The defending South Dakota State B champions, Dell Rapids, opened their 2022 club baseball season with a spring trip to Oklahoma Thursday, March 24th through Saturday, March 26th. They played two games on the 24th and then one each on the 25th and 26th. Dell Rapids finished the trip 0-4.
Choctaw, OK 13 – Dell Rapids 0
In the first game of the season, Dell Rapids played Choctaw, OK on Thursday afternoon in Choctaw. The host team scored nine times in the first inning on their way to a 13-0 win over Dell Rapids.
Dell Rapids was held to just four hits in the game. Landon Ruesink had a double. Jack Henry, Mason Stubbe, and Dylan Mathis all had singles.
Joe Rechtenbaugh started on the mound. He pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing eight runs, all earned, on three hits and four walks. Will Jaton pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing five runs, one earned, on four hits with two walks and a strikeout.
Ed Memorial, OK 11 – Dell Rapids 1
In the second game of Thursday for Dell Rapids, Ed Memorial, OK scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Dell Rapids cut the lead in half on an RBI single by CJ Smith that scored Aiden Boechler. Ed Memorial responded with two more runs in the bottom of the second, and then added seven more in the fourth for the 11-1 win.
Smith had the only hit in the game as well as the RBI for Dell Rapids. Henry started on the mound throwing 1 2/3 innings allowing four runs, none earned, on two hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Ruesink also pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two runs, one earned, on four walks and a strikeout. Stubbe pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing five earned runs on four walks with one strikeout.
Ed Santa Fe, OK 11 – Dell Rapids 1
Dell Rapids played just one game on Friday against Ed Santa Fe, OK. Dell Rapids scored first in the top of the first inning when Treyse Eastman scored on a dropped third strike passed ball. Ed Santa Fe scored in every inning getting four runs in the first, two in the second, four in the third, and one more in the fourth to end the game 11-1 on the 10-run rule.
Rechtenbaugh had both hits in the game for Dell Rapids, including one double. Eastman pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing 10 runs, nine earned, on five hits and five walks. Braden Fersdahl pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing one earned run on a hit with two walks.
Piedmont, OK 9 – Dell Rapids 1
In their final game of the trip, Dell Rapids played Piedmont, OK on Saturday. Dell Rapids got on the board first again. Ruesink had an RBI single to bring home Stubbe for an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Piedmont, however, scored seven times in the bottom of the first inning and added single runs in the third and fifth innings for a 9-1 victory.
Ruesink had an RBI single. Mathis had the other hit for Dell Rapids, a double. Henry pitched the first inning giving up seven runs, six earned, on four hits with three walks and a strikeout. Ruesink pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing an unearned run on two hits and two walks. Jaton pitched two innings and allowed an earned run on one hit and two walks and also had three strikeouts.
Dell Rapids is scheduled to have their first home game of the season against Sioux Falls Christian on Friday, April 1st at 5:30 p.m.