Dell Rapids never trailed in their 6-3 win over Madison White at the Region 3A tournament in Humboldt on Monday, July 25th.
Quinn Carr scored the first run on a steal of home in the top of the second inning. Dell Rapids would add another run in the top of the third. Micah Pickard had an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0. Madison cut the lead in half, 2-1, with a run in the bottom of the third. Dell Rapids continued to lead 2-1 heading into the sixth inning.
Mason Stubbe had a two-out RBI single. Lincoln Fersdahl was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the very next at bat. Carr followed that with a bases-loaded walk, and Dell Rapids led 5-1. Dell Rapids got an insurance run in the top of the seventh. Stubbe drew a bases-loaded walk for a 6-1 advantage. Madison got two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but the rally stopped there.
Stubbe had two hits and two RBIs. Carr and Pickard both had a single and an RBI. Tad Tjaden, Sutton Williams, and Talan Millage all each had a single. Fersdahl added an RBI. Tjaden pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed one earned run on five hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Fersdahl pitched 2/3 of an inning and struck out two batters. Konrad Richeal pitched one inning and allowed two earned runs on two hits and three walks with one strikeout.
Dell Rapids will play West Central in the regional semifinal at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26th.