The Dell Rapids baseball team won their seventh game in a row and improved to 12-2 on the year after a 6-1 win over Garretson on Sunday, May 8th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.
Dell Rapids took the lead in the first inning after a lead-off triple by Josh Roemen and an RBI sacrifice fly by Carter Gullickson. Dell Rapids scored two more times in the fourth inning. Matt Gillogly hit a triple and scored on a throwing error, and Bo Teveldal scored on a wild pitch to give Dell Rapids a 3-0 lead after the fourth. Garretson scored their lone run on an RBI ground out by Chayce Schleuter. Dell Rapids scored two more times in the fifth inning and added another run in the sixth.
Brett Mogen pitched six innings for the win. He gave up one run on five hits while walking one and striking out nine batters. Eddie Price pitched the final inning striking out one batter.
Roemen finished the game 2-3 with two triples and two runs scored. Gullickson was 1-3 at the plate with three RBI. Gillogly was 1-3 with a triple, Mogen was 1-3 at the plate with a double, Teveldal finished 2-3 with a double, and Eric Klein was 1-2 with a double.
Dell Rapids will wrap up the regular season in Salem on Thursday, May 12th, against McCook Central.