Dell Rapids won two more games on Sunday, April 23rd, as they won both games of a double-header against Chester/Colman-Egan/Flandreau in Flandreau. Dell Rapids won the first game in five innings by a score of 13-3. Dell Rapids then won the second game 14-7.
Dell Rapids led start to finish in the first game. The first run of the game was scored by Logan Ruesink on a passed ball in the top of the first inning. Dell Rapids scored three more time in the top of the third. Josh Roemen scored on a wild pitch, and a two-run single by Seth Anderson. In the top of the fourth inning, Dell Rapids scored three runs again. Carter Gullickson had an RBI ground out, Nate McKee hit an RBI triple, and McKee scored on a wild pitch to put Dell Rapids ahead 7-0. C/C-E/F pushed across three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, but Dell Rapids scored six times in the top of the fifth. Adrian Juba had an RBI single and then scored on a wild pitch, Gullickson had an RBI double, Matt Gillogly had an RBI single and scored on a wild pitch, and McKee scored on a passed ball. C/C-E/F was held scoreless in the fifth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Roemen had three hits in the first game. Juba, Eddie Price, McKee, Gillogly, Gullickson, and Anderson all had a hit. Anderson and Gullickson each had two RBIs. Juba, McKee, and Gillogly all had an RBI as well. Gillogly pitched the first 3 1/3 innings giving up three earned runs on one hit while walking four and striking out four. Gullickson pitched the last inning and 2/3 giving up no runs on no hits while walking two and striking out two.
In the second game, C/C-E/F jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the first inning. Dell Rapids scored the next six runs. Anderson scored on a wild pitch in the top of the second inning. Gillogly hit a two-run home run in the top of the third inning. Roemen and Gullickson had back-to-back RBI triples, and Gillogly added an RBI double in the top of the fourth inning to give Dell Rapids a 6-2 lead. C/C-E/F scored five times in the bottom of the fifth inning to regain the lead at 7-6. However, Dell Rapids scored the final eight runs of the game, scoring three in the sixth and five more in the seventh. Price had an RBI double, JD Holm hit an RBI sacrifice fly, and Austin Ellingson had an RBI single in the sixth inning. McKee had a two-run triple and scored on a passed ball, Elijah story had an RBI triple, and Logan Stone scored on a wild pitch in the seventh.
Gillogly had four hits and three RBIs in the second game. Story, NcKee, and Gullickson all had two hits each. Roemen, Price, Ellingson, and Anderson also each had a hit. McKee had two RBIs, and Story, Roemen, Price, Holm, Gullickson, and Ellingson all had one RBI. Price started the game on the mound pitching three innings while giving up two runs, one earned, on three hits while walking four and striking out seven. Story pitched the next two innings giving up five runs, one earned, on two hits while walking two and striking out seven. Roemen finished the game pitching two innings giving up no runs on one hit while walking one and striking out three.
Dell Rapids (7-4) will host Baltic on Tuesday, April 25th, at Rickemen Field. Varsity game will start at 5:30 p.m.
Game 1:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
Dell Rapids | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | x | x | 13 | 9 | 2 | |
C/C-E/F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | x | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Game 2:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
Dell Rapids | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | |
C/C-E/F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 |