A nine-run fourth inning helped Dell Rapids 16U to a 13-6 win over Tea on Thursday, June 30th.
Tea took the first lead with a two-run bottom of the fourth inning, but Dell Rapids tied the game with two runs in the top of the second. Luke Schoolmeester had an RBI single, and Cooper Frost followed with an RBI triple. Dell Rapids then broke the 2-2 tie with their nine-run fourth inning. Cole Ruesink had a two-run single. Sutton Williams added an RBI single. Quinn Carr followed with a three-run double. Talan Millage brought home a run with a single, and Konrad Richeal and Ruesink both had a bases-loaded walk to give Dell Rapids an 11-2 lead.
Frost had an RBI single in the the top of the fifth to push the lead to 12-2. Tea got a run in the bottom of the inning to avoid the 10-run rule. Ruesink had an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth. Tea added three more runs in the bottom of the inning.
Frost had three hits, including a triple, and two RBIs. Carr had two hits, one a double, and three RBIs. Williams and Millage both had two hits and an RBI. Ruesink finished with a hit and four RBIs. Schoolmeester and Richeal both had a single and RBI. Ethan Kringen had two hits, and Lincoln Fersdahl and Micah Pickard both had a hit.
Ruesink pitched three innings and allowed three runs, none earned, on a hit and three strikeouts. Fersdahl pitched three innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on two hits and two walks with six strikeouts. Frost pitched an inning and allowed an unearned run on two hits and a walk with two strikeouts.