Shawnee ? Free State High’s baseball team collected nine hits but managed just one run in a 5-1 loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest on Tuesday.

The Firebirds scored in the fourth inning off a Casey Hearnen single.

“It was the inability to string things together,” Free State coach Mike Hill said. “We struck out 11 times. We got too many empty outs. We’ve got to have a better approach with two strikes.”

The Firebirds (3-3) will host Shawnee Mission West on Thursday.

Free State 000 100 0 — 1 9 1

SM Northwest 200 030 x — 5 6 0

W — Myers. L — Ryan Stagg (1-2). 2B — Cameron Pope.

FSHS highlights — Pope 2 hits; Jacob Pavlyak 2 hits; Jon Saathoff 2 hits; Casey Hearnen RBI; Stagg allowed three earned runs, struck out seven.