JEWELL – A lack of execution at the plate led to few scoring chances for the South Hamilton baseball team Wednesday night at the Mike Penning Athletic Complex.

The Hawks needed to be at their best, too.

Prairie City-Monroe had three big innings and rolled to an 11-2 Heart of Iowa Conference victory over the Hawks (2-9, 1-8 HOIC), who find themselves stuck in a four-game slump.

South Hamilton stranded five runners on the base paths and managed just two hits off Mustang pitchers Gunnar Davis and Noah Henkenius. Davis worked six innings for the win; he allowed both hits and struck out seven against just two walks.

“We didn’t swing the bats real well … we’re better hitters than we showed,” South Hamilton head coach Kyle Galetich said. “We chased balls that we normally don’t chase. I don’t know if it was guys trying to do too much at one time or what.”

PCM (4-8, 3-5 HOIC) plated three runs in the second inning off Hawks’ starter Caleb Olson to seize control for good. The Mustangs added four in the fifth and four in the seventh.

South Hamilton’s two runs came in the bottom of the sixth. Olson raced home on a wild pitch and Trey Woodwall touched the dish on a sacrifice fly by Colton Griffin.

Olson and Dugan Swenson slapped singles in the loss.

Noah Carter racked up three RBI for the Mustangs. Trey Lindsay, Austin Brown and Connor Warrick all smacked doubles and drove in two runs.

South Hamilton will head south to take on Colfax-Mingo this evening. The Hawks won the first meeting, 8-5, on May 29 in Jewell.