The Dell Rapids baseball team earned their second straight shutout win on Monday, April 29th.  Dell Rapids defeated McCook Central/Montrose 2-0 in Montrose behind a dominating pitching performance by Eddie Price.

Dell Rapids scored early again in this game.  Keegan Miller led off the game with a single and advanced to second on an error.  Jay Holm hit a bunt single to third base.  An error by the third baseman allowed Miler to score and Holm to advance to second base.  McCook Central/Montrose was able to get out of the jam by just allowing the one run, and Dell Rapids led 1-0 early.

Neither team was able to get much offense going, but Dell Rapids was able to get another run on the board in the top of the fifth inning.  Ty Wood was hit by a pitch with one out in the inning.  Wood then stole second, and was able to advance to third on a wild pitch during a Brandon Geraets at bat.  Geraets then laid down a sacrifice bunt down the first base line to bring home Wood for a 2-0 lead.

Price was dominant on the mound.  He pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up just one hit and four walks while striking out 11 batters.  Austin Henry got the final out on a strikeout after giving up a walk.

Holm led the offense with two hits in the game.  Miller had a single, and Jake Rechtenbaugh had a double in the game.  Geraets had the lone RBI in the game.

Dell Rapids (6-2) is currently scheduled to play in Tea on Wednesday, May 1st.

Dell Rapids earned their fifth win of the season and first shutout in a 4-0 win over Tri-Valley on Friday, April 26th.  The game had to change venues to Garretson in what has been a common theme for the high school baseball season this spring.

Keegan Miller led the game with a double and Jay Holm followed with a bunt single to give Dell Rapids two runners on base with no outs.  Eddie Price reached on an error, and Miller scored on the play giving Dell Rapids an early 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the top of the fourth inning.  The inning began with two errors by the Tri-Valley defense.  Logan Stone drove home a run with an RBI single.  Miller also had an RBI single in the inning.  Austin Henry had an RBI groundout for the third run of the inning and final run of the game.

Jake Rechtenbaugh pitched the complete game for the shutout giving up just three hits and one walk while striking out nine batters.  Miller and Holm led the offense with two hits each.  Stone had the other hit for Dell Rapids.  Miller, Henry, and Stone all had an RBI.

Dell Rapids (5-2) will travel to Humboldt to play West Central on Sunday, April 28th, at 5:00 p.m.

A five-run top of the first inning was enough for Dell Rapids as they defeated Garretson 6-3 on Wednesday, April 24th in Garretson.

Eddie Price started the game with a lead-off double.  Jay Holm followed with an RBI single to give Dell Rapids a 1-0 lead just two batters into the game.  Keegan Miller walked and Austin Henry singled to load the bases with no outs.  After a strikeout, Jake Steineke hit a grand slam homerun to give Dell Rapids a 5-0 lead.  Garretson got one run back in the bottom of the first on a single by Dylan Kindt and an RBI single by Treyson Buckenberg.

Kindt drew a walk in the bottom of the third inning and scored on an RBI single by Brady DeBates.  Garretson would get another run in the bottom of the fourth inning on a Dell Rapids error to cut the lead to 5-3.  Tate Kolbeck hit an RBI single to score Steineke as an insurance run for Dell Rapids in the top of the fifth inning, which was the final run scored in the game.

Steineke, Kolbeck, and Henry all finished with two hits each.  Price, Holm, and Ty Wood also collected hits.  Steineke led the team with four RBIs and two runs scored.  Kolbeck and Holm drove home the other two runs.  Steineke also took the win for Dell Rapids on the mound pitching 5 1/3 innings giving up three runs, one earned, on four hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.  Henry pitched the final 1 2/3 innings not allowing hit while walking one batter and striking out three.

Dell Rapids (4-2) will travel to Colton to play Tri-Valley on Friday, April 26th.

After driving to play at Dakota Valley High School, Baltic and Dell Rapids squared off in baseball action on Thursday, April 18th.  Baltic scored early and was able to hold off Dell Rapids for a 6-4 victory.

Baltic scored two runs in the top of the second inning to take an early 2-0 lead.  They added two more runs on two hits and an error in the top of the third for a quick 4-0 advantage.  Dell Rapids cut the lead in half in the bottom of the third after RBI groundouts by Jake Rechtenbaugh and Charlie Holm.  Both teams were held scoreless until the sixth inning.  Baltic added two more runs on an RBI double by Elliot Haux to push the Baltic lead back to four at 6-2.  Dell Rapids got a two-run home run by Rechtenbaugh with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but it wasn’t enough as Baltic closed out the victory.

Logan Stone, Jay Holm, and Rechtenbaugh all had two hits each.  Rechtenbaugh had three RBIs in the game, and C. Holm had one.  Stone took the loss for Dell Rapids pitching three innings giving up four runs, all earned, on four hits while walking one and striking out three.  Jake Steineke pitched four innings giving up two runs, both earned, on three hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (3-2) will travel to Lennox on Monday, April 21st.