The Dell Rapids Mudcats played on back-to-back nights and split in those two games. Dell Rapids defeated the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Wednesday, July 13th to extend their winning streak to 10 games. Salem, however, ended the winning streak with a defeat of the Mudcats on Thursday, July 14th.
Dell Rapids Mudcats 14, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 4
Three runs in the top of the first inning put the Mudcats in front right away and they stayed their the rest of the game on Wednesday. The Wood Ducks scored twice in the bottom of the first for a 3-2 score. Dell Rapids got two more runs in the third, one in the sixth, and two in the seventh. Humboldt/Hartford scored two more times in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 8-4. Dell Rapids then scored six times in the final two innings.
Dalton Allen had three hits, two doubles and a single. Chad Hunt finished with three singles. Kris Regas had a home run and a double. Logan Stone finished with two hits. Travis Peters, Elijah Story, and Jordan Spaeth all had a hit. Allen also took the win on the mound.
Salem 11, Dell Rapids Mudcats 1
Salem scored two runs in the bottom of the first for an early 2-0 lead, and they never looked back to end the 10-game winning streak by the Mudcats on Thursday. Allen scored the only run for Dell Rapids in the top of the third. Salem then had two runs in the third, three in the fourth, four in the fifth, and another run in the sixth inning.
Dell Rapids was held to just six hits in the game. Lehnen had two hits. Allen, Mark Abrahamson, Regas, and Stone all had one hit each. Abrahamson took the loss on the mound.