With the game tied 2-2, Dell Rapids scored four times in the top of the sixth inning to help them to a 6-2 win at Tea on Saturday, May 14th. This was the first game for Dell Rapids in almost a week due to weather postponements.
Dell Rapids scored right away in the top of the first inning when Dylan Mathis drove home Jack Henry with a double. Henry scored again in the top of the third inning after Treyse Eastman grounded into a fielder’s choice. Tea tied the game in the bottom of the third with two runs. The score remained 2-2 until the top of the sixth inning.
Will Jaton drove home the first run of the inning on a single to center field. Jaton and Braeden Fersdahl both scored a couple of batters later on a wild pitch. Mathis got his second RBI double of the game later in the inning to give Dell Rapids a 6-2 lead. Tea got the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but Landon Ruesink was able to induce a ground ball to shortstop Henry who flipped the ball to Jaton at second for the final out.
Mathis had four doubles and two RBIs to lead Dell Rapids offensively. Henry had four singles and scored three times. Jaton had a single and an RBI. CJ Smith finished with a double. Ruesink had a hit, and Eastman had an RBI. Henry pitched the first 4 2/3 innings allowing two earned runs on four hits with six walks and 11 strikeouts. Ruesink earned the win pitching 2 1/3 innings allowing no hits and two walks while striking out four.