The Dell Rapids High School baseball team picked up three more wins on the final day of their regular season on Sunday, May 7th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.  Dell Rapids beat Aberdeen in a double-header by scores of 4-0 and 10-8.  Dell Rapids then defeated Baltic in a make-up game by a score of 14-10.  The three wins extended the Dell Rapids winning streak to nine straight games.

Dell Rapids scored two times in the first inning and two more in the third inning in the opening game win.  Austin Ellingson had two hits, while Josh Roemen, Eddie Price, Matt Gillogly, and Carter Gullickson all had hits.  Ellingson also had two RBIs, and Price also had an RBI.  Ellingson had a double, and Roemen had a triple.  Roemen pitched the complete game shut-out giving up just two hits while walking two and striking out nine.

Aberdeen held a 4-1 lead after the first two innings, but Dell Rapids scored five times in the third inning to take the lead 6-4.  Aberdeen answered with three in the top of the fourth to regain the lead 7-6.  Dell Rapids scored two in the bottom of fourth to take the lead back.  Dells would score two more times in the bottom of the sixth and hung on for the win.  Roemen had two hits, including a triple, in the game.  Adrian Juba, Jake Steineke, Elijah Story, Price, JD Holm, Nate McKee, Gillogly, Gullickson, and Seth Anderson all collected hits.  Gillogly and Anderson each drove in two runs.  Story, Roemen, PRice, Holm, McKee, and Gullickson all had one RBI each.   Trevor Pulscher started the game pitching three innings giving up four runs, three earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out three.  Story pitched the final four innings, also giving up four runs, three earned, on five hits while walking three and striking out four.

In the final game of the day, Dell Rapids scored in every inning, including five runs in the fourth, to pick up their third win of the day.  Roemen had four hits in the game and drove in two runs.  Gillogly had two hits, one of them a home run, and one RBI.  Ellingson had two more hits and two RBI.  Holm also added two hits and an RBI.  Story and Anderson also had hits.  Anderson had two RBIs.  Price started the game pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up two runs on two hits with four walks and three strikeouts.  Gillogly pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up two runs, both unearned, on four hits with four walks and a strikeout.  Gullickson closed out the game pitching two innings giving up six runs, only one earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out two.

Dell Rapids ends their regular season with a 14-4 record.  Dell Rapids will begin region play either May 14th or 15th.

Aberdeen Game 1

Aberdeen Game 2

Baltic

On a beautiful evening for baseball, the Dell Rapids High School baseball team defeated Central Dakota 10-1 on Friday, May 5th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.  Dells Baseball recognized the seven seniors on this year’s team:  Ethan Brobjorg, Adrian Juba, Austin Ellingson, Trevor Pulscher, Josh Roemen, Nate McKee, and Seth Anderson.

Dell Rapids scored five times in the bottom of the first inning for a quick 5-0 lead.  Roemen started the offense with a lead-off triple.  Carter Gullickson drove him home with a sacrifice fly.  Matt Gillogly scored on an RBI double by McKee.  Ellingson hit a two-run single later in the inning.  Anderson scored on a wild pitch, and Elijah Story had an RBI single.  Dell Rapids scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth.  McKee had an RBI single, and Roemen scored on an error to push the lead to 7-0.  Central Dakota scored their lone run on an error in the top of the fifth inning.  Dells scored two more runs in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Brobjorg and Roemen.  The final run was scored in the bottom of the sixth inning on a steal of home by Anderson.

Mckee had three hits in the game, including a double, and drove in two runs.  Roemen had two hits, one of them a triple, and an RBI.  Brobjorg and Ellingson both had two hits and an RBI.  Story had a hit and an RBI.  Gillogly and Logan Ruesink also tallied hits in the game.  Pulscher pitched the first two innings giving up no hits while walking three and striking out four batters.  Gillogly pitched one inning of no-hit baseball while walking three and striking out two.  Juba pitched the final four innings giving up one unearned run on one hit while walking one and striking out seven.

Dell Rapids improves to 11-4 on the year.  Dell Rapids also earned a win against Wolsey/Wessington on Thursday, May 4th, on a forfeit.  Dells now has a six-game winning streak.  Dell Rapids will wrap up their regular season game with three varsity games on Sunday, May 7th, at Rickeman Field.  They will play two games against Aberdeen starting at 12:00 p.m.  They will end the day with a game against Baltic that is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m.

Dells Baseball pushed their current winning streak to four games, matching their longest of the season, after a 10-2 win over Redfield/Hitchcock/Tulare/Doland/Northwestern on Wednesday, May 3rd, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Dell Rapids scored first in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single by Josh Roemen scoring Keegan Miller.  Dell Rapids pushed the lead to 3-0 with two more runs in the bottom of the third inning.  Seth Anderson had an RBI single scoring Nate McKee.  Elijah Story drove home Anderson on another RBI single.  R/H/T/D/NW closed the gap to 3-2 scoring two runs in the top of the fourth inning.  Dell Rapids, however, broke the game open with three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Miller had an RBI single, Roemen had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Logan Ruesink scored on a wild pitch. Dells scored four more in the bottom of the sixth inning.  McKee scored on a throw after a fly out, Anderson scored on an RBI walk to Eddie Price, and Carter Gullickson had an RBI single that also scored Ruesink on the throw.

Gullickson went 4-4 with a double and two RBIs in the game.  McKee, Miller, and Anderson all had two hits in the game.  Story and Roemen also collected hits.  Roemen had two RBIs, and Story, Price, Ellingson, Miller, and Anderson all had an RBI.  Price started the game on the mound for Dell Rapids pitching four innings while giving up two earned runs on three hits while giving up three walks and striking out two.  Gullickson pitched the final three innings giving up just two hits while striking out three.

Dell Rapids (9-4) will host Wolsey/Wessington on Thursday, May 4th, in a varsity only game.