Baseball Recap: Ottumwa Picks Up Tenth Consecutive Victory

Ottumwa entered their tilt with Marshalltown on Wednesday with nine consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with ten. They never let the Bobcats get on the board and left with a 21-0 win. The Bulldogs have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bobcats, too.

Ottumwa pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 19.3 runs over those games. As for Marshalltown, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-10.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Ottumwa beat the Bobcats by a score of 16-0 later that day.