The Blooming Prairie baseball team lost to United South Central (8-3 overall) 10-6 in BP Tuesday.

The Awesome Blossoms (0-14 overall) trailed just 6-5 after five innings.

“We didn’t hit the ball extremely well, but our pitchers gave us a chance,” BP head coach Matt Kittelson said. “That’s about as close as we’ve been to anybody after five innings this year.”

BP pitching: Seth Peterson (L) 4 IP, 6 H, 5 BB, 5 ER, 1 K; Riley Olson, 3 IP, 4 H, 4 BB, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 K

BP hitting: Brad Staska, 2-for-4; Payton Simon, 1-for-3; Olson, 1-for-4, RBI; Connor Getchell, 1-for-4