Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
The Cornbelt League amateur baseball season got underway on Sunday, June 7th for this year. Dell Rapids PBR played two league games during the week and won both of them to start the league season at 2-0.
On Sunday, June 7th, PBR hosted the Canova Gang at Rickeman Field. PBR scored the first six runs and went on to get the win 6-1.
Aaron Hansen got the scoring started in the bottom of the third with a one-out, two-run triple. Weston Hanson followed with an RBI single to give PBR a 3-0 lead. PBR got another run in the bottom of the fourth on a Canova error to push the lead to 4-0. Matt Gillogly added a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth for a 6-0 lead. Canova scored their run on a bases-loaded walk in top of the eight inning.
Gillogly had three hits and two RBI. Riley Hoffman also had three hits. Tanner Solberg finished with two hits. A. Hansen had a hit with two RBI, and W. Hanson had a hit with an RBI. Hoffman pitched the first seven innings to earn the win. He gave up no runs on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts. Tanner Olmstead pitched an inning giving up an unearned run on three walks and a strikeout. Brett Mogen pitched the final inning striking out two batters.
PBR continued league play on Thursday, June 11th as they hosted the Colman A’s. A three-run first inning is all PBR needed for a 3-0 victory to move to 2-0 in league play.
Solberg drove a triple to center field scoring Hoffman. Gillogly followed that with his second home run of the week. Gillogly hit a two-run home run to right field to give PBR the 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Mogen pitched a complete-game gem giving up just four hits while striking out 17 Colman A’s batters.
Gillogly, W. Hanson, Beau Behrend, and Nate McKee all had two hits in the game. Hoffman and Solberg both finished with a hit.
PBR (3-0) will travel to Flandreau on Sunday, June 14th. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Canova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Dell Rapids | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Colman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dell Rapids | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 10 | 1 |