Raiders split close twinbill
The Lawrence Raiders split a pair of one-run, youth baseball games Saturday at Lawrence High.
After falling to the Missouri Bucks, 4-3, Lawrence rallied for a 6-5 victory over Sioux Falls White. Both games were decided in the final at-bats.
The Raiders (11-8-1) surrendered two runs in the seventh against the Bucks.
C.J. Stuever, who led the Raiders at the plate (3-for-4) against the Bucks, won Game Two on the mound.
Stuever hit a triple, stole two bases and score two runs against the Bucks, and hit a double and batted in two runs against Sioux Falls.
Drew Green batted in three runs against Sioux Falls. Anthony Miele drove in the winning run.
Late Friday, the Raiders swept a doubleheader: 12-5 against Sioux Falls and 5-3 versus the Kansas City Force.
The Raiders will host the Midwest Blacksox at 12:15 p.m. and YBC Baseball at 2:30 p.m. today at LHS.
Bucks 4, Raiders 3
Raiders 001 100 1 — 3 5 3
Bucks 000 002 2 — 4 8 1
LP — Shane Willoughby (0-1)
Raiders highlights — C.J. Stuever 3-for-4, 3B, 2 R, 2 SB; Anthony Miele 1-for-3, 3B.
Raiders 6, Sioux Falls White 5
White 040 010 0 — 5 3 2
Raiders 010 031 1 — 6 8 1
WP — C.J. Stuever (2-1)
Raiders highlights — Stuever 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Drew Green 1-for-4, 3B, 3 RBIs; Miele 1-for-4, game-winning RBI.
Friday’s Games
Raiders 12, Sioux Falls 5
Sioux Falls 002 030 0 — 5 11 2
Raiders 031 053 x — 12 12 3
W — Brandon Bell (1-2).
Raiders highlights — C.J. Stuever 2-for-2, 2B, 3B, 4 RBIs, 3 runs, BB; Shane Willoughby 2-for-4, RBI; Briggs Fish 3-for-4, 3 runs; Sam Hearnen 1-for-2, 2 RBIs.
Raiders 5, K.C. Force 3
Raiders 100 400 0 — 5 6 2
K.C. Force 000 120 0 — 3 5 2
W — Sam Hearnen (3-1)
Raiders highlights — Hearnen pitched complete game, allowed five hits, one walk, seven strikeouts, allowed one earned run; Drew Green 1-for-4, 3 RBIs; Anthony Miele 1-for-3, 2B, RBIs.