Motherwell crashed out of the Scottish Cup fifth round as Championship side Raith Rovers ran out comfortable winners at Stark's Park, heaping more pressure on under-fire boss Steven Hammell.A Jamie Gullan penalty after 17 minutes and a strike by Sam Stanton in 38 minutes had Rovers looking like they were home and dry by the interval, and although Kevin van Veen pulled a goal back for the Premiership side five minutes into the second half, it was too little, too late.And sub Esmael Goncalves added a late third to provide some poliish.It was a much improved second half performance from the Steelmen, with van Veen nearly forcing an equaliser in 65 minutes when his driven cross was headed off his own bar by Raith defender Ryan Nolan, but they were unable to force extra-time, with the damage already done.Raith Rovers boss Ian Murray made five changes to the side that beat Dundee in the SPFL Trust Trophy semi-final on Wednesday night.

Goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald came in for Robbie Thomson, and Aidan Connolly, Jamie Gullan, Dylan Easton and Tom Lang replaced Kieran Ngwenya, Adam Masson, Connor McBride and William Akio.New Livingston loan signing Esmael Goncalves started on the bench.Motherwell boss Steven Hammell made six changes to the side that lost 3-1 at Aberdeen last weekend.

Debuts were handed to Dan Casey and Calum Butcher, while Callum Slattery, Ross Tierney, Riku Danzaki and Kevin van Veen started.Riki Lamie, Max Johnston, Dean Cornelius, Sean Goss, James Furlong and Jack Aitchison dropped out.

Rovers had the first meaningful shot on goal in 12 minutes, but Easton's effort was diverted wide.Gullan then saw a shot deflected over the bar from just inside the box, but Raith claimed a handball and were awarded a penalty as

Raith Rovers 3, Motherwell 1: Raith send Well spinning out of the Scottish Cup

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