The Dell Rapids high school baseball team rolled to a 16-0 win in three innings in Salem on Thursday, April 9th. Dell Rapids had a big second inning, scoring 13 times.
Drake Eastman had an RBI ground out in the top of the first to give Dell Rapids an early 1-0 lead. Joe Trumbauer was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to start the big second inning. Thomas LaVoy followed with an RBI single. Jackson Peppel was also hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make the score 4-0. Eastman added another RBI ground out. Connor Hanson then delivered a two-run single for a 7-0 lead. Hanson would later score on a passed ball, and Kenny Swanson scored on an error.
The inning continued with an RBI single by Trumbauer. LaVoy drove home two more runs with a double. Peppel added an RBI single, and Eastman hit an RBI sacrifice fly to complete the scoring in the second inning. Dell Rapids would lead 14-0. They scored two more runs in the top of the third when Trumbauer drew a bases loaded walk and LaVoy hit an RBI single.
LaVoy had three hits, including a double, and four RBIs. Peppel ended with a triple and single with two RBIs. Swanson had two hits, including a double. Trumbauer had a single with three RBIs. Hanson added a hit and two RBIs. Carson Maeschen finished with a single, and Eastman had three RBIs. Hanson pitched all three innings and allowed two hits with four strikeouts.
