Madison Gold broke a 3-3 tie with six runs in the top of the fifth inning and won 10-3 over Dell Rapids on Monday, June 20th.
Dell Rapids took the lead right away in the bottom of the first inning. Cole Ruesink doubled scoring Sutton Williams for a 1-0 lead. Madison got their first lead in the top of the third with three runs. Dell Rapids tied the game with two in the bottom of the fourth. Quinn Carr brought home both runs with a double.
Madison Gold, however, took control of the game in the fifth. They scored six runs all with two outs. Madison added another run in the top of the seventh.
Ruesink had two doubles and an RBI. Carr finished with a double and two RBIs. Cooper Frost, Grady Lamer, and Carson Crosby all had singles. Tad Tjaden pitched four innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on two hits and five walks with eight strikeouts. Ruesink pitched 1 1/3 innings and walked two with three strikeouts. Carr pitched an inning and allowed a run on a hit and three walks with two strikeouts. Mason Stubbe pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed six earned on five hits and three walks and had one strikeout.