The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team opened their 2017 season with two wins in Madison on Thursday, June 1st. Dell Rapids won the first game 9-1. They then beat Madison in the second game 14-2 in just five innings.
Dell Rapids scored two runs in the third inning, five in the fourth, and then two more in the sixth in the opening game win. Carter Gullickson finished the game 3-4 with three runs scored and an RBI. Josh Roemen was 2-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Nate McKee and Brett Mogen also had hits. McKee had three RBIs, and Mogen finished with two RBIs. Mogen also earned the win in the first game throwing all seven innings giving up just one run on two hits while striking out 10 batters.
A six-run top of the fifth inning closed out the win in the second game. Dell Rapids led 3-2 after the first inning. They then scored three more runs in the second inning and two more in the third before the six-run fifth inning. Lealand Randel was 2-2 with two runs scored and two RBI. Mogen, Casey Hansen, Roemen, and Ethan Brobjorg all had hits. Hansen and Mogen both finished with two RBIs. McKee, Roemen, and Keegan Miller also had RBIs. Elijah Story started the game for Dell Rapids giving up two runs on four hits while striking out two in three innings of work.
Dell Rapids (2-0) will play in Baltic on Monday, June 5th.