Dell Rapids PBR won for the fourth time in their last five games after an 11-1 win over Salem on Thursday, July 15th.
PBR got three runs in the top of the third inning. Riley Hoffman had an RBI ground out scoring Trey Randel. Carter Gullickson scored on a wild pitch, and David Kirby had an RBI single for an early 3-0 lead. Salem picked up a run in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 3-1.
The score remained 3-1 until the top of the seventh inning. PBR then scored eight times in the top of the seventh. Weston Hanson had an RBI single. Kirby drove home two with a single. Beau Behrend had an RBI single. Gullickson brought home two more with a double, and Hanson also had two more RBIs in the inning with a double. Salem was held scoreless in the bottom of the seventh, and the game ended on the 10-run rule.
Hanson had four hits, including a double, and three RBIs. Kirby had three hits and three RBIs. Gullickson had two doubles and two RBIs. Hoffman and Behrend both had two hits and an RBI. Riley Calhoon, Tanner Solberg, and Randel all had a single in the game as well. Hoffman pitched seven innings allowing an unearned run on four hits with four walks and six strikeouts.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBR | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | X | X | 11 | 16 | 3 |
| Salem | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 4 | 2 |