PRAIRIE CITY — Prairie City-Monroe continued to swing the bat well in a pair of conference wins over Collins-Maxwell/Baxter and North Polk on Thursday. The Mustangs defeated CMB, 13-1 in four innings in a make-up game from June 30, and then beat the Comets, 8-7.
PCM built its large lead against CMB by scoring four runs in the second and six in the third for a 12-1 advantage. Kayla Jennings pitched all four innings for win, allowing only three hits.
CMB’s Megan Ritter drove in her team’s lone run in defeat.
The Mustangs earned a season sweep of North Polk in the night cap. Racheal Freland earned the win in the circle as she had four strike outs.
Several PCM players had notable performances in the batter’s box throughout the night, led by Abbi Gilson, who went 6-for-7 with a double, four RBI and two stolen bases in the two games. Jennafer Uitermarkt finished 4-for-5 with a triple and Makenna Van Veen was 4-for-7.
The Mustangs increased their winning streak to seven games with victories and are averaging over nine runs per game since June 23.
PCM was scheduled to play in a tournament on Saturday against Central DeWitt and Mid-Prairie, but the games were cancelled due to weather conditions.
Colfax-Mingo splits
conference games
An eventful Thursday that saw Colfax-Mingo play at Roland Story in the afternoon and then at Saydel in the evening resulted in a split for the Tigerhawks. Roland Story topped Colfax-Mingo, 2-1, before the Tigerhawks beat Saydel, 12-4.
Roland Story broke a 1-all tie in the bottom of the sixth against Colfax-Mingo when Sam Reisinger scored what became the winning run following an error by Tigerhawk right fielder Brooke Nicholson.
Roland Story pitcher Erin Nuetzman held the Tigerhawks in check offensively by striking out 10 in seven innings. Nuetzman allowed only four hits, one of which came from Rhiannon Haley that led to Colfax-Mingo’s lone run of the game in the fourth inning.
The loss spoiled six solid innings from Colfax-Mingo pitcher Ries Wilson, who scattered six hits and recorded three strikeouts.
The Tigerhawks defeated Saydel in their second game of the day after trailing, 4-0, heading into the top of the fourth inning.
Colfax-Mingo scored four times in the fifth and took a 5-4 lead on a two-RBI single from Jena Teed. The Tigerhawks then erupted for six runs in the sixth inning, which was propelled by an error from Saydel pitcher Annika Hofbauer.
Erin Earles led the Tigerhawks’ 15-hit attack by going 4-for-5 with three RBI. Teed also contributed three RBI in the win.
Wilson earned the win by pitching four innings in relief of Colfax-Mingo starter Mackenzie Garrett.