After driving to play at Dakota Valley High School, Baltic and Dell Rapids squared off in baseball action on Thursday, April 18th. Baltic scored early and was able to hold off Dell Rapids for a 6-4 victory.
Baltic scored two runs in the top of the second inning to take an early 2-0 lead. They added two more runs on two hits and an error in the top of the third for a quick 4-0 advantage. Dell Rapids cut the lead in half in the bottom of the third after RBI groundouts by Jake Rechtenbaugh and Charlie Holm. Both teams were held scoreless until the sixth inning. Baltic added two more runs on an RBI double by Elliot Haux to push the Baltic lead back to four at 6-2. Dell Rapids got a two-run home run by Rechtenbaugh with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but it wasn’t enough as Baltic closed out the victory.
Logan Stone, Jay Holm, and Rechtenbaugh all had two hits each. Rechtenbaugh had three RBIs in the game, and C. Holm had one. Stone took the loss for Dell Rapids pitching three innings giving up four runs, all earned, on four hits while walking one and striking out three. Jake Steineke pitched four innings giving up two runs, both earned, on three hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.
Dell Rapids (3-2) will travel to Lennox on Monday, April 21st.