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The Dell Rapids Phils had their 2026 season come to an end at the 2026 South Dakota State B Legion Tournament in Madison on Monday, August 3rd.\u00a0 The Phils took an 11-7 lead into the bottom of the seventh innings, but Madison rallied for five runs to steal a 12-11 victory and end the season for Dell Rapids.<\/p>\n
Gauge Bunkers put the Phils in the lead, 1-0, with an RBI single in the top of the first.\u00a0 Madison took the lead, 2-1, in the bottom of the inning.\u00a0 AJ Brandenburg tied the game with an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the second.\u00a0 Madison would go back in front, 4-2, with a two-run bottom of the third inning.<\/p>\n
The Phils put together a big rally with two outs in the top of the fourth.\u00a0 AJ Brandenburg scored on a wild pitch, Ryan Brandenburg had a two-run double, Jake Heinitz followed with an RBI single.\u00a0 Heinitz later scored on an error for a 7-4 score.\u00a0 Bunkers added an RBI double in the top of the sixth, and Heinitz had an RBI single to extend the lead to 9-4.\u00a0 Madison cut the lead to 9-7 with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.\u00a0 Connor Hanson brought home two with a single in the top of the seventh to make the score 11-7.<\/p>\n
The first six batters for Madison reached base safely to start the bottom of the seventh and make the score 11-10.\u00a0 Dell Rapids was able to get the next two batters out while keeping the bases loaded and maintaining an 11-10 lead.\u00a0 On a 3-2 count, a single to right field brought home two runs to win the game for Madison.<\/p>\n
Hanson had three hits with two RBIs.\u00a0 Bunkers and R. Brandenburg each had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.\u00a0 Heinitz had two singles with two RBIs.\u00a0 Tommy LaVoy added two hits.\u00a0 Charlie Bollock and Haiden Kaffar each had a single.\u00a0 AJ Brandenburg had an RBI.<\/p>\n
Bollock pitched 5 2\/3 innings and allowed eight earned runs on six hits and three walks with six strikeouts.\u00a0 Hanson tossed 1\/3 of an inning and allowed two earned runs on a hit and two walks with a strikeout.\u00a0 AJ Brandenburg pitched 2\/3 of an inning allowing two earned runs on three hits and a walk with one strikeout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dell Rapids Phils had their 2026 season come to an end at the 2026 South Dakota State B Legion Tournament in Madison on Monday, August 3rd.\u00a0 The Phils took an 11-7 lead into the bottom of the seventh innings, but Madison rallied for five runs to steal a 12-11 victory and end the season […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[144,41],"class_list":["post-4998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legion-baseball","tag-dell-rapids-legion-baseball","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n