Tri-Valley Maroon 14U scored 18 unanswered runs in the middle innings of an 18-8 win over Dell Rapids Navy in Dell Rapids on Wednesday, June 29th.
Dell Rapids scored the first four runs in the bottom of the first, but it was all Tri-Valley for the next three innings. They scored three runs in the top of the second, five in the third, and then had a big 10-run fourth inning to lead 18-4. Dell Rapids scored four times in the bottom of the fifth, but Tri-Valley stopped the rally to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Logan Donovan had three hits, including a triple, and an RBI. Thomas Lavoy also had three hits. Gage Bunkers finished with two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Carson Maeschen and Noah Larson both had a single and an RBI. Tollin Peterson had a hit, and Kenny Swanson finished with an RBI.
Jake Heinitz pitched two innings and allowed three runs, all unearned, on three hits and two walks with a strikeout. Peterson pitched two innings and allowed 15 runs, only three earned, on 10 hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Bunkers threw one inning and allowed three hits.