Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley
Dell Rapids 16U split a doubleheader with Volga at home on Thursday, July 14th. Volga took the first game 11-7, but Dell Rapids won the second game 4-0.
Volga 11, Dell Rapids 7
Two runs in the top of the fifth inning secured an 11-7 win in the first game for Volga. Both teams scored four runs in the first inning. After four runs by Volga in the top of the first, Lincoln Fersdahl had an RBI single, and Talan Millage had a three-run double.
Volga got two runs in the top of the third. Grady Lamer had an RBI single in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 6-5. Volga scored three more times in the top of the fourth. Dell Rapids responded with two in the bottom of the inning. Sutton Williams had a two-run double to make it a 9-7 game. Volga, however, got two runs in the top of the fifth.
Lamer had two hits and an RBI. Quinn Carr also had two hits. Millage finished with a double and three RBIs. Williams also had a double with two RBIs. Fersdahl finished with a single and RBI. Cooper Frost and Luke Schoolmeester both had a single. Carr pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed nine earned runs on eight hits and six walks wiht six strikeouts. Frost pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed two unearned runs on four walks. Millage pitched 1/3 of an inning.
Dell Rapids 4, Volga 0
Dell Rapids earned the five-hit shutout in the second game as the visiting team. Millage had an RBI single in the top of the second to start they scoring. They added three more runs in the top of the third. Tad Tjaden had a two-run single, and Frost had an RBI single for a 4-0 lead.
Tjaden had a hit and two RBIs. Frost and Millage both had a single and an RBI. Williams, Ethan Kringen, and Lamer all had a single. Millage pitched all five innings and allowed five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.