Staff photo by Jeremy Behnke Wabasso’s Will Carlson slides home safely ahead of the throw to New Ulm Cathedral pitcher Noah Wilmes in the first inning of a baseball game at Mueller Park on Monday.

NEW ULM — In what was a sloppy early season game for both teams, Wabasso grabbed an early lead and held on for a 10-5 victory over New Ulm Cathedral at Mueller Park.

Carter Benz earned the win for the Rabbits. He went the first three innings and gave up one hit. He struck out two.

Noah Wilmes lasted just 1 2/3 innings in the loss for Cathedral. He gave up seven runs on three hits. He struck out one.

The Rabbits struck quickly and scored the first two runs of the game in the top of the first. Colby Wall scored on Will Carlson’s RBI single and Carlson later scored on a passed ball.

Cathedral got a single run back in the first before the Rabbits took advantage of some Cathedral defensive miscues and free passes. Wabasso scored five times in the second inning, ending Wilmes’ stint on the mound.

Cathedral managed to score a pair of runs in the second after Riley Prochniak and Justin Berg both came across the plate to make it 7-3.

The Rabbits put the game away late, scoring a single run in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Matt Evink scored their eighth run in the fifth inning and Noah Anderson and Wall each scored in the sixth inning for the game’s final runs.

Cathedral (0-1) is at Springfield on Thursday and Wabasso (0-0) is at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop on Thursday.