The Dell Rapids Mudcats have won five straight games after getting two more wins during the week. The Mudcats beat the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks 6-3 on Sunday, June 28th, and then followed that with a 12-1 win over the Salem Cubs on Tuesday, June 30th.
The Mudcats took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth innings against the Gamecocks after a two-run double by Chad Hunt. They extended their lead to 4-0 after solo homeruns in the top of the fifth and sixth innings. The Gamecocks got within a run after a two-run homerun in the bottom of the eighth, but a two-run single by Mark Houck in the top of the ninth sealed the victory for the Mudcats.
Mark Abrahamson had three hits in the ballgame for Dell Rapids. Jimmy Bauer had two hits. Houck, Hunt, Elijah Story, Grant Olson, Dalton Allen, and Josh Roemen all had hits in the game as well.
Allen earned the victory on the mound pitching eight innings striking out nine batters. John Spaeth got the save by pitching a scoreless ninth inning.
Two days later, the Mudcat offense went to work against Salem. Dell Rapids scored five runs in the first inning on an RBI single by Bauer and a grand slam homerun by Abrahamson. Roemen added a solo homerun in the third inning. The Mudcats scored six more runs in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Bauer, RBI sacrifice fly by Houck, a two-run single by Kris King, and an RBI single by Dan Gacke.
Bauer had two hits and two RBIs. Roemen had two hits and an RBI, and Story had two hits in the game. Abrahamson had one hit and four RBIs, King had a hit with two RBIs, Olson had a hit with an RBI, Gacke had a hit with an RBI, and Houck and Hunt each also had a hit.
The Mudcats (6-2) will host the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Thursday, July 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. and then will play Dell Rapids PBR on Sunday, July 5th, at 8:00 p.m.