Playing in their fourth game of the season, all at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University, the Dell Rapids HS Club baseball team won their third game of the year.  Dell Rapids defeated Tri-Valley 7-3 on Monday, April 15th.

Despite allowing three runs to Tri-Valley on no hits, Dell Rapids rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn the victory.

Mason Mathieu drew a lead-off walk to start the game and scored on a wild pitch to give Tri-Valley an early 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the first.  Eddie Price started the inning with a single and scored on a wild pitch to even the score at 1-1.  Tri-Valley regained the lead in the top of the third.  Mathieu was hit by a pitch and scored on an error on a ball in play by Lane Egger.  Egger scored later in the inning on a wild pitch for a 3-1 lead.  Dell Rapids again tied the game in the bottom of the inning.  Thane Hilmoe led the inning with a single.  Courtesy runner Kaeden Eastman scored on an RBI double by Price.  Price scored on an RBI single by Jay Holm to tie the game at 3-3.

Dell Rapids broke the tie in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Keegan Miller started things with a double.  Miller later scored on a ground ball by Logan Stone, who reached on an error.  Charlie Holm scored on that same error to push the lead to 5-3.  Mason Goeken drew a two-out walk, and Price added two more runs for Dell Rapids on a two-run double scoring Stone and Goeken.

Price finished the game going 3-4 from the plate with three RBIs and two runs scored.  J. Holm, Miller, Jake Rechtenbaugh, Stone, and Hilmoe all collected hits.  Stone and J. Holm both had an RBI.  Ty Wood started the game on the mound pitching four innings giving up three runs, one earned, on no hits with three walks and six strikeouts.  Austin Henry took the win pitching three innings giving up no runs and no hits with eight strikeouts.

The Dell Rapids JV team fell to Tri-Valley 9-6.

Dell Rapids (3-1) will travel to Dakota Valley High School on Thursday, April 18th for a game against Baltic.  This will be a varsity only game.

On a beautiful evening for baseball, Dell Rapids used a 7-run sixth inning to pull away from Sioux Falls Christian for a 14-2 win on Monday, April 8th.  It was the third game this season played at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University.  Ronken Field is quickly becoming the “home away from home” for Dell Rapids.

Dell Rapids scored in the top of the first inning with two outs to strike first.  Jake Rechtenbaugh hit an RBI single to drive home Logan Stone for the first run of the game.  Thane Hilmoe scored with two outs in the top of the third to give Dell Rapids a 2-0 lead after three innings.

Sioux Falls Christian tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning on a two-run single, but Dell Rapids regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning.  After Jake Steineke reached on an error, courtesy runner Gabe Skonseng scored on an RBI single by Keegan Miller for a 3-2 lead.  Dell Rapids delivered the big blow in the top of the sixth inning with seven runs scored on hits by Eddie Price, Stone, Rechtenbaugh, and Austin Henry.  Dell Rapids added four more runs in the seventh with hits by Charlie Holm and Kaeden Eastman.

Price, Stone, Rechtenbaugh, and Henry all had two hits each.  Holm, Miller, Eastman, and Mason Goeken also collected hits.  Rechtenbaugh had three RBIs in the game.  Stone, Miller, Henry, and Eastman all drove home two runs each, and Price also had an RBI.

Price took the win on the mound pitching 5 2/3 innings giving up two runs, both earned, on five hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts.  Henry pitched the final 1 1/3 innings giving up no runs on no hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

Dell Rapids also won the five-inning JV game by a score of 10-6.

Dell Rapids (2-1) is scheduled to play Tri-Valley in Colton on Sunday, April 14th.  The varsity game will start at 2:00 p.m. with the JV game to follow.  The HS Club baseball team schedule can be found by clicking this link, http://dellrapidsbaseball.com/hs-club-baseball/.  All schedule updates due to spring weather are reflected on this schedule.

With only just a couple of practices under their belts due to the weather, the Dell Rapids High School baseball team opened up their 2019 season with a game on Sunday, March 31st and Monday, April 1st.

After trying to get opening game of the season played on Saturday, March 30th, Dell Rapids was finally able to get on the field at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University in Sioux Falls on Sunday.  Dell Rapids opened up their season with a game against Baltic.

Despite the lack of practice time, Dell Rapids was able to get a 6-4 extra-inning win over Baltic.  Dell Rapids scored the first three runs of the game in the first two innings on just one hit.  They scored two runs in the first on wild pitches, and Logan Stone drove in the third run on an RBI single in the second for a 3-0 lead.  Baltic cut the lead to 3-2 on a couple of RBI singles in the bottom of the third inning by Avery Nordbye and Cobain Goehring.  Jake Steineke added an RBI single in the top of the 5th to give Dell Rapids a 4-2 lead, but Baltic responded with an RBI triple by Nordbye.  Nordbye later scored on an error to make it 4-4 after five innings of play.  The game remained tied at 4-4 after seven innings of play, so the two teams headed to extra innings.  Brandon Geraets scored on an error, and Ty Wood scored on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth inning to give Dell Rapids the 6-4 lead.  Baltic was held scoreless in the bottom of the inning as Dell Rapids hung on for the win.

Steineke started on the mound for Dell Rapids pitching four innings while giving up four runs, just one earned, on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts.  Austin Henry earned the win pitching the other four innings while giving up no runs on a hit with four walks and three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids then played Sioux Falls Lincoln on Monday in less than ideal baseball conditions.  With the wind blowing, temperatures in the mid 30s, and snow falling, Dell Rapids fell the SF Lincoln by a score of 12-0.

Neither team was able to get a hit through the first two innings of play.  SF Lincoln finally broke through with one out in the top of the third inning.  After a walk and then a batter reaching on a dropped third strike, SF Lincoln five straight balls in play and scored five times for a 5-0 lead.  The offensive momentum continued as they added three more runs in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth.  Dell Rapids was held to just one hit, a single by Jake Rechtenbaugh, with the game ending after five innings at 12-0.

Eddie Price took the loss for Dell Rapids pitching three innings while giving up five runs, all earned, on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Rechtenbaugh pitched an inning giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits with two strikeouts.  Wood, Kaeden Eastman, and Gabe Skonseng also all pitched.

Dell Rapids (1-1) will travel to Hartford to take on West Central on Friday, April 5th.  The varsity game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the JV to follow.