Prairie Baseball

Prairie suspended in 3rd inning

The Marshalltown at Prairie Class 4A substate semifinal baseball game Monday night was called after a nearly two-hour delay because of lightning and rain.

It will resume Tuesday at 7 p.m. with the Bobcats (17-24) leading 3-2 and Prairie (26-12) batting with two outs in the bottom of the third inning and a runner on first.

Marshalltown scored once in the second inning after two singles against Hawk starting pitcher Mitch Adams. They scored twice more in the third thanks to a triple to right field by Hunter Hillygus and a wild pitch.

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Prairie slams 'Hammer' on Wahawks

Brennan Hammer is still waiting to pitch his best game of the season for the Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team.

It could come in the Class 4A substate finals against Xavier next week, if the Hawks continue to take care of business.

Hammer struck out eight batters in 4 2/3 innings Friday night as Prairie spanked Waterloo West, 9-2, in the substate opener at Prairie.

The sixth-ranked Hawks (26-12) will host Marshalltown (17-24) in the substate semifinals Monday at 7 p.m., with the winner meeting the 10th-ranked Xavier Saints in the substate finals Wednesday at Xavier.

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Prairie rallies past Solon, 8-4

Caleb Davison and Tyler Votroubek drove in two runs apiece to rally No.6 Prairie past Solon, 8-4, Tuesday night in a non-conference baseball game at Prairie.

Solon scored three runs in the top of the first inning.

Prairie (25-12) scored two runs in the first inning and two more in the second to take a 4-3 lead.

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Prairie sweeps into 2nd place in Valley

WATERLOO - Cedar Rapids Prairie swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Waterloo West Monday, 11-1 in five innings and 13-6, to finish in a tie for second place in the Valley Division standings.

The sixth-ranked Hawks raised their records to 18-8 in the MVC and 24-12 overall. They tied Linn-Mar for second place in the division, one game behind Wahlert (19-7).

Ty Mougin belted a home run and Mitch Adams allowed only one unearned run in four innings as Prairie captured the first game. Caleb Davison, Tyler Votroubek, Trey Beckman and Corbin Day had two hits apiece.

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