The Dell Rapids High School club baseball team had their season come to an end in the Super Regional on Monday, May 20th. Dell Rapids played Lennox at Ronken Field and took a 5-3 loss ending their season.
Lennox took the early lead in the bottom of the first inning with a couple of runs. They added two more runs in the bottom third inning for a 4-0 lead.
Dell Rapids cut into the lead in the top of the sixth inning. Brandon Geraets hit a one-out single, and Keegan Miller drove him home with a double to center field. Jay Holm followed Miller’s double with a walk. Eddie Price then hit a single to right field scoring Miller. Kaeden Eastman, who entered the game as a pinch runner for Holm, stole home before Price was tagged out to cut the lead to 4-3. Lennox would add an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth and held Dell Rapids scoreless in the seventh for the win.
Miller, Price, and Geraets had the only three hits in the game for Dell Rapids. Miller and Price each had an RBI. Price started the game on the mound pitching 2 2/3 innings giving up four runs, all earned, on four hits with seven walks and three strikeouts. Austin Henry pitched the final 3 1/3 innings giving up an unearned run on one with with four walks and nine strikeouts.
Dell Rapids finishes the season with 9-4 record.