DAVENPORT -- The third night was not the charm Wednesday for Jefferson's baseball team.

The J-Hawks scored three runs in the top of the first inning, gave back four in the bottom of the frame and were beaten by Davenport West, 6-4, in a non-conference game.

It was the fourth straight loss in three nights for the J-Hawks (3-10), who lost a pair against Iowa City High on Monday and an extra-inning game to Pleasant Valley on Tuesday.

"We just have to put seven innings together," said Jefferson senior Chance Tiedtke, who was 1-for-4. "We have to start thinking that the other team is not going to come back on us, and we have to keep hammering the ball."

Jefferson used four hits and a West (5-7) error to score three runs in the first inning. Colten Jourdan had an RBI double and Sam Techau a run-scoring single.

But the J-Hawks managed only two hits over the next five innings and fell behind, 6-3. They scored a run on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh, but left two runners on base.

"We got three runs in the first but nothing in between," Jefferson Coach Mike Kuba said. "We need to get a lot more aggressive and get ready for Cedar Falls on Friday."

Jefferson hosts Cedar Falls in a Mississippi Conference doubleheader Friday.

"We have to keep our heads up and stay positive," Tiedtke said. "We are going to be hard to beat when we put seven innings of ball together."

Junior Ky Kramer pitched six strong innings for Jefferson, allowing six hits and three earned runs. While he struck out only two, Kramer issued only one base on balls. Control had been an issue for Jefferson pitchers in the last three games, when they issued 20 bases on balls in 23 innings.

"That was my best outing," Kramer said. "My curveball was the best I've ever thrown it. I was just trying to throw strikes."

Jefferson again had problems fielding the ball, committing four errors.

"(Kramer) did a nice job," Kuba said. "He had much better command and kept the ball down. He pitched with confidence. We just didn't help him out."

JEFFERSON (4)
Dylan Jellison, 2b, 4 2 1 0, Christian Knox, cf, 4 1 1 0, Austin Goodell, rf, 4 0 0 1, Chance Tiedtke, lf, 3 0 1 0, Colten Jourdan, c, 4 0 1 1, Aaron Gruwell, cr, 0 1 0 0, Sam Techau, 3b, 2 0 1 1, Dylan Wright, 1b, 3 0 1 0, Ky Kramer p-ss, 1 0 0 0, Layne Sullivan, cr, 0 0 0 0, Ben Koering ss-p, 1 0 1 0. Totals 26 4 7 3.

DAVENPORT WEST (6)
Vinny Cannavo, ss, 4 1 0 0, Nolan Clark, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Alex Riessen, 3 3 3 1, Andew Wiese, 1b, 3 1 2 2, Shawn Simmons, dh, 2 0 0 1, Brandon Wheeler, lf, 0 0 0 0, Luke Latham, p, 1 0 0 1, Kyle Dittmer, p, 1 0 0 0, Tommy Dorton, p, 0 0 0 0, Dayne Rodriguez, 3b, 3 0 1 0, josh Thiessen, c, 3 0 0 0, Jake Black, rf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 25 6 7 5.

Jefferson                300 000 1 -- 4  7  4
Davenport West      401 010 x -- 6  7  2

Kramer, Koering (7) and Jourdan. Latham, Dittmer (4), Dorton (7) and Thiessen. W - Dittmer. L - Kramer. Sv - Dorton. 2B - Tiedtke, Jourdan. 3B - Riessen. SB - Jellison.