Dell Rapids M won five of its last seven games to finish the regular season 6-10.

Dell Rapids M 9, Volga 4

Six first inning runs propelled Dell Rapids M to a win July 21 at Rickeman Field.

Casey Hansen, Josh Roemen, Brett Mogen and Eric Klein all walked in the first inning. An error, hit by pitch and two-run single by Nick Hoffman created the early rally. Dell Rapids scored three more runs in the second inning on walks by Adrian Juba and Hansen in front of three consecutive singles by Mogen, Klein and Elijah Story.

Mogen pitched the first four innings for the win. He allowed three runs on six hits and struck out five. Story followed with two strong innings of relief. He gave up one run on one hit with a strike out. Mason Peter closed out the seventh with three up and three down.

Mogen had a single and double and two RBI. Klein, Story, Hoffman and Peter each had one hit.

Volga 200 110 0 – 4 7 1

Dells 630 000 x – 9 6 3

Dell Rapids Battery: Brett Mogen, Elijah Story (5), Mason Peter (7) and Casey Hansen.

Dell Rapids M split games this past week to the top two teams in the I-29 League.

West Central 8, Dell Rapids M 1

West Central, the number one team in the league, scored late to pull away from Dell Rapids M 8-1 on Monday, July 14th.

Elijah Story pitched five strong innings for Dell Rapids. He gave up three runs on six hits and struck out two. Mason Peter completed the final two innings. He surrendered six hits and five runs.

Dell Rapids M managed only two hits. Brett Mogen had an RBI single and Eric Klein added a single.

Dell Rapids M 13, Madison Gold 7

Dell Rapids knocked off the second place team in the I-29 League 13-7 on Wednesday, July 16th.

Josh Roemen led off the game with a sharp single past first base and eventually scored on Nate McKee’s sacrifice fly. Dell Rapids never looked back as Roemen added two triples for three hits total. McKee added a second RBI and two singles to the offense. Dell Rapids banged out 14 hits. Klein had a double and single, Story singled twice, and Mogen, Hunter Hansen, Nick Hoffman, Peter, and Ethan Brobjorg all contributed singles.

Mogen pitched the first four innings and entered the bottom of the fourth with a 10-0 lead. Three errors and four singles brought Madison back to a 10-4 deficit. A solid defensive play ended the threat.  Centerfielder Hunter Hansen fired a base hit back to shortstop Roemen who relayed it to Peter for the third out of the inning at home plate. Mogen finished his four innings with four hits, four runs and four strike outs.

Klein pitched the fifth and sixth innings and surrendered four runs on seven hits. Peter came on in relief with no outs and runners on second and third in the bottom of the seventh. He retired all three batters he faced to end the game. He was assisted by two running catches in the outfield by Adrian Juba. Dell Rapids pitchers did not walk a hitter in the game.

Dell Rapids (5-11) plays its final regular season game on Monday, July 21st at home versus Volga.

Dells M ended up 0-4 in the league tournament June 16-22.

Dells K (Kerzman) 4, Dells M (Mogen) 3

Ty Hoglund pitched six strong innings to lead Dells K past Dells M 4-3 on June 17. Hoglund struck out 12 and allowed five walks and three hits. He surrendered one unearned run.

Hoglund started the game with a double and scored on a Joel Brust single. Brust tallied three of the five Dells K hits in the game. Trevor Pulscher doubled for Dells K.

After surrendering the first inning run, Dells M pitcher Brett Mogen settled in to set down 12 of the next 13 hitters, one reaching base on an infield error. He completed four innings and struck out six while allowing two hits and one run.

Dells K extended its lead to 3-0 in the sixth inning when Brust singled, Reese Warne walked and both scored on consecutive infield errors. Dells M relief pitcher Eric Klein gave up only one earned run in three innings of work.

Dells M rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out Ethan Brobjorg reached first on a hit by pitch. Casey Hansen, Mogen and Nick Hoffman all walked to score Brobjorg. After a pitching change, Klein was hit by pitch to make the score 4-3. Dells K closer Trey Randel struck out the final two hitters with the bases loaded to earn a save.

For Dells M Hansen doubled and Hunter Hansen added a single.

Dells M 000 001 2 – 3 3 3

Dells K 100 002 1 – 4 5 1

Dells M: Brett Mogen, Eric Klein (5) and Casey Hansen.

Dells K: Ty Hoglund, Reese Warne (7), Trey Randel (7) and Joel Brust.

 

Chancellor 9, Dells M 0

Eight errors led to nine runs and a 9-0 loss at Chancellor June 18.

Adrian Juba laced two singles to lead the Dell Rapids offense. Brett Mogen, Hunter Hansen, Nick Hoffman, Nate McKee, Elijah Story all had one hit.

Dells M      000 000 0 – 0 7 8

Chancellor 203 020 2 – 9 10 2

Dells M: Elijah Story, Mason Peter (4) and Nick Hoffman

 

Garretson 1, Dells M 0

Garretson scored the winning run in the bottom of the final inning when a runner reached base on an infield error and scored on a double.

Micah Mader and Jacob Fitzgerald combined to hold Dell Rapids to no runs on three hits. Brett Mogen took the loss for Dells M going the distance. He allowed four hits and one run while striking out four in six innings.

Casey Hansen hit two singles and Nate McKee added a double.

Dells M 000 000 0 3 2

Garretson 000 001 – 1 4 1

Dells M: Brett Mogen and Casey Hansen.

 

Colton/Crooks 8, Dells M 3

Dells M (1-7 on season) led 3-1 and held on to a 3-3 tie until Colton/Crooks erupted for five runs in the final inning.

Hansen, Mogen, McKee, Klein, Peter, Hunter Hansen, Thomas Schuring and Elijah Hansen all collected hits.

Colton/Crooks 100 205 – 8 9 1

Dells M              210 000 – 3 8 4

Dells M: Eric Klein, Mason Peter (6) and Nick Hoffman.