The Dell Rapids high school baseball team played three games in two days on Saturday, May 4th and Sunday May 5th. They played one game in Tea on Saturday after the game was postponed from Friday. Dell Rapids then played Garretson and Lennox in Garretson on Sunday.
Dell Rapids scored early and often in an 11-1 win over Tea on Saturday evening. Dell Rapids opened the game with two runs in the top of the first, and then added two more in the third and fourth innings for a 6-0 lead. They scored three more times in the top of the fifth inning, and then added a single run in the sixth and seventh innings for the win. Keegan Miller, Jay Holm, and Charlie Holm all had two hits each. Jake Rechtenbaugh, Austin Henry, Jake Steineke, and Brandon Geraets also all had a hit. J. Holm had two RBI in the game, and Henry, Steineke, and Geraets each had an RBI. Steineke pitched four shutout innings giving up just one hit and one walk while striking out five batters. Logan Stone pitched three innings giving up an unearned run on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
Dell Rapids earned a walk-off win against Garretson on Sunday afternoon by a score of 4-3. Dell Rapids scored two times in the bottom of the third on a couple of wild pitches and an error for an early 2-0. Garretson got a run back in the top of the fourth off of an error, but Dell Rapids answered with an RBI single by J. Holm in the bottom of the inning for a 3-1 lead. Garretson tied the game in the top of the sixth inning with runs on an error and a steal of home. The game was tied 3-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. Henry reached on a walk, and Steineke reached on an error. Henry stole third base and then scored the winning run on an error for the 4-3 win. Eddie Price had three hits in the game. Steineke added two hits, and Miller, J. Holm, and Rechtenbaugh each had a hit. J. Holm had the only RBI in the game. Rechtenbaugh pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up two runs, one earned, on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Henry took the win pitching the final 1 2/3 innings giving up a run, which was unearned, on two hits with two walks and a strikeout.
Dell Rapids closed out the three games against Lennox in Garretson. Lennox handed Dell Rapids their third loss of the season with an 8-2 win. Dell Rapids scored the first two runs of the game in the top of the first on an RBI bunt single by J. Holm. J. Holm then scored later in the inning on a wild pitch. Lennox, however, answered with three runs in the bottom of the first and then went on to score five more unanswered runs in the game for the win. Miller, J. Holm, Henry, Steineke, and Kaeden Eastman all had a hit. J. Holm had another RBI. Price took the loss pitching 3 1/3 innings giving up seven runs, four earned, on five hits with five walks and seven strikeouts. Henry pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up an unearned run on one hit with a walk and a strikeout. Ty Wood also pitched an inning giving up two walks and adding two strikeouts.
Dell Rapids (8-3) will have a game against Sioux Valley in Volga on Wednesday, May 8th. The varsity game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the JV game to follow.