The Raiders' Matthew Abel, right, steals second base against Spivey's Stars. The Raiders won Game One, 12-1, but dropped the nightcap of their doubleheader, 13-3, Wednesday at Free State High.

Lawrence's Ben Wilson, left, celebrates with teammate Daniel Green after Wilson hit a grand slam against Spivey's Stars. The Raiders split a doubleheader with the Oklahoma squad Wednesday at Free State High.

Annihilated. Obliterated. Dominated.

Pick your favorite adjective to describe the Lawrence Raiders’ 12-2 run-rule whupping in Game One of Wednesday night’s doubleheader versus Spivey’s Stars at Free State High.

But the Oklahoma-based Stars gave the Raiders a dose of their own medicine during a turn-around 13-3 drubbing in Game Two.

“We lost our focus,” Ben Wilson said. “We need to respond better.”

Perhaps such complacency occurred because of the ease of the Game One victory. The Raiders collected seven walks and a hit-by-pitch en route to an 11-run first inning.

Although the Stars’ pitching staff obviously collapsed, Raiders coach Shaun Edmondson praised his players’ work in the batters box, laying off errant pitches.

“It was excellent team baseball by the Raiders,” he said. “We just made him throw strikes.”

A Matthew Abel single, plus walks to Travis Sanders and Kyle Cross, left the bases loaded for Wilson, who launched a high fastball over the fence for his second career grand slam, which culminated the first-inning rally.

“I just put a good swing on it,” Wilson said.

Wilson, who also hit a grand slam during his sophomore year of high school for the Firebirds, went 2-for-2 with five RBIs in the top half of the doubleheader.

While the offense pumped out runs, starter Alex Hardman threw with great control, emphasizing his breaking ball.

“I was locating it pretty good,” Hardman said. “That was my main pitch.”

He allowed six hits and two runs while pitching all four innings before the game was halted.

Caleb Gress started Game Two, and Jordan Guntert and Jason Sneegas pitched in relief, but none of the three could stop the bleeding as the Stars exploded for 15 hits. During the fourth inning, Guntert walked three in a row.

“We didn’t really have any oomph in the second game,” Hardman said. “We kind of just played – didn’t really play to win.”

As a result, the Stars run-ruled the Raiders (4-7) in six innings, creating the odd scenario where the two teams run-rule each other during a doubleheader.

“It’s very rare that something like that does occur,” Edmondson said. “The effort wasn’t there in the second game. That’s what it boils down to.”

Stars starting pitcher Derek James, who walked eight during a 100-pitch loss just a day earlier, earned the win Wednesday, pitching five innings, striking out five.

“He obviously made an adjustment with his mechanics,” Edmondson said. “We kind of let him off the hook and didn’t make him work.”

After the game’s conclusion, Edmondson ran his team through a series of “gassers” as punishment.

“You score 11 runs in the first inning of the first game, and then you come back and you think it’s going to be a free ride, a free sweep,” Edmondson said. “We’re not talented enough to just go through the motions and think that we can roll over teams, and that was good proof.”