The Dell Rapids legion baseball team earned their fifth straight win with a 10-5 victory over Hartford/Humboldt on Wednesday, June 29th.
Hartford/Humboldt scored four of their first runs in the top of the first inning. Dell Rapids responded with three runs in the bottom of the first. Aiden Boechler had a bases-loaded RBI walk, Landon Ruesink scored on a wild pitch, and CJ Smith had an RBI ground out. Both teams got a run in the second inning, and Hartford/Humboldt led 5-4 after two innings of play.
Will Jaton scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the third to tie the game 5-5. Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Sutton Williams scored on an error on a ground ball by Jack Henry. Cole Ruesink also scored on an error for a 7-5 lead. Dell Rapids then added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. Henry scored on a passed ball, Smith had an RBI single, and Treyse Eastman added an RBI double.
Smith had two hits and two RBIs. Henry had a triple and an RBI. Eastman finished with a double and RBI. Ruesink and Jaton both had a single and an RBI. Mason Stubbe added a double. Joe Rechtenbaugh had a hit, and Boechler had an RBI.
Henry pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on a hit and five walks with four strikeouts. Eastman earned the win pitching 5 2/3 innings allowing one earned run on four hits and four walks with five strikeouts.