The Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team gave up two runs in the top of the first inning Monday night against Dubuque Senior.

That was it for the doubleheader.

The Hawks did not surrender another run in the next 13 innings and swept the Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill, 4-2 and 9-0, at Prairie.

“We really got some good pitching tonight,” said Prairie Coach Matt Thede. “When you get pitching like that, it’s a lot easier to come out on top.”

After giving up two runs on four hits in the first inning of the opener, Bryce Alberts went 5 2/3 more innings and gave up only three more hits while striking out seven. Brennan Hammer came in to get a one-pitch save.

“After that first inning, I just tried to throw strikes instead of trying to strike people out and that worked really well for me tonight,” said Alberts.

Jason Velvick and Ty Mougin had RBI singles in the fourth inning to tie the game and Hammer delivered a big two-run double in the fifth to provide the margin of victory.

“Their pitchers were throwing curves in fastball situations and fastballs in curve situations and I got the fastball I was looking for,” said Hammer.

In game two, the Hawks (21-15, 14-10) put together six hits with 11 walks and walked away with the 9-0 victory. Mitch Adams pitched six innings of excellent baseball, giving up only two hits while striking out six.

“My curve was working well tonight, but I was ahead in the count with almost every hitter,” said Adams.

Brayton Carlson tagged a bases-loaded double in the fifth inning of the nightcap, plating three and breaking the game wide open. Hammer and Carlson collected three hits in the doubleheader to lead the Hawk attack.

“He gave me a fastball that had perfect speed and I sat back and drove it to left field,” Carlson said about his big hit.

Connor Grant, Dylan Merritt and Ryan Jantsch had two hits in the doubleheader for Dubuque Senior (16-18, 9-13).

Prairie travels to Iowa City High for a conference doubleheader Friday night.

GAME ONE

DUBUQUE SENIOR (2)
Grant, ss, 3 1 1 0, Janes, lf, 3 0 0 0, Merritt, 3b, 4 1 1 1, Jantsch, rf, 4 0 2 0, Powers, 1b, 3 0 1 1, Jones, 2b, 3 0 1 0, Hansen, dh, 3 0 0 0, Steines, p, 0 0 0 0, Bradley, p, 0 0 0 0, Capesius, c, 3 0 0 0, Blake, cr, 0 0 0 0, Clemmens, cf, 3 0 1 0. Totals 29 2 7 2.

PRAIRIE (4)
Velvick, cf, 3 1 1 1, Mougin, ss, 3 0 1 1, Carlson, 2b, 3 0 2 0, Butz, 3b, 0 1 0 0, Votroubek, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Hammer, rf/p 3 0 2 2, Alberts, p, 2 0 0 0, Peters, cr, 0 0 0 0, Pond, c, 2 0 1 0, Davison, cr, 0 0 0 0, Beckman, rf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 21 4 8 4.

Dubuque Senior    200 000 0 - 2 7 0
Prairie                  000 220 x - 4 8 3

Steines, Bradley (7) and Capesius; Alberts, Hammer (7) and Pond. W - Alberts. L - Steines. Sv - Hammer. 2B - Mougin, Votroubek, Hammer.

GAME TWO

DUBUQUE SENIOR (0)
Grant, ss, 4 0 1 0, Powers, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Merritt, 3b, 2 0 1 0, Jantsch, rf, 3 0 0 0, Jones, p/2b, 3 0 0 0, Sommerville, dh, 2 0 0 0, Blake, 2b, 0 0 0 0, Gesie, p, 0 0 0 0, Janes, lf, 3 0 0 0, Capesius, c, 3 0 0 0, Clemmens, cf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 25 0 2 0.

PRAIRIE (9)
Velvick, cf, 3 1 1 1, Mougin, ss, 1 2 0 0, Carlson, 2b, 1 0 1 3, Butz, 3b, 2 1 0 0, Steffens, ph, 1 0 1 0, Votroubek, 1b, 2 0 1 1, Swanson, pr, 0 1 0 0, Digman, 3b, 1 0 0 0, Hammer, rf, 1 1 1 1, Schulte, rf, 1 0 0 0, Wagner, c, 3 0 0 0, Alberts, cr, 0 0 0 0, Pond, 1b, 0 0 0 0, Peters, lf, 2 1 0 0, Davison, dh, 2 2 1 1, Adams, p, 0 0 0 0, Henry, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 20 9 6 7.

Dubuque Senior     000 000 0 - 0 2 0
Prairie                   003 150 x - 9 6 2

Jones, Gesie (5), Schueler (5) and Capesius. Adams, Henry (7) and Wagner. W - Adams. L - Jones. 2B - Carlson. 3B - Davison. SB - Velvick.