Dell Rapids picked up another win in the 2018 season with an 11-1 win over Sioux Valley at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids on Friday, April 27th.  It is the sixth straight win for Dell Rapids this season, 20th straight win going back into the 2017 season, and 22nd straight win over a Class B opponent.

Sioux Valley held an early 1-0 lead after they were done batting in the top of the second inning.  A one-out, bases-loaded walk scored the early run, but that would be it for Sioux Valley.

Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the second on an RBI groundout by Jeffrey Schuch.  Elijah Story drove home the go-ahead run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly to left field.  Jay Holm followed with an RBI double to give Dell Rapids a 3-1 lead.  Two more runs came across in the fourth on an RBI triple by Eddie Price and an RBI single by Tate Kolbeck.  The lead grew to 7-1 in the bottom of the fifth after RBI hits by Jake Steineke and Schuch.  Dell Rapids ended the game on the 10-run rule after scoring four times in the bottom of the sixth.  Keegan Miller drove in two runs on a single.  Steineke hit an RBI single to right center.  Miller scored on a wild pitch to end the game.

Steineke had three hits in the game with two RBIs.  Holm finished with two hits and an RBI.  Schuch, Miller, Price, Story, and Kolbeck all had hits.  Schuch and Miller had two RBIs each.   Price, Story, and Kolbeck also had RBIs.

Tyler Wood started the game on the mound.  Wood threw two innings giving up an earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out three batters.  Steineke pitched the final four innings allowing no runs on two hits while striking out four batters.

Dell Rapids (6-0) will host Flandreau in a varsity-only double header on Sunday, April 29th.  First game will start at 4:00 p.m. at Rickeman Field.

Dell Rapids earned another victory in the 2018 season.  Dell Rapids defeated Baltic 6-3 on Tuesday, April 24th at Ronken Field in Sioux Falls.  The win moves Dell Rapids to 5-0 on the season.

Dell Rapids pushed across two runs right away in the top of the first inning.  Carter Gullickson led the game off with a double to left field off of Baltic starter Zach Hefty.  Jay Holm followed with an infield single putting runners on first and second with no outs.  Jake Steineke drove home Gullickson with an RBI ground out.  Holm scored on an RBI single by Keegan Miller later in the inning.

Baltic cut the lead in half in the bottom of the second inning when Jonathan Wilhelmsen drew a walk with the bases loaded.  Dell Rapids scored two more times in the top of the third.  Gullickson walked, Holm singled, and Steineke walked to load the bases with no outs.  Hefty retired the next two batters, but Elijah Story drove in two runs with a hard ground ball to left to give Dell Rapids a 4-1 lead.  Hefty drew a walk to start the Baltic half of the third inning.  Courtesy runner Easton Nordbye scored on a double by Cobain Goehring.  Dell Rapids led 4-2 after three innings of play.

Tate Kolbeck reached on an error in the fourth inning.  He would advanced to second on a passed ball, then steal third base, finally scoring on a throwing error to give Dell Rapids a 5-2 lead.  Baltic loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the fourth.  Story took over pitching at that point and got the next two batters to pop out on infield flies.  Baltic was able to get one run across on a passed ball before the inning ended to cut the lead to 5-3.  Dell Rapids added an insurance run in the seventh inning when Steineke scored on a throwing error.

Steineke started the game on the mound for Dell Rapids throwing only one and two-thirds of an inning giving up an earned run on no hits, five walks, and two strikeouts.  Matt Gillogly pitched the next inning and a third giving up two runs, one earned, on one hit with four walks and two strikes.  Story pitched the final four innings giving up just one hit and one walk while striking out four.  Hefty pitched four innings giving up five runs, four earned, on five hits while walking three and striking out three.  Wilhelmsen pitched the final three innings giving up an unearned run on one hit with four walks and six strikeouts.

Holm led Dell Rapids offensively with two hits and two runs scored.  Gullickson, Miller, Gillogly, and Story all collected hits.  Story had two RBIs.  Steineke and Miller each had one.  Brock Aaker and Goehring had the two hits for Baltic.  Goehring and Wilhelmsen each had an RBI.

Dell Rapids (5-0) will host Sioux Valley on Friday, April 27th. at Rickeman Field starting around 7:30 p.m.  Dell Rapids will then play a double-header against Flandreau at Rickeman Field on Sunday, April 29th.

After a 170-mile one-way trip to Northville, SD to play two baseball games, Dell Rapids made sure to make the most of the trip by throwing two no-hitters on Sunday, April 22nd.  Dell Rapids earned an 11-0 win over Howard and a 10-0 victory over Sioux Valley.

In the first game of the day, two Dell Rapids pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter in an 11-0 win over Howard.  Matt Gillogly pitched the first three and one-third innings striking out five batters while only allowing two base runners.  Logan Stone pitched the final inning and two-thirds striking out four batters while only allowing one base runner.

The offense scored four times in the second inning by taking advantage of six walks and an error.  Gillogly scored on a wild pitch, Keegan Miller scored on an error, Elijah Story scored on a bases-loaded walk to Tate Kolbeck, and Jeffrey Schuch scored on a sacrifice fly by Carter Gullickson.  Dell Rapids added another run in the third inning when Story scored on a wild pitch.  Dell Rapids added six more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and then held Howard scoreless in the top of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Kolbeck finished 2-3 in the game with an RBI.  Gullickson, Gillogly, Story, and Jay Holm all had hits.  Story and Gullickson both had two RBIs in the game.  Miller and Eddie Price also had an RBI.

In the second game of the day, starting pitcher Eddie Price dominated Sioux Valley.  Price threw a seven-inning complete game no-hitter.  He struck out 19 batters in the game and nearly pitched a perfect game.  His only base runner allowed was a lead-off walk in the top of the third inning.  The only other two outs recorded besides strikeouts was a groundout back to Price to start the game and a pop fly to second base in the fourth inning.

The offense backed up the strong pitching performance by scoring four runs in the top of the fourth inning, four more runs in the top of the fifth inning, and the final two runs in the top of the seventh inning.  Gullickson, Schuch, Miller, Gillogly, Story, Holm, and Tyson Dahler all had hits in the game.  Miller led the team with three RBIs in the game.  Dahler collected two RBIs.  Schuch, Gillogly, and Story each had an RBI.

Dell Rapids (4-0) will play Baltic on Tuesday, April 24th at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University in Sioux Falls.  The varsity game will start at 7:00 p.m. with a few JV innings to follow.