Raiders baseball takes three of four from Marshalltown

The Three Rivers College baseball team improved to 12-5 on the season after taking three of four games over the weekend from the Marshalltown (Iowa) Tigers at Roger Pattillo Field.

The Raiders split a Saturday twinbill with the Iowa school, taking the opener 11-3 before dropping the nightcap 7-5. In Sunday’s doubleheader, TRC beat the Tigers 12-2 in the first game and 17-7 in the second.

Trey Fikes drove in five runs in Sunday’s opener on three hits, while Peyton Nelson and Manny Alberto each drove in three runs.

Stuart Tharle started on the hill and earned the win, allowing six hits and one earned run in five innings of work while striking out five and walking one.

In Sunday’s nightcap, Three Rivers shook off an early 7-2 deficit by scoring five runs in the bottom of the third inning, then added seven more in the bottom of the fifth to enforce the 10-run rule.

Nelson and Tanner Duncan each had three hits in Sunday’s second game, while Mason Krznarich, Eli Marvin and Brady Robertson each added a pair. Nelson and Duncan each drove in three runs, while Krznarich and Grant Fitch drove in two apiece. Duncan and Robertson also both doubled twice.

Justin Graham earned the win in relief of starter Dorian Lippens, tossing one inning of scoreless, one-hit relief.

Four Raiders — Nelson, Krznarich, Robertson and Cooper McClure — each had two hits in Saturday’s opener, while Fitch drove in five runs and the duo of Robertson and Hawkins each drove in a pair. Krznarich and Fitch both homered in the contest.

Colton Sims started and went the distance for the win, striking out eight allowing just one earned run and seven hits while striking out eight and walking none.

Marshalltown earned its lone win of the series in Saturday’s second game, rallying from a 5-3 deficit with four runs in the top of the sixth inning.

Alberto and Nelson each had two hits for TRC, while Nelson homered and drove in a pair.

Caden Crask-Weeks took the loss in relief of starter Bryce Stenzel, allowing three runs — but just one earned — in two innings of work. He struck out three, walked two and allowed just one hit.

The Raiders are back on the diamond Thursday when they open a home-and-home four-game series with a doubleheader at St. Louis Community College. First pitch is set for noon. The series concludes Saturday with a twin bill here.