Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal

Zeb Schumaker drove in six runs on two doubles to lead Dell Rapids to a 15-5 win over Tea on Monday, July 20th at Rickeman Field in the final regular season game of the season.

Tea starting the game swinging at pitches early in the count.  The strategy worked in the top of the first inning as the first four batters reached putting the ball in play, and three of them scored for an early 3-0 lead.  Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the second inning scoring four times.  Logan Stone had an RBI ground ball, Landon Ruesink had an RBI sacrifice fly. Drew Van Regenmorter was walked with the bases loaded to bring home another run, and Kaeden Eastman added an RBI single.

Tea took the lead again in the top of the fourth inning getting two runs on two outs making the score 5-4.  The Dell Rapids offense came alive from that point in the game.  Dell Rapids scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth on RBI singles by Ruesink and Jake Steineke.  Schumaker hit one of his doubles in the inning driving home three runs to give Dell Rapids a 9-5 lead.  Dell Rapids scored six more times in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Van Regenmorter had an RBI ground ball, Brandon Geraets walked with the bases loaded to score a run, and Schumaker again hit a three-run double.  Schumaker later scored on a wild pitch to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Schumaker had two doubles and six RBIs.  Steineke had two hits and and an RBI.  Noah Swartwout also had two hits.  Ruesink and Van Regenmorter each had a hit and two RBIs, Stone and Eastman both had a hit and an RBI, and Logan Ellingson also had a hit.  Geraets also had an RBI.  Stone pitched all five innings giving up five runs, four earned, on five hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

Dell Rapids ends their regular season with an 11-8 record.  They will play in the Region 2B tournament starting on Monday, July 27th in Castlewood.  Their first game will be against Castlewood/Clear Lake at 5:00 p.m.

The Dell Rapids Legion team hosted a triangular with Dakota Valley and Pipestone at Rickeman Field on Sunday, July 19th.  Dell Rapids earned a pair of wins after defeating Dakota Valley 4-3 and Pipestone 4-1.

Dell Rapids scored a run in each of the first four innings and held tough defensively for the 4-3 win over Dakota Valley.  Kaeden Eastman drew a bases loaded walk for the first run in the bottom of the first inning.  Logan Ellingson had an RBI double in the second inning to increase the lead to 2-0.  Zeb Schumaker drove an RBI single to center field for the third run of the game in the third inning.  Brandon Geraets added an RBI single in the fourth inning to push the Dell Rapids lead to 4-0. 

Dakota Valley got on the board in the top of the fifth inning after a double to cut the lead to 4-1.  They put together a rally in the top of the sixth.  The first two batters reached by an error, and then a double and single followed to make the score 4-3.  The next three batters were retired as Dell Rapids kept the lead.  Dakota Valley got a lead-off single in the top of the seventh.  A fielder’s choice moved the runner to second with one out.  Drew Van Regenmorter ended the game defensively after snagging a ground ball and getting a tag-out, throw-out double-play.

Geraets, Eastman, Schumaker and Ellingson all had a hit and an RBI in the game.  Brady Larson pitched a complete game giving up three runs, one earned, on six hits and just one walk.

In the final game of the day, Dell Rapids defeated Pipestone by a score of 4-1.  Dell Rapids again scored the first four runs of the game.

Eastman again got the scoring started in the bottom of the first with an RBI single.  Dell Rapids got the next three runs in the bottom of the second inning.  After the first three batters reached, Bryce Sommerfeld hit an RBI sacrifice fly to right field.  Landon Ruesink followed with a two-run double to center to make the score 4-0.  Pipestone scored their lone run in the top of the third on an RBI groundout.  Van Regenmorter ended the second game the same as the first with a tag-out, throw-out double play.

Ruesink had a hit and two RBIs.  Eastman had a hit and an RBI.  Riley Peter and Ellingson had the other two hits in the game for Dell Rapids.  Sommerfeld also had an RBI.  Noah Swartwout earned the win on the mound pitching six innings giving up an earned run on five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Jake Steineke earned the save pitching the final inning walking two and striking out one.

Dell Rapids (10-8) will have their final regular season and final home game of the year on Monday, July 20th when they host Tea.  The seniors will be recognized before the game.  The game will also be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

The Dell Rapids legion team evened their season record after a win in Humboldt over Humboldt/Hartford on Monday, July 13th.  Dell Rapids came home with a one-run victory of 7-6.

Dell Rapids scored first after an RBI single by Ty Wood in the top of the second inning for an early 1-0 lead.  Humboldt/Hartford tied the game in the bottom of the inning after scoring on an error to make the game 1-1 after two innings.

Dell Rapids then scored the next six runs.  They picked up two runs in the top of the fourth on a two-run single by Zeb Schumaker.  Three more runs came home in the top of the fifth inning.  Logan Stone scored on a wild pitch, Kaeden Eastman hit an RBI single, and Schumaker drove home the third run on a bases-loaded walk.  Dell Rapids got another run in the top of the sixth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Brandon Geraets to lead 7-1 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning.  Humboldt/Hartford made a run scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut the lead to 7-4.  Humboldt/Hartford got two more runs in the bottom of the seventh, but Stone was able to close the door to hold on for the win.

