CEDAR FALLS - The Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team had a rough time in Cedar Falls Friday and dropped both ends of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader to the Tigers.

Cedar Falls battered Prairie ace Brennan Hammer in the first game and posted a 12-2 victory in five innings. The Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning of the nightcap to grab an 11-10 verdict for the sweep.

Cedar Falls reached Hammer for 12 hits and 11 runs (seven earned) in just 2 1/3 innings of the opener. Hammer missed eight games this month with a knee injury, but he returned Monday and pitched well against Dubuque Hempstead.

Prairie tied the nightcap, 9-9, in the top of the seventh to force extra innings. The Hawks took a 10-9 lead in the top of the eighth, but the Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the eighth for the victory.

Hammer went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a triple in the second game. Brayton Carlson also collected two doubles. Tyler Votroubek went 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Carlson also drove in two runs for the Hawks (19-15, 12-10).

Cedar Falls (17-14, 9-13) won the nightcap despite committing seven errors.

GAME ONE

PRAIRIE (2)
Velvick, cf, 2 0 1 0, Mougin, ss, 2 1 1 0, Carlson, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Butz, 3b, 2 1 1 0, Votroubek, 1b/p, 2 0 1 1, Hammer, p/1b, 2 0 0 0, Alberts, lf, 2 0 0 0, Pond, c, 2 0 0 0, Davison, rf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 19 2 4 1.

CEDAR FALLS (12)
Deines, 1b, 4 2 1 0, Sole, c, 4 3 3 0, Hagarty, ss, 3 4 3 1, Farley, dh, 4 1 1 3, Fletcher, lf, 2 1 2 3, Paup, cf, 2 1 2 2, Daniels, rf, 3 0 2 1, Mozena, 3b, 3 0 1 1, Creger, 2b, 3 0 1 0. Totals 28 12 16 11.

Prairie         200 00 -   2  4  2
Cedar Falls   434 01 - 12 16 0

Hammer, Votroubek (3) and Pond; Kuntz and Sole. W - Kuntz. L - Hammer. 2B - Velvick, Votroubek, Mougin, Hagarty, Farley, Creger. SB - Butz, Hagarty 2.

GAME TWO

PRAIRIE (10)
Velvick, cf, 4 1 1 0, Mougin, ss, 5 2 2 1, Carlson, 2b, 5 1 2 2, Butz, 3b, 5 0 0 0, Votroubek, 1b, 5 2 3 2, Hammer, rf, 5 2 3 1, Beckman, dh, 3 0 0 1, Peters, ph, 1 0 1 0, Pond, c, 4 0 1 1, Schulte, lf, 3 1 0 0, Davison, cr, 0 1 0 0. Totals 40 10 13 8.

CEDAR FALLS (11)
Deines, 1b, 4 0 0 0, Sole, c/p, 3 1 1 0, Hagarty, ss, 3 2 0 0, Farley, 3b, 4 2 1 0, Fletcher, dh/c, 3 3 2 2, Paup, cf, 4 2 3 3, Daniels, lf, 4 1 2 2, Kuntz, rf, 2 0 0 1, Mozena, ph, 1 0 0 0, Creger, 2b, 4 0 1 1. Totals 32 11 10 9.

Prairie        421 010 11 - 10 13 2
Cedar Falls  204 012 02 - 11 10 7

Dean, Alberts (4), Adams (7) and Pond; Balthazor, Hagedorn (5), Sole (8) and Sole, Fletcher (8). W - Sole. L - Adams. 2B - Carlson 2, Hammer 2, Mougin, Fletcher, Paup, Creger. 3B - Hammer. SB - Carlson, Fletcher, Kuntz.