The Tea Toros fell to Menno 17-0 June 5.
It was Tea’s only game of the week. A June 7 contest in Yankton was postponed due to the weather.
The Toros are now 0-9, still searching for the season’s first win.
Head Coach Mike Denning said the Toros put up a great effort and played well, despite the loss.
Tea held Menno 2-0 for the first four innings.
John Pies controlled the pitching mound for the first half of the game, a key reason for holding Menno to two runs, Denning said.
In the fifth, Denning said Menno figured out how to break the Toros hold. Tea lost focus and made several mental errors, costing them runs.
“We got a lot of people on base, but couldn’t get them across home plate,” the coach said.
Menno stepped up their hitting and challenged Pies at the mound. Tea substituted fresh pitchers, but Denning said Menno hit those balls, too.
“They just got hot and scored a lot of runs,” Denning said.
The Toros host Scotland at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and travel to Crofton for a 7:30 p.m. game Sunday.
Tea will play Garretson at Rage in the Cage at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Sioux Falls. The game will be at Canaries Stadium.
The June 7 game against Yankton will be rescheduled. As of now, a time and date has not yet been determined.