Dell Rapids club baseball won their third straight game on Friday, April 22nd, a 14-2 win over Chester/Colman-Egan/Flandreau. Not only was this the third win in a row, but also the third straight game Dell Rapids scored 14 or more runs.
Dell Rapids used two big innings to build their lead. They scored five times in the top of the first inning. After Chester/Colman-Egan/Flandreau scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning, Dell Rapids added eight more runs in the top of the second for a 13-2 lead. Dell Rapids got another run in the top of the fifth, and the game ended 14-2 on the 10-run rule after five innings.
Jack Henry belted two home runs in the game and had four RBIs. Dylan Mathis had two hits, one of them a home run, and had an RBI. Will Jaton also collected two hits, a triple and a double, and drove home four runs. Treyse Eastman had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Landon Ruesink had a double and an RBI. Mason Stubbe and Tyler Tjaden both had singles.
Eastman pitched two innings allowing two earned runs on a hit with four walks and three strikeouts. Joe Rechtenbaugh pitched three innings allowing just one hit and two walks with four strikeouts.