Baseball Recap: Mankato West Wins High-Profile Match Against Owatonna

Scarlets

Margin (Wins)

05/06/25 @ John Marshall	12
05/08/25 @ Owatonna	11
04/21/25 vs John Marshall	10
04/17/25 vs John Marshall	10
04/15/25 @ Century	9

Mankato West faced Owatonna in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Scarlets blew past the Huskies 13-2. The Scarlets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by six runs or more this season.

The victory made it two in a row for Mankato West and bumps their season record up to 9-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 4 runs in those games. As for Owatonna, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-3.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Huskies beat Mankato West by a score of 8-5 later that day.