The Dell Rapids Mudcats repeated as the South Dakota Class B Amateur Baseball champions with three more wins in the State B Tournament in Mitchell Friday, August 12th through Sunday, August 14th.  Dell Rapids claimed wins over Dimock-Emery, Winner/Colome, and Garretson.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 2, Dimock-Emery Raptors 1

The Mudcats needed extra innings, but got the 2-1 win over the Raptors on Friday to advance to the semifinals.  Dell Rapids broke a 0-0 tie in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by Dalton Lehnen.  Dimock-Emery tied the game in the bottom of the inning.  The two teams stayed locked at 1-1 until the top of the 10th.  Ty Hoglund had a two-out RBI single scoring Trevor Freudenthal to give the Mudcats a 2-1 lead.  The Raptors got a two-out walk in the bottom of the 10th, but Lehnen got a strikeout to end the game.

Lehnen had two hits and an RBI.  Hoglund finished with a hit and an RBI.  Weston Hanson had two hits.  Mark Abrahamson, Kris Regas, and Grant Olson all had a single.  Lehnen pitched all 10 innings allowing one earned run on three hits and three walks with 11 strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 7, Winner/Colome 2

Dell Rapids earned a trip to the title game after a 7-2 win over the Pheasants on Saturday.  The Mudcats built a 5-0 lead over the first two innings.  Lehnen had an RBI double in the top of the first inning after a two-out triple by Hanson for an early 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids then added four more runs in the top of the second.  Olson had an RBI single, Dalton Allen followed with a two-run double, and Hoglund had an RBI double to push the lead to 5-0.

Winner/Colome got one run in the bottom of the second inning and one more in the bottom of the eighth to cut the lead to 5-2.  Dell Rapids put the game away with two runs in the top of the ninth.  Chad Hunt had an RBI single and then later scored on a wild pitch.

Hoglund finished with two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Hanson also had two hits, including a triple.  Allen had a double and two RBIs.  Lehnen finished with a double and an RBI.  Hunt and Olson each added a single with an RBI.  Travis Peters also had a hit.  Regas pitched nine innings and allowed two earned runs on eight hits and two walks with eight strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 5, Garretson 2

A four-run sixth inning was key to the Mudcats victory in the championship game against the Blue Jays on Sunday.  Garretson broke a 0-0 tie with two runs in the top of the fifth inning to take the first lead of the game.

Dell Rapids, however, scored four times in the bottom of the sixth.  Lehnen had a two-run single to cut the lead in half.  Hanson followed with an RBI ground ball and then scored on a ball in play by Freudenthal.  Dell Rapids added an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh.  Hunt scored Olson on an RBI single for a 5-2 advantage.

Lehnen finished with two hits and two RBIs.  Hunt also had two hits and an RBI.  Freudenthal added a single and RBI.  Hoglund, Regas, and Olson all had a single.  Hanson added an RBI.  Allen pitched four innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits with six strikeouts.  Lehnen pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed six hits with six strikeouts.  Regas pitched 2/3 of an inning.

Lehnen was named the tournament MVP.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats have kept their 2022 season alive by winning two games at the 2022 South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association Class B Tournament in Mitchell.  They defeated Northville in their first game 7-0 on Saturday, August 6th.  The Mudcats then got an 8-6 win over Larchwood on Tuesday, August 9th.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 7, Northville 0

The Mudcats scored in four innings and held Northville to just two hits in their 7-0 opening round victory on Saturday.  Neither team scored in the first inning, and the Mudcats broke the scoreless tie with a run in the top of the second.  Weston Hanson reached on an error that scored Kris Regas.

Two more runs came home in the top of the third.  Regas had an RBI ground out, and Trevor Freudenthal drew a bases loaded walk.  The Mudcats got two more runs in the top of the fifth.  Travis Peters had an RBI single, and Hanson had an RBI sacrifice fly for a 5-0 lead.  The score remained 5-0 until the top of the ninth.  Frudenthal had an RBI double, and Logan Stone had an RBI ground out.

Freudenthal had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Chad Hunt also had two hits.  Peters finished with a hit and an RBI.  Grant Olson finished with a single.  Regas, Hanson, and Stone all had one RBI.  Dalton Allen pitched six innings and allowed one hit and three walks with five strikeouts.  Dalton Lehnen pitched three innings and allowed one hit with seven strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 8, Larchwood 6

The Mudcats scored the first seven runs of the game and then held off Larchwood as they scored the final five runs of the game. Dell Rapids advanced to the quarterfinals with an 8-6 win on Tuesday night.

Mark Abrahamson reached on an error that scored Ty Hoglund, and Hanson had an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first.  Abrahamson launched a three-run home run to left field in the bottom of the second inning to push the lead to 5-0.  Stone scored on a wild pitch, and Freudenthal had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth for a 7-0 lead.

Larchwood got one run in the top of the sixth inning, and the Mudcats responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning.  Lehnen had an RBI sacrifice fly scoring Hunt for an 8-1 score.  Larchwood then put together a five-run rally.  They scored four times in the top of the seventh inning and one more in the top of the eighth to make the score 8-6.  Larchwood had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the ninth, but Lehnen struck out the next two batters to save the game.

Abrahamson finished with a home run and three RBIs.  Hanson and Freudenthal both had a single and an RBI.  Hoglund and Hunt each finished with a single.  Lehnen added an RBI.  Regas pitched seven innings and allowed five runs, two earned, on five hits and three walks with 10 strikeouts.  John Spaeth pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed an earned run on four hits with three strikeouts.  Lehnen got the final two outs on strikeouts to earn the save.