Tyler Sampson put on a show for the Xavier High School softball team Tuesday night.
Sampson went 5-for-5, hit two home runs and drove in seven runs as the Saints swept Cedar Rapids Prairie in two shortened games at Bob Erusha Field.
Xavier won the first game, 10-0, in six innings and took the nightcap, 12-0, in three innings.
Sampson has slugged 15 home runs this season, breaking the school record of 13 homers set last year by McKenna Miller. Sampson, a senior shortstop, has driven in 56 runs in 38 games.
Jacey Wiebold pitched a three-hit shutout for Xavier in the first game. Erin Drahozal tossed a two-hit shutout in the second game.
Sampson was 4-for-4 in the first game and scored three runs. Sydney Galligan went 3-for-3 and Abby Bedard was 2-for-4.
The Saints scored 10 runs in the first inning of the second game and got a grand slam from Sampson. Emily Walton went 2-for-3 for Xavier.
The Saints raised their records to 28-10 overall and 18-6 in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Prairie fell to 11-24 overall and 5-19.
Game 1
PRAIRIE (0)
Crist, c, 3 0 0 0, T. Stecklein, 2b, 3 0 1 0, Weiland, ss, 2 0 0 0, Blaha, lf, 1 0 0 0, Carver, cf, 1 0 0 0, Frederick, 1b, 2 0 1 0, Lash, rf, 2 0 0 0, Kuch, p, 2 0 1 0, Carter, p, 0 0 0 0, A. Stecklein, 3b, 2 0 0 0. Totals 18 0 3 0.
XAVIER (10)
Bedard, 3b, 4 2 2 0, Colston, rf, 3 1 1 0, Sampson, ss, 4 3 4 3, Winter, 2b, 3 1 0 1, Walton, dp, 4 0 1 1, Schulte, 1b, 2 2 0 0, Kuba-Tresnak, cf, 3 0 0 0, Miller, c, 3 0 1 0, Galligan, lf, 3 1 3 0, Wiebold, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 29 10 12 5.
Prairie 000 000 - 0 3 4
Xavier 400 024 - 10 12 0
Kuch, Carter (6) and Crist. Wiebold and Miller. W - Wiebold. L - Kuch. HR - Sampson.
Game 2
PRAIRIE (0)
Crist, c, 1 0 0 0, T. Stecklein, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Weiland, ss, 2 0 1 0, Blaha, lf, 2 0 0 0, O'Brian, 1b, 1 0 0 0, Carver, cf, 1 0 1 0, Frederick, rf, 1 0 0 0, Stevenson, p, 1 0 0 0, A. Stecklein, 3b, 1 0 0 0. Totals 12 0 2 0.
XAVIER (12)
Bedard, 3b, 2 2 0 0, Colston, rf, 2 3 1 0, Sampson, ss, 1 2 1 4, Winter, 2b, 0 0 0 2, Walton, c, 3 1 2 3, Schulte, 1b, 2 1 0 0, Kuba-Tresnak, cf, 1 1 1 0, Drahozal, p, 2 1 1 1, Ireland, lf, 2 1 0 0. Totals 15 12 6.
Prairie 000 - 0 2 3
Xavier (10)02 - 12 6 0
Stevenson and Crist. Drahozal and Walton. W - Drahozal. L - Stevenson. HR - Sampson.
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