Dell Rapids scored five times in the bottom of the first inning to take an early lead they would not lose on their way to a 13-8 win over SEBA Connell at Volunteer Field on Wednesday, June 23rd.
SEBA scored the first run in the top of the first inning, but Dell Rapids plated five runs in the bottom of the inning. Noah Larson, Ian Zelmer, and Ethan Vanderwerf all had RBI singles. Carson Crosby drew an RBI walk, and Tristan Welch scored on an error to give Dell Rapids a 5-1 lead. Both teams scored a run in the bottom of the second inning. Crosby drew his second bases-loaded walk for another RBI.
SEBA chipped away at the lead in the third and fourth innings. They scored one run in the top of the third and two more in the top of fourth inning to cut the Dell Rapids lead to 6-5. Dell Rapids, however, would score four times in the bottom of the fifth inning. Zelmer had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Welch had a three-run double to push the Dell Rapids lead to 10-5. SEBA scored two in the top of the sixth, but Dell Rapids scored three more times. Larson had an RBI single, Kenny Swanson scored on a passed ball, and Jack Paterson had an RBI bases-loaded walk to make the score 13-7. SEBA got one run in the top of the seventh.
Larson had two hits and two RBIs in the game. Welch had a double and three RBIs. Zelmer had a hit and two RBIs. Vanderwerf finished with a single and an RBI. Logan Donovan had a hit, Crosby had two RBIs, and Paterson had an RBI.
Swanson pitched two innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with two walks and a strikeout. Donovan pitched two innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on one hit with four walks and five strikeouts. Brandon Schmidt pitched three innings giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.