KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? The Kansas City Grays scored five runs in the first inning and added three more in the second en route a 10-5, 18-under American Legion baseball victory against the Lawrence Raiders on Thursday night at KC Piper High.

“For the first time in a while, our pitching and our defense didn’t hold up real well,” Lawrence coach Carl Brooks said. “We had a couple of errors in the first inning, and that really put us behind the 8-ball. We couldn’t quite come back.”

Troy Wingert was 2-for-3 with a home run, Kyle McManness was 2-for-4 and Blake Dickson had a double for the Raiders.

Cassidy Thompson was cited for his six innings pitching in relief of Kyle Unruh (2-1). Thompson allowed two runs on five hits with no walks.

“We haven’t had one of these games in about a month. We were due for one,” Brooks said. “Hopefully we got it out of our system and will play a little better.”

Kansas City Grays 10,

Lawrence Raiders 5

Raiders 102 000 101 5 10 2

Braves 530 010 10x 10 13 3

WPShehan. LPKyle Unruh (2-1).

2BRaiders: Blake Dickson; Grays: Faddis, Maleta, Mosier, Rodell. HRRaiders: Troy Wingert; Braves: Woods.

Raiders record: 22-14. Next: Alumni game, 7 tonight at Ice Field (all alumni welcome).