The Dell Rapids high school baseball team split a double-header against Sioux Valley in Volga on Sunday, April 2nd.  Dell Rapids won the first game 9-3, with Sioux Valley taking the second game in extra innings by a score of 4-3.

After giving up three runs in the bottom of the first inning, Dell Rapids scored the final nine runs of the game, including four runs in the third inning, to pick up their first win of the season.  Josh Roemen, Carter Gullickson, and Keegan Miller all had two hits in the game.  Adrian Juba, Nate McKee, and Matt Gillogly also picked up hits.  Miller had a double and three RBIs.  Juba, Roemen, McKee and Gillogly each had an RBI in the ball game.  Trevor Pulscher starting the game pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up three runs, all earned, on three walks.  Roemen earned the win for Dell Rapids pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up just three hits while walking three and striking out 18 batters.

Sioux Valley earned an extra inning win in the second game on a home run in the top of the ninth inning.  Sioux Valley scored first in the top of the third inning, but Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Gullickson hit an RBI single to right field.  Gullickson scored on a wild pitch two batters later to give Dell Rapids the lead.  Sioux Valley regained the lead in the top of the sixth on a two-run single to go ahead 3-2.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the seventh.  Miller got on base with a one-out single, and then scored just ahead of the throw to the plate on a two-out triple by Elijah Story.  However, a lead-off home run in the top of the ninth proved to be the winning run for Sioux Valley.

Seth Anderson had two hits in the second game.  Story, Gullickson, Austin Ellingson, and Miller all had hits as well.  Story and Gullickson picked up RBIs in the game.  Pulscher also started the second game, this time pitching five innings giving up two runs, one earned, on one hit with three walks and one strikeout.  Gillogly pitched three innings giving up one earned run on two hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Gullickson took the loss pitching one inning giving up one earned run on one hit.

Dell Rapids (1-3) will travel to Vermillion for their next game on Tuesday, April 4th.

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Sioux Falls O’Gorman scored seven runs in the fifth inning as they came from behind to beat Dell Rapids 12-4 at Ronken Field in Sioux Falls on Thursday, March 30th.  This was the second straight game against a Sioux Falls team for Dell Rapids to open the 2017 season.

Dell Rapids got on the board first when Nate McKee earned a bases-loaded walk scoring Austin Ellingson.  SF O’Gorman scored two times in the bottom of the first inning on a double and fielder’s choice to take an earl 2-1 lead.  Dell Rapids would take advantage of three SF O’Gorman errors in the second inning and pushed across three runs to go ahead 4-2.  SF O’Gorman picked up a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third inning, and Dell Rapids still led 4-3 after three innings.

Both teams were scoreless in the fourth inning, but SF O’Gorman took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning on back-to-back doubles after a lead-off walk.  O’Gorman would score three more runs on wild pitches.  O’Gorman scored seven times in the fifth inning to take a 10-4 lead.  O’Gorman added two more runs in the sixth inning.

Josh Roemen, Matt Gillogly, and Ellingson all picked up hits in the game.  McKee and Gillogly each had an RBI.  Elijah Story pitched two innings to start the game giving up three runs, all earned, on two hits and six walks.  Carter Gullickson pitched two innings, taking the loss by giving up three runs, all earned, on two hits while striking out two and walking one.  Ellingson gave up four runs, three earned, on five walks.  Gillogly also pitched two innings giving up two runs, none earned, on one hit with five strikeouts and two walks.

Dell Rapids (0-2) will travel to Volga to face Sioux Valley in a double-header on Sunday, April 2nd, at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.

The Dell Rapids High School baseball team dropped their first game of the year to Sioux Falls Lincoln by a score of 6-5 at Rickeman Field on Tuesday, March 28th.

SF Lincoln scored four times in the top of the first inning on just one hit to start the game.  Dell Rapids pushed across a run in the bottom half of the inning on a SF Lincoln error, and SF Lincoln led 4-1 after the first inning.  Neither team scored in the second inning, and then SF Lincoln pushed across two more runs in the top of third on a single and error to take a 6-1 lead.  Matt Gillogly had an RBI single in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 6-2.  Gillogly again had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning as Dell Rapids cut the lead in half at 6-3.

Dell Rapids put together a rally in the bottom half of the seventh inning.  After a lead off pop-out, Austin Ellingson and Carter Gullickson received back-to-back walks with one out.  Gillogly went down swinging for the second out, but Nate McKee followed with a two-run double over the head of the left fielder to pull Dell Rapids within a run at 6-5.  Elijah Story followed with a walk to put the winning run on first base with two outs.  However, SF Lincoln was able to get a strike out of Keegan Miller to end the game and preserve the win.

Gillogly finished 2-3 for Dell Rapids with two RBIs.  McKee, Gullickson, and Ellingson all had doubles in the game.  Story also had a hit for Dell Rapids.

Ellingson took the loss for Dell Rapids giving up four runs, all earned, while walking four.  Trevor Pulscher pitched four innings giving up two runs, both unearned, on two hits while walking three and striking out two.  Josh Roemen pitched three innings giving up two hits while striking out four and walking two.

Dell Rapids (0-1) will travel to Sioux Falls to play Sioux Falls O’Gorman on Thursday, March 30th.