Tea Gold took the lead in the bottom of the first and led the whole rest of the game in a 14-4 win over Dell Rapids 16U on Tuesday, June 28th.
Dell Rapids got two runs right away in the top of the first. Tad Tjaden scored on an error, and Sutton Williams drew a bases-loaded walk for an early 2-0 lead. Tea, however, scored four times in the bottom of the first. The score was still 4-2 through three innings of play.
Tea then had a six-run bottom of the fourth to push the lead to 10-2. Dell Rapids got another two runs in the top of the fifth. Micah Pickard had an RBI triple, and Luke Schoolmeester followed with an RBI single. Tea added four more runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Pickard had a triple and an RBI. Schoolmeester also had a hit and an RBI. Williams finished with an RBI. Cole Ruesink and Mason Stubbe both had a single. Quinn Carr pitched three innings and allowed four earned runs on four hits and four walks with eight strikeouts. Talan Millage pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed two unearned runs on three hits with a strikeout. Stubbe pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed four earned runs on a hit and three walks. Konrad Richeal allowed four earned runs on a hit and five walks.