Dell Rapids earned a two seed, and they will host third-seeded West Central in the first round of the high school baseball playoffs. The game will be at Rickeman Field on Tuesday, May 13th, at 6:00 p.m.
#1 Garretson will be hosting #4 McCook Central also on Tuesday. The winners of the two games will play in the next round.
Dell Rapids finished the regular season on Thursday, May 8th, with a 7-4 record.
Dell Rapids 7, Sioux Falls Christian 4
Tim Wilhelmsen belted a three-run home run to propel Dell Rapids past Sioux Falls Christian 7-4 on Thursday, May 8th, in Chancellor.
Wilhelmsen connected with Cody Nielsen and Zane Schumacher aboard to give Dell Rapids its first lead of the game at 6-4 in the fifth inning. Dell Rapids scored two in the top of the first when Nate McKee and Nielsen both walked and then came home on an error on a towering infield fly by Wilhelmsen. Sioux Falls Christian answered with one in the bottom of the first and three more in the third.
Wilhelmsen led the offense with two hits and four RBI. McKee added two hits and a walk. Tanner Solberg, Nielsen and Matt Juba all had hits for Dell Rapids.
Solberg was the winning pitcher. He paced Dell Rapids with four innings and allowed four runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five. Josh Roemen completed two innings of scoreless middle relief. He gave up two hits and struck out three. Wilhelmsen closed out the last inning for a save. He gave up one single then recorded three outs in a row to preserve the win.
Dell Rapids 200 040 1 – 7 7 1
SF Christian 103 000 0 – 4 8 2
Tanner Solberg, Josh Roemen (5), Tim Wilhelmsen (7) and Cody Nielsen.
Spencer Koelewyn, Brandon Vande Grind (6) and Paul Eide.
Garretson 6, Dell Rapids 2
Garretson jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two innings and held off Dell Rapids for a 6-2 win Wednesday, May 7th, in Garretson.
Garretson scored three runs in the first inning by taking advantage of three infield errors by Dell Rapids. Tyler Willems and Brady Schlueter made Dell Rapids pay with RBI hits. Two more runs scored for Garretson in the second before Dell Rapids broke through with a run in the third. Brett Mogen walked, pinch runner Mason Peter advanced to second on Ben Gillogly’s walk, and then scored on Tanner Solberg’s RBI single. Garretson added a run in the third to go up 6-1. Garretson was held hitless the final four innings of the game.
Dell Rapids (6-4) put together a rally in the top of the seventh inning when Nate McKee also drew a walk. Wilhelmsen scored when Josh Roemen singled to left. Dell Rapids loaded the bases with a walk by Gillogly, but Jesse Brockhouse came on in relief to end the threat with a strikeout.
Garretson outhit Dell Rapids 6-3. Solberg, Nielsen and Roemen recorded the three Dell Rapids hits. Brett Mogen took the loss for Dell Rapids. He pitched four innings and gave up six runs – two earned – on six hits while striking out four. Cody Nielsen threw two innings of scoreless relief. He walked three and struck out three.
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Garretson 321 000X – 6 6 1
Brett Mogen, Cody Nielsen (5) and Nielsen, Joe Muston (5).
Tyler Willems, Jesse Brockhouse (7) and Sean Tillma.