DUBUQUE -- The seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team suffered a costly split at Dubuque Senior on Wednesday.

The Hawks won the first game, 8-3. Dubuque Senior captured the nightcap, 3-0.

The split dropped Prairie to 15-7 in the Valley Division of the Mississippi Valley Conference, a full game behind Linn-Mar (16-6) in the race for the division title with four games left.

Tyler Butz went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in the opener for Prairie (21-11 overall). Caleb Davison, Tyler Votroubek and Ty Mougin had two hits. Davison drove in two runs.

Mitch Adams pitched six innings for the victory.

Prairie collected only three singles in the nightcap. Sam Noel pitched the shutout for Dubuque Senior.

GAME 1

PRAIRIE (8): Mougin, ss, 5 0 2 1, Hammer, rf, 3 1 1 0, Butz, 3b, 4 2 3 2, Votroubek, 1b, 4 2 2 1, Beckman, dh, 2 0 0 0, Stallman, ph, 1 0 0 0, Davison, lf, 3 1 2 2, Peters, cf, 4 0 0 0, Day, c, 3 0 1 0, Becker, 2b, 4 2 1 0. Totals 33 8 12 6.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (3): Janes, c, 2 1 1 1, Blake, 2b/ss, 3 0 2 0, Noel, ss, 3 0 0 1, Zelinskas, 2b, 1 0 0 0, Somerville, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Clemens, rf, 3 0 0 0, Grant, cf, 4 0 1 0, Bradley, dh, 3 2 1 0, Troy, lf, 1 0 0 1, Merritt, ph, 1 0 1 0, Schueler, 1b/lf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 26 3 7 3.

Prairie         300 021 2 - 8 12 1

Dubuque Senior  001 101 0 - 3 7 2