After taking nearly a week off between games, Dell Rapids Legion traveled to Garretson on Tuesday, July 13th. The home took the lead in the bottom of the third inning, and Garretson got the 6-4 win.
Dell Rapids struck first when Caleb Kittleson scored on an error of a ground ball by Zeb Schumaker in the top of the second inning. Garretson tied the game in the bottom of the inning. Dell Rapids took the lead again in the top of the third inning. Landon Ruesink had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Kaeden Eastman scored on a wild pitch to give Dell Rapids a 3-1 advantage. Garretson, however, scored three times in the bottom of the third to take a 4-3 lead. Garretson added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to push the lead to 6-3. Eastman had an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth, but that was the last score of the game.
Noah Swartwout had two hits, including a triple. Ruesink and Eastman both had a hit and an RBI. Kittleson had a double, and Bryce Sommerfeld had a single. Swartwout pitched three innings allowing four earned runs on five hits with four walks and a strikeout. Jake Steineke pitched three innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with two walks and a strikeout.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Rapids | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Garretson | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 6 | 6 | 1 |