Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
After nearly three months of no live sports for high school aged kids, the Dell Rapids Legion baseball team was able to step foot on the field on Wednesday, June 3rd. Dell Rapids hosted Madison at Rickeman to start the 2020 baseball season. Unfortunately for Dell Rapids, Madison took the win 19-3 in seven innings.
Madison scored the first nine runs in the game taking advantage of Dell Rapids miscues in the field. Madison scored three runs in the first, four runs in the second, and two more in top of the third for a 9-0 lead. Dell Rapids was able to get two runs across the plate in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by Brandon Geraets and and RBI triple by Jake Steineke. Logan Stone added an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Madison lead down to 9-3, but Madison scored 10 more times in the next two innings, three in the sixth and seven in the seventh, to end the game at 19-3.
Stone had two hits and an RBI. Steineke had one hit and an RBI. Geraets had a hit and an RBI, and Landon Ruesink and Kaeden Eastman both had hits in the game as well. Steinke started the game on the mound for Dell Rapids pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up six runs, two earned, on one with with three walks and four strikeouts. Stone pitched the next 4 1/3 innings giving up six runs, three earned, on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Geraets pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing four runs, three earned on one hit and three walks. Eastman finished the game pitching an inning giving up three runs, one earned, on one hit with two walks and a strikeout.
Dell Rapids (0-1) will travel to Colton on Friday, June 5th for a 7:00 p.m. game.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| Madison | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 2 | |
| Dell Rapids | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 |