Playing in their sixth game in four days, Dell Rapids won their fourth straight game with an 11-1 victory over Volga on Monday, June 27th.
Aiden Boechler scored the first run of the game on an error in the bottom of the second inning. CJ Smith followed with an RBI ground out for an early 2-0 lead. Dell Rapids added three more runs in the bottom of the third. Mason Stubbe scored on an error, Landon Ruesink had an RBI triple, and Dylan Mathis added an RBI ground out to push the lead to 5-0.
Volga got their run in the top of the fourth inning, but Dell Rapids plated six runs in the bottom of the fourth, all with two outs. Sutton Williams had a two run single. Ruesink had an RBI double. Jack Henry brought home two with a single, and Mathis added an RBI triple in the inning.
Ruesink had a triple and double with two RBIs. Mathis had a triple and two RBIs. Henry and Williams both had a hit and two RBIs. Stubbe had two doubles. Brayden Pankonen and Joe Rechtenbaugh each had a single. Smith finished with an RBI.
Pankonen pitched all five innings and allowed one earned run on six hits with two strikeouts.