In what's become a running theme this season, Southland gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Everything went their way against the Mabel-Canton Cougars as the Southland Rebels made off with a 12-2 win. Winning may never get old, but Southland sure is getting used to it with their 12th in a row.
For Mabel-Canton's part, Tylar Wenthold spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and eight unearned) runs on 11 hits. Wenthold has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Mabel-Canton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hailee Eiken, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Southland's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1. As for Mabel-Canton, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-7.
Southland will stay at home for another game and welcome Blooming Prairie at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Blooming Prairie: 3.8, Southland: 1.1) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Mabel-Canton, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Glenville-Emmons at 10:00 a.m. Mabel-Canton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
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