The Dell Rapids Mudcats advanced to the next round of the 2016 State B Amateur baseball tournament with a 3-1 win over Dimock-Emery on Sunday, August 7th, in Mitchell.
The Mudcats scored their first run in the second inning, and then neither team scored until the seventh inning. The Mudcats scored another run in the seventh when Travis Peters singled to score Kris King. Dimock-Emery was able to push across a run in the eighth, but the Mudcats answered in the bottom half of the inning for the 3-1 win. Jared Donahue pitched a complete game for the Mudcats giving up just the one run on six hits while striking out twelve.
Dell Rapids PBR, meanwhile, saw their season come to an end on Monday, August 8th, in a 7-1 loss to the Garretson Blue Jays. Garretson score two runs to in the top half of the first inning, and then added five more in the top of the third. Cody Collier drove in the lone PBR run and also had two hits. Brian Miller collected two hits, and Matt Burpee and Preston Davis each had a hit.
The Mudcats will play the Parkston Mudcats on Thursday, August 11th, at 6:00 p.m.