Baseball Recap: South Prairie/Max Comes Up Short

Surrey hit South Prairie/Max with a five-run first inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. South Prairie/Max lost 12-2 to Surrey. South Prairie/Max has struggled against Surrey recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.

Jacob Samson made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and one run.

South Prairie/Max's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Surrey, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-5.

Coming up, South Prairie/Max will square off against Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Cougars' pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so South Prairie/Max's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Surrey, they will head out to square off against Velva/Drake/Anamoose at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.