Dustin Carlson figured his college baseball coach came to Monday night's games to watch him play. He had no idea Justin Schulte was there as one of the umpires.

"That was pretty different," Carlson noted.

Carlson is a pitcher and catcher at Cedar Rapids Prairie and he's committed to play for Schulte at Southeastern Community College next season. So has Anthony Gagliardi, one of Carlson's teammates, so it was not unusual for their future coach to attend Monday's games at Marion to check them out.

However, Carlson never figured Schulte would be on the field instead of in the stands.

Schulte was the base umpire for the first contest, which was the completion of a suspended game from June 25. Then he worked behind the plate in the nightcap, which was odd because Carlson was the starting pitcher in that game.

Carlson was pitching, and his future college coach was calling the balls and strikes.

"I saw him at the start of the game and I was like, 'What's he doing back there?' " Carlson said. "I thought he was scouting or something. It was a little different, but I got comfortable with it."

Carlson pitched five strong innings as Prairie won the second game, 10-7. And after he got done pitching, he caught the final two innings with Schulte peeking over his shoulder.

Marion won the completion of the suspended game, 12-2, in six innings.

Schulte plans to use Carlson primarily as a catcher at Southeastern Community College, but he also might be used as a relief pitcher. Carlson proved he can do a little of everything Monday - pitch, catch and hit.

He went 4-for-6 as a batter, tossed a two-hitter as a pitcher and was solid behind the plate.

Carlson said he tried to forget about Schulte being the umpire and just play the game. "But at the end, he's still the coach back there," Carlson said. "I did the best I could.

"I'm not going to lie. I tried to impress him. But I tried to stay even-keeled, I guess."

Carlson allowed only one run during his five-inning stint on the mound. He struck out the side in the third inning, getting all three batters on called third strikes, and left the mound with a 6-1 lead.

Carlson is having a solid season for Prairie (23-15). He has a 6-3 record with 49 strikeouts in 46 2/3 innings as a pitcher, and he's hitting .324 with three homers and 23 RBIs. He's also one of the top defensive catchers in the Metro area, with a strong arm.

The Marion Indians (23-14) had a 10-2 lead after three innings when their game against Prairie was suspended on June 25 as part of the Marion tournament. Both coaches agreed to finish that game and play a second game Monday to get their money's worth.

The Indians scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning of the suspended game on a two-run single by Andrew Charipar for the 12-2 victory.

Kasey Semler and Zach Nielsen scored three runs apiece for Marion in the first game. Semler, Nielsen, Trev Biery, Addison Johnson and Charipar all had two hits. Charipar drove in three runs, while Nielsen and Biery had two RBIs apiece.

Gagliardi, Tyler Votroubek and Tyler Butz all socked home runs for Prairie during its 10-7 victory in the nightcap. Gagliardi hit a solo homer and went 3-for-4. Votroubek and Butz both smashed three-run homers. Butz was 3-for-3 in the first game.

Brayton Carlson, Votroubek, Dustin Carlson and Chaz Boots had two hits for the Hawks in the second game.

Marion trailed, 10-2, entering the bottom of the seventh, but the Indians scored five runs and brought the tying run to the plate to make it exciting before running out of time.

Mitch Wagner went 3-for-4 with two doubles for the Indians in the second game. Semler and Nielsen had two more hits.

Completion of suspended game

PRAIRIE (2)
Whitters, dh, 2 0 1 0, Hammer, ph/dh, 2 0 0 0, Pond, p, 0 0 0 0, Utley, 1b/p, 3 0 0 0, B. Carlson, 2b, 3 2 1 1, Butz, 3b, 3 0 3 1, Gagliardi, rf/cf, 3 0 1 0, Joens, cf, 2 0 0 0, Votroubek, rf, 1 0 0 0, Meyer, c, 0 0 0 0, D. Carlson, ph/c, 2 0 2 0, Hilgenkamp, cr, 0 0 0 0, Allard, lf, 0 0 0 0, Boots, ph/lf, 1 0 0 0, Mougin, ss, 3 0 1 0. Totals 25 2 9 2.

MARION (12)
Semler, 2b, 3 3 2 1, Wagner, 3b, 4 1 1 1, Nielsen, ss, 3 3 2 2, Albaugh, rf, 3 1 0 1, Biery, 1b, 4 0 2 2, Alex Charipar, ph, 0 1 0 0, Johnson, c, 4 0 2 1, C. Cannoy, cr, 0 1 0 0, Andrew Charipar, cf, 4 0 2 3, Fish, dh, 1 1 0 0, Stekl, dh, 1 0 0 0, Q. Cannoy, p, 0 0 0 0, Hedtke, p, 0 0 0 0, Davila, lf, 3 1 1 0. Totals 30 12 12 11.

Prairie     101 000 -  2   9 2
Marion    325 002 - 12 12 0

Pond, Utley (4) and Meyer, D. Carlson (4). Q. Cannoy, Hedtke (4), Lochner (6) and Johnson. W - Q. Cannoy. L - Pond. 2B - Butz, Semler, Nielsen, Biery, Johnson, Andrew Charipar. HR - B. Carlson. SB - Hilgenkamp.

Scheduled game

PRAIRIE (10)
Hammer, dh/p, 5 1 1 0, Meyer, c, 0 0 0 0, Utley, 1b, 4 1 1 0, B. Carlson, 2b, 4 0 2 1, Gagliardi, cf, 4 2 3 1, Allard, lf, 0 0 0 0, Votroubek, rf, 4 2 2 3, D. Carlson, p/c, 4 0 2 0, Allard, cr, 0 1 0 0, Allard, pr, 0 1 0 0, Butz, 3b, 4 1 1 3, Boots, lf/cf, 3 0 2 0, Mougin, ss, 3 1 1 1. Totals 35 10 15 9.

MARION (7)
Semler, 2b, 4 1 2 0, Wagner, 3b, 4 1 3 1, Nielsen, ss, 4 0 2 2, Albaugh, rf, 4 1 1 0, Biery, 1b, 4 0 1 0, Alex Charipar, pr/lf, 0 1 0 0, Johnson, c, 1 1 1 3, C. Cannoy, cr, 0 0 0 0, Andrew Charipar, cf, 3 1 1 0, McGarvey, dh, 1 0 0 0, Fish, ph/dh, 2 1 0 0, Davila, lf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 30 7 11 6.

D. Carlson, Hammer (6) and Meyer, D. Carlson (6). Lochner, Q. Cannoy (2), Connelly (4), Stekl (7) and Johnson. W - D. Carlson. L - Q. Cannoy. 2B - B. Carlson, Gagliardi, D. Carlson, Mougin, Semler, Wagner 2, Albaugh, Andrew Charipar. HR - Gagliardi, Votroubek, Butz, Johnson. SB - Boots.