The Dell Rapids Mudcats are on a roll as of late, and they won their seventh and eighth straight games with wins in their last two Cornbelt League games. The Mudcats defeated Flandreau on Thursday, July 7th and Canova on Sunday, July 10th.
Dell Rapids Mudcats 1, Flandreau 0
Dalton Lehnen carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning against Flandreau on Thursday and completed the game and shutout in a 1-0 win. Lehnen allowed just two hits while striking out 17 Cardinal batters.
The score was tied 0-0 through seven innings of play. Dell Rapids got the game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning. Kris Regas started the inning with a single. Regas found himself on third base when Dalton Allen brought him home on an RBI ground out.
Ty Hoglund, Regas, and Lehnen each had a hit in the game. Allen had the lone RBI.
Dell Rapids Mudcats 2, Canova 0
Regas followed Lehnen’s masterpiece with one of his own on Sunday against Canova. Regas pitched the 2-0 complete game shutout allowing just five hits while striking out five batters.
The Mudcats got a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Lehnen. They added another run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by Hoglund.
Elijah Story had two of the five hits for the Mudcats. Hoglund had a double and an RBI. Lehnen had a single and an RBI. Chad Hunt added a single and scored a run.