Kennedy broke out the bats in the opener, then got an outstanding pitching performance in the nightcap and swept Waterloo East, 15-3 and 6-0, Friday in Mississippi Valley Conference baseball at Kennedy.

Kennedy scored eight runs in the third inning to blow open the first game. The Cougars tacked on five more in the fourth inning.

Andrew Johnson was 3-for-3 with a pair of triples. Jared Staton had a pair of doubles and drove in three runs.

Freshman Jackson Behn scattered four hits over six innings in the nightcap to lead the Cougars (13-9, 10-6). Johnson and Staton drove in two runs apiece.

GAME 1

WATERLOO EAST (3): Magnuson, 3 0 0 0, Scribbener, 1 1 0 0, Howard, 2 1 2 0, Merron, 2 1 1 2, Schutte, 2 0 0 0, Kinnetz, 2 0 0 0, Snook, 1 0 0 0, Clemenson, 2 0 0 0, Lindquist, 1 0 0 0, Hanks, 2 0 0 0. Totals 18 3 3 2.

KENNEDY (15): Jacobus, ss-cf, 2 1 1 0, Daniels, p-ss, 3 1 1 2, Johnson, cf-lf, 3 2 3 1, Staton, 1b, 4 2 2 3, Stevens, rf, 2 2 2 2, Maiers, c, 3 1 2 0, Smetzer, 2b, 3 1 1 1, Skow, dh, 2 0 2 2, Moa, lf, 2 2 1 0, Pauls, 0 1 0 0, Jurgenson, 1 1 1 2, Sass, 3b, 0 1 0 0. Totals 25 15 16 13.

Waterloo East  000 30 -  3  3 0
Kennedy          208 5x - 15 16 2

Snook, Lindquist (3) and Scribbener. Daniels, King (4), Hargens (5) and Maiers. W-Daniels. L-Snook. 2B-Howard, Staton 2, Maiers. 3B-Johnson 2, Stevens. HR-Merron. SB-Scribbener 2, Howard, Johnson, Skow, Moa.

GAME 2

WATERLOO EAST (0): Magnuson, 3 0 0 0, Scribbener, 3 0 1 0, Lindquist, 3 0 0 0, Howard, 3 0 0 0, Merron, 3 0 1 0, Schutte, 3 0 1 0, Kinnetz, 3 0 0 0, Hanks, 2 0 1 0, Clemenson, 2 0 0 0. Totals 25 0 4 0.

KENNEDY (6): Jacobus, cf-p, 3 2 2 0, Daniels, ss, 3 1 2 0, Johnson, lf, 4 1 1 2, Staton, 1b, 4 0 2 2, Stevens, rf, 4 0 1 0, Maiers, c, 3 0 2 0, Skow, dh, 3 0 1 1, Sass, 3b, 3 1 2 0, Lizarraga, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Moa, 0 1 0 0, Fifield, 1 0 0 0. Totals 30 6 13 5.

Waterloo East  000 000 0 - 0  4 1
Kennedy          102 210 x - 6 13 2

Scribbener and xx. Behn, Jacobus (7) and Maiers. W-Behn. L-Scribbener. 2B-Merron, Maiers, Skow. 3B-Daniels. SB-Daniels, Johnson, Moa.