Dell Rapids M split games this past week to the top two teams in the I-29 League.
West Central 8, Dell Rapids M 1
West Central, the number one team in the league, scored late to pull away from Dell Rapids M 8-1 on Monday, July 14th.
Elijah Story pitched five strong innings for Dell Rapids. He gave up three runs on six hits and struck out two. Mason Peter completed the final two innings. He surrendered six hits and five runs.
Dell Rapids M managed only two hits. Brett Mogen had an RBI single and Eric Klein added a single.
Dell Rapids M 13, Madison Gold 7
Dell Rapids knocked off the second place team in the I-29 League 13-7 on Wednesday, July 16th.
Josh Roemen led off the game with a sharp single past first base and eventually scored on Nate McKee’s sacrifice fly. Dell Rapids never looked back as Roemen added two triples for three hits total. McKee added a second RBI and two singles to the offense. Dell Rapids banged out 14 hits. Klein had a double and single, Story singled twice, and Mogen, Hunter Hansen, Nick Hoffman, Peter, and Ethan Brobjorg all contributed singles.
Mogen pitched the first four innings and entered the bottom of the fourth with a 10-0 lead. Three errors and four singles brought Madison back to a 10-4 deficit. A solid defensive play ended the threat. Centerfielder Hunter Hansen fired a base hit back to shortstop Roemen who relayed it to Peter for the third out of the inning at home plate. Mogen finished his four innings with four hits, four runs and four strike outs.
Klein pitched the fifth and sixth innings and surrendered four runs on seven hits. Peter came on in relief with no outs and runners on second and third in the bottom of the seventh. He retired all three batters he faced to end the game. He was assisted by two running catches in the outfield by Adrian Juba. Dell Rapids pitchers did not walk a hitter in the game.
Dell Rapids (5-11) plays its final regular season game on Monday, July 21st at home versus Volga.