Dell Rapids PBR suffered their first Cornbelt League loss on Sunday, June 19th. Lennox Only One defeated PBR 4-2 in Lennox.
The first six batters reached for Lennox in the bottom of the first inning, with three of them scoring, to give Lennox a 3-0 lead after the first inning. Neither offense could get much going through the next five innings as the score remained 3-0 after six innings of play. Lennox added another run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by Drew Sweeter to push the lead to 4-0. PBR rallied for two runs in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI sacrifice fly by Carter Gullickson and and RBI single by Riley Hoffman. PBR tried to get a rally going in the top of the ninth by getting two men on base, but Sweeter struck out the side to preserve the win for Lennox.
Aaron Hansen led PBR with two hits on the night. Hoffman had a hit and an RBI. Weston Hanson, Tanner Solberg, Teigen Lindner, and Nate McKee also had hits in the game. Tanner Olmstead pitched four innings giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits with four walks and seven strikeouts. Trey Randel also pitched four innings giving up an earned run on two hits with four strikeouts.
PBR (4-2) will host Madison in a make-up game on Tuesday, June 23rd, and then travel to Colman on Thursday, June 25th.