IOWA CITY - Cedar Rapids Prairie split a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Iowa City High Friday and finished in a second-place tie in the Valley Division standings.

Prairie claimed a 13-2 victory as Brennan Hammer went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and got the victory on the mound.

Iowa City High won the second game, 8-5.

Prairie tied Xavier for second place in the Valley Division with 15-11 league records. Iowa City West won the Valley Division title.

Hammer pitched five innings for Prairie (22-16) in the 13-2 victory. He struck out six batters and allowed six hits. He was 4-for-4 at the plate with two doubles and two runs.

Tyler Votroubek went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Bryce Alberts was 2-for-4. Ty Mougin and Dylan Pond drove in two runs.

Jason Velvick went 2-for-3 for the Hawks in the 8-5 setback.

GAME ONE

PRAIRIE (13)
Velvick, cf, 2 1 1 0, Mougin, ss, 4 2 1 2, Carlson, 2b, 3 2 1 1, Butz, 3b, 4 1 0 1, Votroubek, 1b, 3 1 2 2, Hammer, p, 4 2 4 3, Alberts, lf, 4 1 2 0, Pond, c, 3 1 1 2, Davison, rf, 4 2 1 1. Totals 31 13 13 12.

CITY HIGH (2)
Frakes, 2b/p, 2 0 0 0, Duncan, cf, 2 1 1 0, Wieland, p/2b, 3 1 2 0, Crosby, 1b, 3 0 2 1, Mrstik, ss, 3 0 1 1, Stika, c, 3 0 0 0, Mills, lf, 3 0 0 0, Kenney, dh, 2 0 0 0, Hasler, 3b, 2 0 0 0. Totals 23 2 6 2.

Prairie      003 00(10) - 13 13 1
City High  000 200 - 2 6 3

Hammer, Henry (6) and Pond; Wieland, Frakes (6) and Stika. W - Hammer. L - Wieland. 2B - Carlson, Davison, Hammer (2), Crosby. SB - Alberts, Mrstik.

GAME TWO

PRAIRIE (5)
Velvick, cf, 3 1 2 1, Mougin, ss, 2 0 0 1, Carlson, 2b, 3 1 0 1, Butz, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Votroubek, 1b/p, 1 0 1 1, Hammer, rf, 3 0 0 1, Schulte, dh, 4 1 0 0, Wagner, c, 2 1 0 0, Davison, lf, 3 1 1 0. Totals 24 5 4 5.

CITY HIGH (8)
Frakes, 2b, 2 2 1 0, Duncan, cf/p, 2 1 0 0, Wieland, rf, 3 1 2 1, Crosby, 1b, 4 1 1 0, Gevock, 1b, 0 0 0 0, Mrstik, ss, 2 2 0 1, Stika, lf/p/cf, 1 1 0 0, Hasler, 3b, 3 0 0 2, Kennedy, dh, 2 0 0 0, Reineke, dh, 1 0 0 0, Haring, p, 3 0 0 0. Totals 23 8 4 4.

Prairie      200 210 0 - 5 4 3
City High  412 001 x - 8 4 2

Dean, Votroubek (2), Henry (5) and Wagner; Haring, Stika (4), Duncan (5). W - Haring. L - Dean. 2B - Davison. SB - Velvick, Carlson 2, Wieland.