Dell Rapids Baseball finished 4th at the State B Baseball championship round on Monday, May 30th, at the Birdcage in Sioux Falls.

Dell Rapids played a tough and exciting game to open up the games at 9:00 a.m.  The game went 13 innings, but Dell Rapids lost to the eventual state champs Winner/Colome Royals 4-3.  Dell Rapids scored a run in the second inning on a passed ball, and then scored again in top of the seventh on an RBI hit by Eric Klein, but Winner/Colome scratched across two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings.  Dell Rapids threatened to score in the 10th and 11th innings, and finally broke through with a two-out RBI single by Brett Mogen, but again the Royals tied the game in the bottom of the 12th, and then scored the game-winning run on a single to center in the bottom of the 13th.

Mogen started the game for Dell Rapids pitching seven innings giving up two runs, one earned,  on four hits while walking one and striking out 10.  Eddie Price took the loss pitching 5 1/3 innings.  Price gave up two earned runs without giving up a hit, but walked four batters while striking out five.

Mogen led the offense with four hits in the game and an RBI.  Josh Roemen added a double, and Klein had an RBI single.

Dell Rapids then played Dakota Valley in the 3rd/4th place game, but the offense could only string together three hits in the game.  Dakota Valley defeated Dell Rapids 5-2.  All the runs scored were in the first three innings.  Dakota Valley scored a run in the first, three more in the second, and one in the third while Dell Rapids picked up both of their runs in the bottom of the third inning.

Carter Gullickson, Trey Randel, and Mogen all had hits in the game.  Matt Gillogly and Gullickson drove in the two runs for Dell Rapids.  Trevor Pulscher started the game taking the loss.  Pulscher threw 4 1/3 innings giving up five runs, but only one earned, on six hits while walking five and striking out three.  Randel closed out the game throwing 2 2/3 innings giving up just one hit while walking two and striking out three.

Dell Rapids Baseball earned a trip back to the state final four after two super regional wins on Sunday, May 22nd, at Rickeman Field.

Dell Rapids opened up the three-game super regional with a 7-0 win over Madison.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the first inning and added four more runs in the second inning for the win.  Brett Mogen pitched six innings of no-hit baseball for the win.  Eddie Price pitched a perfect seventh inning.  Mogen finished with 14 strikeouts.  Carter Gullickson had two hits in the game including a double and two RBI.  Bo Teveldal had a two-run home run in the first inning.  Matt Gillogly, Mogen, Eric Klein, and Mason Peter all collected hits for Dell Rapids.  Gillogly also had two RBI.

Dell Rapids concluded the day with a 10-8 win over Sioux Valley to advance to the state finals.  Sioux Valley had an early 1-0 lead after the top of the first inning, but Dell Rapids answered with three in the bottom of the first for a 3-1 lead.  That lead was short-lived as Sioux Valley picked up four runs in the top of the second, and Sioux Valley lead 5-3 after two innings.  However, Dell Rapids scored three runs in the third, two runs in the fourth, and one run a piece in the fifth and sixth innings.  Sioux Valley rallied for three runs in the top of the sixth, but Price got the final four outs of the game for the save.

Trevor Pulscher earned the win for Dell Rapids pitching 3 2/3 innings in relief of Trey Randel.  Pulscher gave up three runs on five hits while walking three and striking out two.

Seven Dell Rapids’ hitters had hits against Sioux Valley.  Nate McKee had three hits, Gullickson, Gillogly, and Mogen each had two hits, and Josh Roemen, Teveldal, and Klein each had a hit.  McKee, Mogen, Klein, Roemen, Teveldal, Gillogly, and Casey Hansen all had an RBI in the game.

The Dell Rapids baseball team earned an opening round playoff win over Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 11-0 in five innings on Sunday, May 15th, at Rickeman Field.  Trevor Pulscher pitched four innings of no-hit baseball while striking out seven batters.  Brett Mogen pitched the final inning and struck out all three hitters to complete the combined no-hitter.

Dell Rapids put up six runs in the first inning and added five more runs in the fourth inning for the win.  Ryan Geraets had two singles and three RBI. Matt Gillogly had two singles and two runs scored.  Carter Gullickson added a single, an RBI, and two runs.  Josh Roemen also had a single, RBI, and two runs scored.  Bo Teveldal also had two singles and an RBI.  Mogen and Nate McKee also scored runs for Dell Rapids.

Dell Rapids will host the Region 2 Super Regional at a date yet to be determined.  Three other teams will join Dell Rapids for the super regional, one more from the Region 2B South division and two teams from the Region 2B north division.  Those games have yet to be completed.