The Dell Rapids Mudcats have dropped their last two Cornbelt League games. They fell to Lennox 5-1 on Thursday, June 2nd. They also lost a 5-2 game to the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks on Tuesday, June 7th. Their game on Sunday, June 5th against Madison was suspended in the third inning due to rain.
Lennox 5, Dell Rapids Mudcats 1
The Mudcats and Lennox were locked in a close battle for seven innings. Lennox scored in the first inning for an early 1-0 lead. Dell Rapids tied the game in the second when Jimmy Bauer scored. The game remained tied 1-1 until the seventh inning. Lennox scored four times in the inning to take the 5-1 win.
Trevor Freudenthal had a double. Logan Stone had two hits as well. Mark Abrahamson took the loss for the Mudcats on the mound.
Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks 5, Dell Rapids Mudcats 2
The Gamecocks got out to an early 2-0 lead after the first three innings on Tuesday. The Mudcats got one run in the top of the fifth inning. John Spaeth had an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1. The Gamecocks got two runs, however, in the bottom of the inning for a 4-1 lead. They added another run in the bottom of the seventh. Spaeth added another RBI in the top of the ninth on a fielder’s choice ground out.
Elijah Story had two hits, including a double, and scored both runs . Spaeth had a hit and two RBIs. Landon Ruesink, Freudenthal, and Stone all had a single. Kris Regas pitched all eight innings giving up five runs, three earned, on eight hits and three walks, but recorded 17 strikeouts.