The Dell Rapids Mudcats got three more wins over the last week. They defeated Salem 15-0 on Sunday, June 6th. On Tuesday, June 8th, the Mudcats got a come-from-behind 5-4 win over Renner. They closed out the week with a 5-1 win in Lennox on Thursday, June 10th.
The Mudcats pounded out 14 hits against Salem while holding Salem to just one in the 15-0 win in five innings.
Ty Hoglund had three hits and two RBIs. Chad Hunt had two hits and two RBIs. Jimmy Bauer and Dalton Allen both had two hits and an RBI. Dalton Lehnen had a two-run home run. Travis Peters had a hit and two RBIs. Josh Roemen had a hit and an RBI. Nate Henry and Logan Stone both had a double. Kris Regas pitched all five innings allowing just the one hit and had 10 strikeouts.
The Mudcats trailed Renner 4-3 heading into the eighth inning on Tuesday. They tied the game on an RBI double by Roemen in the eighth, and then Hunt laid down a suicide squeeze bunt scoring Trevor Freudenthal from third for the game-winner.
Freudenthal and Regas both had two hits in the game. Grant Olson, Lehnen, Roemen, and Hunt all had hits as well. Mark Abrahamson pitched eight innings giving up four runs on two hits with five strikeouts. Hunt pitched a scoreless top of the ninth to pick up the win.
The Mudcats built a 4-0 lead after four innings of play. Dell Rapids got a run in the first inning when Hoglund scored on an RBI single by Bauer. They added three more runs in the fourth on doubles by Bauer, Freudenthal, and Allen. Lennox got their lone run in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Dell Rapids got that run back in the top of the ninth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Roemen.
Bauer and Freudenthal both had two hits and an RBI. Allen had a hit and an RBI. Hoglund finished with two hits, and Lehnen also had a hit. Allen pitched seven innings allowing no runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts t earn the win. John Spaeth pitched two innings giving up a run on three hits with two strikeouts.
The Mudcats will travel to Humboldt to play the Wood Ducks on Sunday, June 13th.