The Tri-Valley 16U baseball team trailed by just two runs after four innings of play, but Madison scored eight times in the bottom of the fifth for a 13-3 win on Thursday, June 9th in Madison.
Madison scored two runs in the bottom of the third to break a scoreless tie. Tri-Valley took the lead in the top of the fourth with three runs. Alex Wingen scored the first run on an error by the catcher. Benjamin Myhre drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game, and Mayson Rise had an RBI single to give Tri-Valley a 3-2 lead. Madison got the lead back in the bottom of the fourth with three runs. Then they scored the eight runs in the fifth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Rise had two hits and an RBI. Myhre had a hit and an RBI. Hunter Foster finished with two hits, and Carter Sorenson had a hit. Sorenson pitched three innings allowing four earned runs on three hits and six walks with seven strikeouts. Rise gave up five earned runs on three hits and three walks. Cyrus Kirstein pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing four earned runs on a hit and two walks with three strikeouts. Levi Kretzschmar pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing a hit and two walks.










Both Dell Rapids Navy 14U and Dell Rapids Red 14U had I-29 League games on Tuesday, June 7th. Dell Rapids Navy traveled to Tea, and Dell Rapids Red hosted Volga.
The Dell Rapids Mudcats have dropped their last two Cornbelt League games. They fell to Lennox 5-1 on Thursday, June 2nd. They also lost a 5-2 game to the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks on Tuesday, June 7th. Their game on Sunday, June 5th against Madison was suspended in the third inning due to rain.
The Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks avenged an earlier season loss against the Dell Rapids Mudcats on Tuesday, June 7th. The Gamecooks held the lead from start to finish in a 5-2 home win. The Mudcats had defeated the Gamecocks 7-2 on Thursday, May 19th.
West Central Blue 14U won their fifth straight game to start their season on Tuesday, June 7th. West Central defeated Baltic 13-7 in Baltic.
The Tri-Valley 16U baseball team won their first game of the year on Monday, June 6th over Tea at home. Tri-Valley scored 10 runs in the first three innings on their way to an 11-2 victory.
Dell Rapids 16U held off Baltic in a back-and-forth game on Monday, June 6th. It was the first game of the I-29 League season for Dell Rapids.