The regular season came to an end for both of the Dell Rapids 14U teams on Wednesday, July 6th. Dell Rapids Red hosted West Central Blue, and Dell Rapids Navy was at Madison Black.
West Central Blue 16, Dell Rapids Red 1
West Central had two big innings, a six-run first and 10-run third, in their 16-1 win over Dell Rapids. Dell Rapids was held to just two hits in the game and scored their run in the bottom of the third.
Connor Hanson and Caden Bitzer both had singles. Alex Heinemann had an RBI on a ground out to second that scored Hayes Sehr. Kaiden Zelmer pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed just one hit. Bitzer pitched two innings and recorded two strikeouts.
Madison Black 11, Dell Rapids Blue 1
Madison scored nine straight runs in the first four innings on their way to an 11-1 win in six innings. They scored five times right away in the first inning and then added a run in the second, one in the third, and two more in the fourth. Dell Rapids scored their run in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Carson Maeschen. Madison scored two more runs in the sixth to end the game.
Maeschen had a double and an RBI. Logan Donovan, Gage Bunkers, Kenny Swanson, and Jackson Peppel all had singles. Swanson pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed five runs on a hit and five walks. Bunkers pitched 2 2/3 of an inning and allowed two runs on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Jake Heinitz also pitched 2 2/3 of an inning and allowed five runs on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts.