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The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk baseball and softball teams face off with the Bellevue Comets Tuesday. The Golden Hawk baseball team is 13-10 on the year after a 13-10 loss on Senior Night in Wellman Monday to the Durant Wildcats. The Hawks are hitting .288 as a team with six players over .300 led by Cain Brown at .389 with 28 hits and 26 runs. Dylan Henry has a team best 21 RBI. Mid-Prairie has a team ERA of 4.24 led by Alex Bean and Brock Harland each at 2.62. Bowen Burmeister, Karson Grout, Harland, Collin Miller and Brady Weber all have multiple pitching wins. Bellevue is 1-16 on the year, scoring their first victory last time out, a 5-3 win over West Branch. The Comets are hitting .231 together, led by Tyler Nemmers at .340 with 16 hits. Cal Bonifas has seven RBI. Bellevue’s team ERA is 8.67 led by Dawson Weber with a 1-3 record and 8.05 ERA. These teams last met in 2021 with Mid-Prairie winning 12-0.

The Mid-Prairie softball team is 14-12 after a 2-1 victory over Durant in Kalona on Monday. On the year, the Hawks are hitting .330 as a team with seven players over .300 led by Madeline Schrader at .474. She is tied with Sydney Knebel with a team high 15 RBI. Dakota Mitchell leads Mid-Prairie with 34 total hits and 20 runs scored. In the circle, Knebel and Landry Pacha have worked 134 innings with a four ERA. Bellevue is 3-19 overall after a 7-1 loss Monday to Anamosa. On the year, the Comets hit .202 altogether, led by Jami Portz at .343 with four RBI. Their team ERA is 5.10 with Cydney Tath throwing 108 innings with a 3-9 record and 4.73 ERA. Mid-Prairie won this matchup last season 16-0.

Both of these games will be played in Cedar Rapids on the campus of Mount Mercy University.