Mauston extended their losing streak to four on Thursday, dropping their season record down to 6-12 in the process. They fell 10-5 to the Wautoma Hornets. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Hornets this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 1-0 back in April.
As for Wautoma, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 11-10. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games.
For Wautoma's part, Carson Rose made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Rose has become a key player for Wautoma: the team is 7-2 when he posts at least eight strikeouts, but 4-8 otherwise. Rose was also big at the plate, going 1-for-5 with two stolen bases and one run. He has been hot for a while, having posted at least one stolen base the last ten times he's played.
Rose wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brady Abitz, who went 2-for-5 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Ben Miller was another, going 2-for-4 with two runs.
Mauston has already played their next match (against Bangor), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Wautoma also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Westfield Area.
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