Prairie Baseball

Prairie splits at SE Polk tourney

PLEASANT HILL - Cedar Rapids Prairie exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday and defeated Western Dubuque, 9-4, in the opening round of the Southeast Polk tournament.

Southeast Polk beat the Hawks, 6-1, in the finals.

Prairie trailed 4-2 entering the sixth inning against Western Dubuque. The Hawks pulled within 4-3 to get the frame started, then Caleb Davison delivered a two-run single for a 5-4 lead. Tyler Butz followed with a grand slam to give Prairie breathing room.

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Prairie pitching garners split

A solo home run by Luke Hammerberg in the bottom of the fourth inning proved to be the margin of victory for Xavier in a 3-2 win against Prairie in the first game of a Mississippi Valley doubleheader Friday night at Xavier.

Prairie claimed the nightcap, 9-1.

With the score tied at 2-2, Hammerberg drove a pitch over the left field fence. Starting pitcher Zach Brown and reliever Mitch Keller managed to make that run hold up for the victory.

“I just let my defense work for me,” said Brown.  “They have a good hitting front end of the lineup. They all hit the ball well, you just have to mix your pitches and keep them guessing.”

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Beckman powers Prairie past Clinton

Trey Beckman hit a home run and double, and drove in three runs to help Prairie to a 4-3 win over Clinton in a prep baseball game Wednesday night at Prairie.

Beckman homered leading off the third inning. His groundout in the fourth plated another run and double in the sixth drove home what proved to be the winning run.

Brennan Hammer had two hits and Blake Stallman scored two runs for Prairie.

Mitch Adams gave up five hits over 5.2 innings and struck out six for the Hawks. Ben Milks worked the final 1.1 innings and gave up two runs, but collected a save.

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Prairie trimmed by Pleasant Valley

BETTENDORF - The Prairie Hawks got strong pitching Friday but dropped a 2-1 decision at Pleasant Valley in a non-conference baseball game.

Spencer Dean allowed one earned run in five innings and Brennan Hammer struck out six batters in two hitless innings in relief.

Caleb Davison went 2-for-3 for Prairie. The Hawks collected only four hits.

PRAIRIE (1): T.Mougin, ss, 2 0 0 0, Hammer, rf/p, 3 0 0 0, Votroubek, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Stallman, cf, 3 0 0 0, Davison, lf, 3 0 2 0, Butz, dh, 2 0 1 0, Digman, 3b, 1 0 0 0, N.Mougin, 3b, 1 0 0 1, Day, c, 2 0 0 0, Beckman, ph, 1 0 0 0, Becker, 2b, 1 0 0 0, Adams, ph, 1 0 0 0. Totals 23 1 4 1.

PLEASANT VALLEY (2): French, dh, 3 0 0 0, Brown, c/p, 3 0 0 1, Clifton, p/c, 3 0 0 0, Suhr, ss, 2 0 1 0, Ennis, 2b, 3 0 1 0, Fink, 1b, 3 0 1 0, O'Brien, lf, 3 0 0 0, Blaske, 3b, 2 1 1 0, Cobler, cf, 1 1 1 0. Totals 23 2 5 1.

Prairie                000 000 1 - 1 4 2
Pleasant Valley  002 000 x - 2 5 0

Dean, Hammer (5) and Day. Clifton, Brown (7) and Brown, Clifton (7). W - Clifton. L - Dean. 3B - Blaske. SB - T.Mougin, Cobler, Brown.