Dell Rapids kept their perfect season going with two more wins on Sunday, April 29th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.  Dell Rapids took two games from Flandreau in the Sunday double-header by scores of 14-2 and 17-0.

Flandreau picked up two runs in the top of the first inning in the first game off Dell Rapids starter Elijah Story.  The lead would be short lived as Dell Rapids scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning to tie the game 2-2 after two innings.  Dell Rapids then scored 11 times in the bottom of the third before adding one more in the bottom of the fourth.  Flandreau was held scoreless after the first inning and the game ended on the 10-run rule in the fifth inning.

Story pitched four of the five innings giving up two runs, both earned, on five hits while striking out six batters and walking one.  Logan Stone pitched the final inning striking out two batters.

Three Dell Rapids hitters had a multi-hit game.  Eddie Price collected three hits.  Matt Gillogly had two hits and two RBIs.  Jeffrey Schuch also had two hits and an RBI.  Carter Gullickson, Keegan Miller, Tate Kolbeck, and Story all had one hit in the game.  Gullickson and Kolbeck both had two RBIs each.

The Dell Rapids offense kept rolling in the second game.  They scored four times in the top of the first, five more times in the second inning, and eight runs in the third inning for their 17 runs.  Flandreau was held scoreless in the game and was only able to get just two hits before the game was ended on the 15-run rule in the third inning.

Price pitched the first two innings of the game.  He did not allow a hit and struck out five batters, but also walked five batters.  Stone pitched the final inning again giving up no runs on two hits.

Eleven different Dell Rapids hitters had a hit in the game.  Story had two hits and three RBIs.  Jay Holm, Thane Hilmoe, Gabe Skonseng, Matt Gillogly, Nick Palmer, Jake Steineke, Brandon Geraets, Price, Stone, and Schuch all had hits.  Hilmoe and Stone had two RBIs each.  Gillogly, Palmer, Miller, Steineke, Ty Wood, and Kolbeck all had an RBI.

Dell Rapids (8-0) will host Deubrook/Deuel on Thursday, May 3rd starting at 6:00 p.m.   The JV team will host Madison on Tuesday, May 1st.

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.