The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team took to the road for the second game in a row on Wednesday, June 10th.  They traveled to Beresford for the second game of a double-header after the 15/16 teener game.

Beresford scored first in the bottom of the first inning on a Dell Rapids error for an early 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the top of the second on an RBI single by Logan Ellingson scoring Kaeden Eastman.  Dell Rapids took the lead for good in the top of the third inning.  Logan Stone hit an RBI single scoring Landon Ruesink.  Stone later scored on an RBI groundout by Noah Swartwout.  Drew Van Regenmorter added an RBI single scoring Brandon Geraets for a 4-1 lead.  Beresford cut the lead to one in the bottom of the fourth inning after scoring two runs to make the score 4-3.  The score remained 4-3 until the top of the seventh.  Dell Rapids added three more runs on an RBI walk to Swartwout, an RBI walk to Ty Wood, and Eastman scoring on an wild pitch.  Dell Rapids held Beresford scoreless in the seventh for the 7-3 victory.

Logan Stone finished with two hits, two runs scored, and an RBI.  Geraets also had two hits and two runs scored.  Ellingson also collected two hits and an RBI.  Van Regenmorter and Wood both had a hit and RBI.  Jake Steineke also had a hit.

Stone also pitched five innings in a great game on the mound to earn the win.  He gave up three runs, two earned, on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts.  Steineke pitched the final two innings giving up just one hit and striking out three.

Dell Rapids (2-1) travels to Vermillion on Monday, June 15th for their next game.

The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team scored eight times in the final two innings for a 12-10 come-from-behind win against Colton on Friday, June 5th in Colton.

It was another rough start for Dell Rapids.  Colton took advantage of six Dell Rapids errors in the first three innings, scoring seven runs, only one of which was earned, for an early 7-0 lead after three innings of play.  Dell Rapids was able to scratch across a couple of runs in the top of the fourth on a couple of miscues by Colton.  With the bases loaded and two outs, Noah Swartwout scored on a balk, and Mason Goeken scored moments later on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 7-2.  Colton got one of the runs back in the bottom of the fourth on a passed ball to lead 8-2 after four innings.

Dell Rapids added two more runs in the top of the fifth on RBI singles by Kaeden Eastman and Swartwout to cut the lead to 8-4.  Colton again answered with a two-run inside-the-park homerun by M. Mathieu to push the lead back to six at 10-4 after five innings of play.

Dell Rapids then took advantage of some defensive errors by Colton to swing the game in their favor.  With two on base and two out in the top of the sixth inning, Dell Rapids scored five runs in the top of the sixth inning.  Logan Stone had an RBI single.  Brandon Geraets followed with a two-run double.  Jake Steineke and Eastman both walked to load the bases before Swartwout hit a two-run single to left to cut the lead to 10-9.  After a 1-2-3 defensive inning for Dell Rapids, they kept the offensive momentum going in the top of the seventh.  Ty Wood opened the inning with a walk.  Drew Van Regenmorter followed with an RBI triple.  Landon Ruesink drove home Van Regenmorter with a double to left field.  Ruesink would score the third run of the inning on an error to give Dell Rapids a 12-10 lead.  The defense again retired Colton in order to get the come-from-behind win.

Swartwout finished the game 2-4 with three RBIs.  Van Regenmorter also had two hits and an RBI.  Geraets finished with a hit and three RBIs.  Ruesink, Stone, and Eastman all had a hit and RBI.  Wood starting the game on the mound for Dell Rapids pitching 2 1/3 innings giving up seven runs, one earned, on four hits with four walks and five strikeouts.  Swartwout got the win pitching the final 4 2/3 innings giving up three earned runs on four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (1-1) will travel to Beresford on Wednesday, June 10th.  First pitch is scheduled for about 7:30 p.m.   The legion game will be played after a 15/16 Teener game, which is also Dell Rapids at Beresford.

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

After nearly three months of no live sports for high school aged kids, the Dell Rapids Legion baseball team was able to step foot on the field on Wednesday, June 3rd.  Dell Rapids hosted Madison at Rickeman to start the 2020 baseball season.  Unfortunately for Dell Rapids, Madison took the win 19-3 in seven innings.

Madison scored the first nine runs in the game taking advantage of Dell Rapids miscues in the field.  Madison scored three runs in the first, four runs in the second, and two more in top of the third for a 9-0 lead.  Dell Rapids was able to get two runs across the plate in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by Brandon Geraets and and RBI triple by Jake Steineke.  Logan Stone added an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Madison lead down to 9-3, but Madison scored 10 more times in the next two innings, three in the sixth and seven in the seventh, to end the game at 19-3.

Stone had two hits and an RBI.  Steineke had one hit and an RBI.  Geraets had a hit and an RBI, and Landon Ruesink and Kaeden Eastman both had hits in the game as well.  Steinke started the game on the mound for Dell Rapids pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up six runs, two earned, on one with with three walks and four strikeouts.  Stone pitched the next 4 1/3 innings giving up six runs, three earned, on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts.  Geraets pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing four runs, three earned on one hit and three walks.  Eastman finished the game pitching an inning giving up three runs, one earned, on one hit with two walks and a strikeout.

Dell Rapids (0-1) will travel to Colton on Friday, June 5th for a 7:00 p.m. game.