Reese Olson was knocked around again, and the offense couldn’t get anything going as the Mud Hens dropped the first of six in Iowa.
Olson was extremely inefficient, or wild to be more accurate, in this one. He allowed seven hits and four walks, striking out just four, and four runs in his 3 2⁄3 innings of work. At least he didn’t give up a homer.
The bullpen leaked two more runs in the fifth, and the Hens didn’t score until the eighth when Parker Meadows singled, Andre Lipcius grounded into a force of Meadows at second, and then took second base in time for Justyn-Henry Malloy to single him home.