Dell Rapids Legion Splits Two Games - Big Sioux Media Sports Network

The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team split two road games played earlier in the week. On Monday, June 15th, Dell Rapids traveled to Vermillion and fell by a score of 6-2. Dell Rapids bounced back for a big 12-0 win in Volga on Wednesday, June 17th.

Vermillion scored the first six runs by scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, third, and fifth innings. Dell Rapids was able to get a couple of runs in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI groundout by Brandon Geraets and an RBI single by Jake Steineke.

Logan Stone and Noah Swartwout both had two hits in the game. Ty Wood, Steineke, and Kaeden Eastman also collected a hit.

Swartwout took the loss pitching the first four innings. He gave up five runs, three earned, on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Stone pitched the final two innings giving up an unearned run on three hits with a strikeout.

Dell Rapids’ offense was on fire in Volga on Wednesday. After a scoreless first inning, Dell Rapids erupted for six runs in the top of the second inning, added four more runs in the top of the fourth, and two runs in the top of the fifth inning. The game ended on the 10-run rule after the fifth inning.

Ten different players had hits in the game for Dell Rapids. Stone, Eastman, and Drew Van Regenmorter all had two hits each. Geraets, Steineke, Brady Larson, Bryce Sommerfeld, Logan Ellingson, Riley Peter, and Mason Goeken all had a hit. Peter finished with three RBIs. Ellingson had two RBIs. Eastman, Geraets, Larson, Swartwout, Van Regenmorter, and Sommerfeld all had one RBI each.

Steineke started on the mound pitching one inning giving up no hits and had three strikeouts. Larson pitched the final four innings to earn the win giving up no runs on five hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (3-2) will host Humboldt/Hartford on Friday, June 19th. There will be two games starting at 5:30 p.m. at Rickemand Field.