Dell Rapids Legion won their sixth straight game, this time a 1-0 win in Vermillion on Wednesday, July 6th.
Jack Henry and Ben Burbach went toe-to-toe on the pitcher’s mound for six innings. Burbach pitched all seven innings for Vermillion allowing just one earned run on five hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Henry pitched six innings of no-hit baseball with five walks and nine strikeouts.
The lone run for Dell Rapids game in the top of the fifth inning. Brayden Pankonen started the inning with a single to center field. Pankonen later stole second and then moved to third base on a passed ball. With one out in the inning, Henry delivered a double to left field that scored Pankonen.
Pankonen earned the save by pitching the seventh inning. He allowed a one-out single to Burbach. Burbach advanced to second on a balk with two outs, but Pankonen got the final out on a fly ball to center field.
Pankonen had two hits, one a double. Henry had a double and an RBI. CJ Smith and Treyse Eastman both had singles in the game.