Both the Dell Rapids Mudcats and Dell Rapids PBR baseball teams advanced to the second round of the 2016 State B Amateur baseball tournament in Mitchell by scoring enough runs in the first winning for their wins.
The Dell Rapids Mudcats played the second game of the tournament on Wednesday, August 3rd, against Menno. The Mudcats earned a 2-0 win. The Mudcats scored a run in the bottom of the first inning when Jimmy Bauer scored on a wild pitch. The second run for Dell Rapids didn’t come until the sixth inning when Nate Henry drove home Travis Peters on a two-out RBI single. Mudcat starting pitcher Drew Sweeter pitched 8 1/3 innings of shutout baseball scattering four hits while striking out seven to earn the win. The Mudcats will play Dimock-Emery on Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
Dell Rapids PBR picked up a 4-2 win over Larchwood in their opening round game on Thursday, August 4th. The first inning saw the majority of the scoring. Larchwood started off the game scoring two runs in the top of the first. PBR, however, answered with three runs in the bottom half of the first inning. Dell Rapids would pick up an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth when Cody Collier singled to center to score Weston Hansen. Brett Mogen earned the win for PBR pitching six innings giving up two runs while striking out four. Garrison Collier pitched the final three innings for the save. PBR will play Garretson on Monday at 6:00 p.m.