The Dell Rapids High School Softball team split their two games to start the 2020 fall season on Sunday, August 30th. Dell Rapids played Lennox and Tea to start the season.
In the first game against Lennox, Dell Rapids won a slugfest 16-12. Each team scored a run in the first inning, but Dell Rapids scored six times in the top of the second, and then five more in the top of the third for a 12-1 lead. Lennox added four runs in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 12-5. Dell Rapids scored four more times in the fourth inning to lead 16-5. Lennox pushed across seven runs in the bottom of the inning before Dell Rapids got the final out to end the game.
Nine different players had hits for Dell Rapids. Lexi Ingalls had four hits and an RBI. Cora Alderson had three hits and an RBI. Kylie Lebahn had three hits and three RBIs. Haileigh Barnhart and Kyra Wajer both had two hits and three RBIs. Abigail Greenhoff and Rileigh Foster both had two hits and two RBIs. Kenzie Garry and Kylie Bittner each had a hit as well. Bittner pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up five runs, four earned, on seven hits with two strikeouts. Wajer pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up seven runs, three earned, on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
In the second game of the day, Tea scored three times in the last inning to steal a 10-9 victory from Dell Rapids. Dell Rapids scored the first three runs in the first two innings, but Tea tied the game in the bottom of the second inning at 3-3. Tea added two more runs in the bottom of the third to go ahead 5-3. Dell Rapids then responded with a run in the fourth and four more in the sixth to take an 8-5 lead. Tea pulled within a run in the bottom of the sixth with two runs to make the score 8-7. Dell Rapids added a run in the seventh, but Tea scored three times to take the win.
Ingalls collected three hits in the game and drove home four runs. Foster had two hits and three RBIs. Alderson had two hits and an RBI. Barnhart collected two hits. Greenhoff, Garry, Bittner, and Lebahn all had a hit as well. Bittner pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up five runs, four earned, on seven hits. Wajer pitched three innings giving up five runs, two earned, on seven hits.
Dell Rapids will play host on Sunday, September 13th when Baltic and Edgerton come to town. First game will start at 12:30 p.m.