opener. Ben Sass had three hits.

Sammy Lizarraga and Gage Jurgenson had two hits apiece in the nightcap for the Cougars.

Kennedy (21-18) hosts Iowa City High in a Class 4A regional tournament quarterfinal Friday night at 7.

GAME 1

KENNEDY (7): Johnson, 3 1 2 1, Daniels, 3 2 0 0, Skow, 4 1 2 3, Maiers, 3 0 1 1, Lizarraga, 4 0 2 1, Stevens, 4 0 1 1, Sass, 4 0 3 0, Staton, 3 1 1 0, Brewer, 4 1 0 0, Moa, 0 1 0 0, Jurgenson, 0 0 0 0. Totals 32 7 12 7.

PLEASANT VALLEY (9): Banks, 4 1 0 0, O'Brien, 3 0 0 1, Ennis, 4 0 2 0, Fink, 3 2 1 0, Duncan, 3 1 2 1, Suhr, 2 0 1 0, Vlaske, 3 1 1 3, Brown, 3 2 2 0, Spelhang, 3 1 2 2, Clifton, 1 1 1 1. Totals 29 9 12 8.

Kennedy           301 003 0 - 7 12 1
Pleasant Valley   008 100 x - 9 12 2

King, Smetzer (3), Dralle (3), Cunningham (5) and Maiers. Suhr, Clifton (3), Fink (4), French (5), Zupancic (6), Neuhaus (6) and xx. W-Fink. L-Smetzer. 2B-Skow, Maiers, Spelhang. 3B-Brown. HR-Vlaske. SB-Johnson, Daniels, Duncan, Brown.

GAME 2

KENNEDY (3): Brewer, 3 1 0 0, Daniels, 2 1 1 0, Skow, 3 0 0 0, Lizarraga, 4 0 2 1, Sass, 2 0 1 0, Staton, 4 1 1 1, Stevens, 3 0 1 0, Jurgenson, 2 0 2 1, Moa, 3 0 1 0, Fifield, 0 0 0 0. Totals 26 3 9 3.

PLEASANT VALLEY (5): Banks, 3 1 1 0, O'Brien, 3 1 1 0, Ennis, 2 1 2 0, Fink, 3 0 1 2, Suhr, 3 1 2 1, Brown, 3 0 2 0, Vlaske, 3 0 0 0, Stevryd, 3 0 0 0, Cobler, 1 0 0 0, Duncan, 1 0 0 0, Flanders, 0 1 0 0, Blunk, 0 0 0 0. Totals 25 5 9 3.

Kennedy          000 100 2 - 3 9 1
Pleasant Valley  000 005 x - 5 9 0

Lizarraga, Sass (3), Cunningham (6), Fifield (6) and xx. Clifton, Mullen (5), Suhr (7) and xx. W-Mullen. L-Cunningham. Sv-Suhr. 2B-Staton, Jurgenson, Suhr. SB-Daniels, Sass, Flanders.