Dell Rapids PBR dropped their last two Cornbelt League games. PBR lost to Canova 11-1 on Thursday, June 2nd. They also fell to Salem 10-3 on Sunday, June 5th.
Canova 11, Dell Rapids PBR 1
Canova took an early lead and scored in six of the eight innings in their 11-1 win on June 2nd. The Gang scored a run in the top of the first and two more in the top of the second. PBR cut the lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the third. Riley Hoffman had an RBI single scoring Riley Calhoon. The Gang then scored a run in the fourth, two in the sixth, one in the seventh, and then four more in the eighth to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Hoffman had a single and RBI. Calhoon, Weston Hanson, and Tanner Solberg also had singles. Hoffman pitched six innings allowing six runs, four earned, on 10 hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Grant Sweeter pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing five runs, three earned, on three hits and two walks with one strikeout.
Salem 10, Dell Rapids PBR 3
The Salem Cubs scored three runs in the first two innings and kept rolling to a 10-3 win over PBR on Sunday, June 5th.
PBR scored their first run in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI ground out by Beau Behrend. After Salem scored two more runs in the bottom of the fifth, Hoffman had a solo home run in the top of the sixth. Behrend had an RBI single in the top of the seventh inning. Salem had a single run in the sixth, and two runs each in the seventh and eighth innings.
Hoffman had a home run and an RBI. Behrend had a single and two RBIs. Connor Spindler had two hits, and Calhoon had a hit. Trey Randel pitched five innings allowing five runs, three earned, on seven hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Behrend pitched the final three innings allowing five earned runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts.