The Dell Rapids high school baseball team extended their winning streak to 13 games after a 6-3 come-from-behind win over Sioux Valley at home on Wednesday, May 6th.
Sioux Valley scored the first three runs of the game. They got a run in the top of the second and two more in the top of the third for a 3-0 lead. Gauge Bunkers put Dell Rapids on the board with an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of third for a 3-1 score.
Dell Rapids then had a big five-run bottom of the fourth to take the lead. Lincoln LeBrun and Jackson Peppel had back-to-back RBI singles to tie the game 3-3. LeBrun would later score on a wild pitch to give Dell Rapids a 4-3 lead. Drake Eastman executed a squeeze-play bunt to perfection to score Peppel. Connor Hanson was credited with a steal of home after Kenny Swanson was caught in a run down between first and second on a steal attempt. Dell Rapids led 6-3 after four innings of play.
Sioux Valley put runners in scoring position in the fifth, sixth, and seventh inning, but couldn’t scratch across a run. Owen Bollock was able to get out of jams all game long. He threw seven innings and allowed three runs, all unearned, on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Sioux Valley left 11 runners stranded on base in the game.
Peppel had two hits with an RBI. Jake Heinitz also had two hits. Eastman added a double and an RBI. LeBrun had a single with an RBI. Tommy LaVoy had one hit, and Bunkers finished with an RBI.
