IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team staged a pair of furious seventh-inning rallies Monday in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at No.3 Iowa City West.

The first rally produced an 8-4 victory. The second rally forced extra innings, but Iowa City West prevailed, 12-11, in eight innings in the nightcap.

"We lost the lead in both games, but battled back and had a couple of good seventh innings," Prairie Coach Matt Thede reported. "The guys were confident and trusted we could get it done."

Tyler Butz drove in three runs and Caleb Davison went 2-for-3 for Prairie (9-6, 5-3) in the opener. Brennan Hammer pitched a complete game for the victory.

Prairie trailed, 3-2, heading into the seventh inning of the first game, but the Hawks exploded for six runs for the victory.

Prairie trailed again, 11-8, heading into the seventh inning of the second game, but the Hawks produced three runs to force extra innings. Iowa City West (10-2, 7-2) scored in the bottom of the eighth inning for the victory with a scratch run.

Ezra Reiners stole third base in the bottom of the eighth, but the throw from the catcher short-hopped the third baseman and rolled into shallow left field. Prairie shortstop Ty Mougin backed up the play, but slipped trying to make the play at the plate and Reiners scored the winning run.

"Not a fun way to lose, but a great couple games of baseball," said Thede.

Tyler Votroubek went 3-for-5 with three RBIs for Prairie in the nightcap. Mougin, Hammer and Blake Stallman had two hits.

GAME 1

PRAIRIE (8): Mougin, ss, 2 2 1 0, Hammer, p, 2 2 0 1, Davison, lf, 3 1 2 1, Votroubek, 1b, 4 0 1 0, Butz, 3b, 3 1 1 3, Peters, rf, 3 0 1 1, Stallman, cf, 4 0 0 1, Beckman, dh, 4 1 0 0, Becker, 2b, 2 1 0 0. Totals 27 8 6 7.

IOWA CITY WEST (4): Reiners, cf, 4 2 3 0, Bonner, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Doyle, 1b, 3 0 2 1, Raffensperger, dh, 3 0 0 0, Adkins, 3b, 3 1 1 0, Verry, lf, 3 0 0 0, Baker, c, 3 0 2 0, Scott, p, 2 0 0 0, Ludwig, p, 1 0 0 0, Wilson, rf, 3 1 1 1. Totals 28 4 9 2.

Prairie                 000 200 6 - 8 6 1
Iowa City West  100 002 1 - 4 9 3

Hammer and Day. Scott, Ludwig (7) and Baker. W - Hammer. L - Scott. 2B - Wilson. SB - Becker, Reiners 2.

GAME 2

PRAIRIE (11): Mougin, ss, 5 3 2 1, Hammer, 1b/rf, 5 2 2 0, Davison, 3b/p,1b, 4 1 1 1, Votroubek, 3b/p/1b, 5 2 3 3, Butz, dh, 4 1 1 1, Stallman, cf, 5 0 2 1, Beckman, lf/p, 4 0 1 1, Dean, p, 1 0 0 0, Day, c, 2 0 0 1, Peters, ph, 1 1 0 0, Becker, 2b, 2 1 0 0. Totals 38 11 12 9.

IOWA CITY WEST (12): Reiners, cf, 5 3 3 1, Bonner, 2b, 3 1 0 1, Doyle, 1b, 3 2 1 0, Raffensperger, dh, 2 2 1 0, Adkins, 3b, 3 1 1 2, Boland, lf, 4 2 3 4, Baker, c, 4 1 2 3, Scott, ss, 4 0 0 0, Wilson, rf, 4 0 1 0. Totals 32 12 12 11.

Prairie                 103 400 30 - 11 12 2
Iowa City West  303 131 01 - 12 12 2

Adams, Milks (2), Votroubek (5), Beckman (6), Dean (7) and Day. Searls, Raymer (5), Hakert 7) and Baker. W - Hakert. L - Dean. 2B - Stallman, Hammer, Mougin, Reiners. HR - Reiners, Boland, Baker. SB - Hammer, Doyle, Bonner, Adkins.