Stone, Jake Steineke, Drew Van Regenmorter, and Eastman all had two hits in the game.  Eastman also had an RBI.  Schumaker finished with a hit and three RBIs.  Wood also had a hit with an RBI.  Stone pitched all seven innings to earn the win.  He gave up six runs, but none of them earned, on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (8-8) will host Dakota Valley and Pipestone, MN on Sunday, July 19th.

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal

The Dell Rapids legion team nearly had its second straight last inning come-from-behind win on Saturday, July 11th at Rickeman Field, but the rally fell one run short.  Colton hung on for a 4-3 win over Dell Rapids.

After the first batter of the game walked for Colton, he later scored on a two-out single in the top of the first for a 1-0 lead.  Colton then scored two more runs in the top of the second inning on two outs to extend their early lead to 3-0.  Dell Rapids got their first run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Kaeden Eastman to cut the Colton lead to 3-1.  The score remained that way until the seventh inning.

Colton was able to get one more run on a one-out single to extend the lead to 4-1 heading into the bottom half of the inning.  Dell Rapids got two base runners on base on hit by pitches.  Down to their final out and two runners on base, Dell Rapids started to make some noise.  Noah Swartwout hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-2.  Eastman followed with another RBI single to pull within a run at 4-3.  Swartwout and Eastman both stole bases to put runners on second and third base.  Zeb Schumaker nearly completed the comeback for Dell Rapids, but his sinking line drive was caught in left field to end the game.

Eastman finished with two hits and two RBIs.  Swartwout also had two hits and an RBI.  Logan Stone, Drew Van Regenmorter, and Schumaker also had hits in the game.  Brady Larson took the loss on the mound pitching all seven innings giving up four runs, three earned, on six hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (7-8) will travel to Humboldt to play West Central on Monday, July 13th.

The Dell Rapids legion team split a pair of games during the week.  On Monday, July 6th, Dell Rapids hosted Vermillion.  The team then traveled to Canova to play McCook/Miner on Wednesday, July 8th.

After being held hitless for three innings, Vermillion’s offense then took control scoring 13 runs in the final four innings for a 13-3 victory over Dell Rapids on Monday.

Dell Rapids got the first run on an RBI single by Jake Steineke in the bottom of the first inning.  Vermillion got their first hit with two outs in the top of the fourth inning and also scored three runs to take a 3-1 lead.  They added five more in the top of the fifth inning to extend the lead to 8-1.  Three more runs scored in the sixth, but Dell Rapids was able to extend the game to the full seven innings after an RBI double by Zeb Schumaker and an RBI single by Drew Van Regenmorter in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Steineke, Schumaker, and Van Regenmorter all had a hit and an RBI.  Kaeden Eastman had two hits in the game.  Logan Stone and Riley Peter also had a hit.  Brady Larson pitched the first 4 2/3 innings, taking the loss, giving up seven runs, five earned, on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts.  Logan Ellingson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four runs, two earned, on three hits with three walks and a strikeout.  Ty Wood pitched the final inning giving up two earned  runs on three hits with a strikeout.

Dell Rapids was able to bounce back and win against McCook/Miner on Wednesday after a wild seventh inning.

Dell Rapids got a run in the top of the first inning.  Brandon Geraets was hit by a pitch, and his courtesy runner Brandon Kubly came around to score two batters later on a passed ball for a 1-0 lead. McCook/Miner scored a run in the bottom of the first inning to tie the game 1-1 and added two more in the bottom of the second for a 3-1 lead.  That score remained until the top of the fifth inning.

Geraets laced an RBI line-drive single to center field scoring Schumaker to pull Dell Rapids within a run a 3-2.  The score remained 3-2 heading into the seventh inning.  Dell Rapids then exploded for five runs in the top of the seventh by getting six straight batters to reach base safely.  Geraets had an RBI single, Noah Swartwout reached on an error, and that play scored another run to give Dell Rapids a 4-3 lead.  Steineke added an RBI single, Van Regenmorter had an RBI single, and Ellingson had an RBI sacrifice bunt to give Dell Rapids a 7-3 lead.  McCook/Miner would not go away quietly.  They got their first three batters on base which led to three runs to pull within one at 7-6, but Noah Swartwout was able to get out of the inning and get the victory for Dell Rapids.

Geraets had two hits and two RBIs in the game.  Steineke and Van Regenmorter both had two hits and an RBI.  Swartwout and Ellingson both had an RBI, and Schumaker and Eastman both had a hit in the game.  Stone pitched the first five innings giving up three earned runs on one hit with five walks and nine strikeouts.  Swartwout earned the win pitching two innings giving up three runs, two earned, on two hits with two walks and a strikeout.

Dell Rapids (7-7) will host Colton on Saturday, July 11th at 7:00 p.m.