Dell Rapids scored 12 times in the fifth inning to defeat Tri-Valley 18-4 on Tuesday, May 17th at Ronken Field in Sioux Falls.
Dell Rapids scored four times in the top of the first inning to take the early lead. Tri-Valley got a run back in the bottom of the second inning. Alex Wingen had an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-1. Dell Rapids scored two more times in the top of the third. Cole Focken had an RBI double in the bottom of the inning to make the score 6-2. Tri-Valley pulled within two, 6-4, in the bottom of the fourth. Lawson Loiseau had an RBI single, and Carter Sorenson had an RBI sacrifice fly. Dell Rapids, however, scored 12 times in the fifth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Focken had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Wingen and Loiseau each had a single and an RBI. Noah Haynes and Connor Christensen each had a single. Sorenson had an RBI. Tyler Groenewold pitched four innings allowing 10 runs, nine earned, on 10 hits and three walks with six strikeouts. Sorenson pitched an inning and allowed eight runs, three earned, on four hits and three walks and a strikeout.