Woods was happy about the win over the 3A squad from Henry County, especially after Monday’s sweep of Des Moines Lincoln.

“We had to come in and play a good game. They’re every bit as good if not better than Lincoln,” said Woods. “Anytime we can beat a ranked team, I don’t care what class they’re in, it’s a quality win for us.”

The win was also important as Class 4A teams are still jockeying for postseason seeding. Ottumwa can get as high as a three seed and should get no lower than a four according to Woods.

Ottumwa’s Chris Cordray walked three times and reached base in every at bat. Ben Lott tripled and went 3-4 on the night. The Bulldog shortstop is batting near .500 on the season.

Enberg, just a freshman, allowed just one earned run and struck out five in five innings on the hill.

Ottumwa (12-9, 9-5) plays at Des Moines Roosevelt Thursday.

Ottumwa 6, Mount Pleasant 5

MP 300 001 1 — 5 6 4

OTT 210 003 x — 6 6 2

Mount Pleasant battery — Cameron Enberg (5IP, 6H, 3R, 1ER, 5K, 2BB), Tyler Spenner (2/3 IP, 3R, 2ER, 2BB), Blake Heitmeier (1/3 IP, 1K), Eric Rose catching.

2B — Heitmeier.

Hits — Henry Krieger-Coble 2-4, Heitmeier 1-2, Brayton Meeker 1-4, Drake Koontz 1-2, Rose 1-1.

RBI — Krieger-Coble, Heitmeier 2, Meeker, Koontz. Runs — Cody Vaughn, Krieger-Coble, Heitmeier 2, Rose.

Ottumwa battery — Zach Throckmorton (5IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 4K, 3BB), Kyle Ward (W, 1-0) (1 2/3 IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 1K, 1BB), Brandon Enloe (SV, 1) (1/3IP), Adam Goodvin catching.

3B — Ben Lott.