Drakes drub Mudhens

Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don't.

Danny Hennen came into the game against Dawson Wednesday night with a 4-0 record.

But it was one of those nights when he didn't have it and Dawson slugged 14 hits, 10 of them off Hennen in just four innings.

The Drakes went on to a 10-5 win.

Acting Manager Beau Buysse said, "They were really hitting the ball."

That was enough said.

Esten Weber's solo home run in the second inning (over the left field fence), was indicitive of the Mudhen evening.

As Weber rounded the bases he kept looking to the outfield, then to his third base coach and finally he held his arms in the air, not in celebration, but asking, 'What happened?" Weber, a squat second baseman is not used to the ball going over the fence. In the fourth Dawson scored four for a 6-2 lead.

After the Mudhens made it 6-3, the Drakes again went off — this time against reliever Henry Pesch — and scored four more to take a 10-3 lead.

In the ninth, Jesse Drager collected his second hit of the game and Adam Durfee slapped his second home run of the year over the left field fence. It would end, 10-5.

Minneota actually got 14 hits themselves, but stranded nine runners on base.

Pesch slapped three singles in a 3-4 night; Drager was 2-5; Jordan Beck 2-4; Austin Buysse 2-5 and Durfee 3-5 with three runs scored.

The Mudhens play Hancock at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Hancock.

Minneota         002 010 0002 — 5 14 3

Dawson           020 404 00x — 10 14 5

WP-Joel Staab (complete game, 4 strikeouts); LP-Danny Hennen (4 innings, 10 hits, 6 runs; 1 walk; 4 strikeouts); Henry Pesch 4 innings (4 runs; 4 fourst; 2 walks; 2 strikeouts); Zach Nuy 1 inning (no hits, 3 strikeouts.