After trailing 4-2 in the second inning, the Dell Rapids Legion baseball team scored the final 12 runs of the game to earn a 14-4 win over Madison on Monday, June 19th, to move to 7-0 on the season.
Both teams scored a run in the first, but Madison struck for three runs in the second inning take take a 4-1 lead heading into the bottom of the inning. Dell Rapids scored one run in the second to cut the lead to 4-2. Dell Rapids then scored three runs in the third, three more runs in the fifth, and then six runs in the sixth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Nate McKee and Brett Mogen both finished the game 3-3 at the plate with an RBI. Eric Klein had two doubles in the game and drove in four runs. Matt Gillogly had a three-run home run, his second home run of the season. Josh Roemen, Keegan Miller, Ethan Brobjorg, and Carter Gullickson all had hits in the game as well.
Elijah Story started the game on the mound for Dell Rapids. Story pitched two innings giving up four runs, two earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out one. Gullickson pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief while only giving up one hit and striking out four batters. Mogen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up just one hit and struck out one batter.
Dell Rapids will host Lennox on Wednesday, June 21st, and then travel to Aurora on Thursday, June 22nd.