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The Canova Gang took a 2-1 victory over the Dell Rapids Mudcats in Canova on Tuesday, June 29th.
Kris Regas took the loss for the Mudcats despite pitching eight innings of four-hit baseball with 18 strikeouts. Dell Rapids was charged with five errors in the game.
Derek Miller took the win for Canova throwing a complete game on just five hits with five strikeouts.
The Mudcats will take to the field on Tuesday, July 6th at Colman for their next game.
The Dell Rapids 14U got two more league wins in back-to-back nights as they continued their impressive run through the I-29 League.
Dell Rapids defeated Madison 1-0 in eight innings in a great pitcher’s duel on Monday, June 28th at Volunteer Field in Dell Rapids.
Madison only had two hits in the game and got a runner as far as second base in the top of the second and then had a runner on third base in the top of the sixth inning, but they were unable to score.
Dell Rapids had multiple threats to score in the game, but couldn’t break through until the game-winning, RBI single by Tad Tjaden to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Tjaden had two hits and an RBI. Logan Donovan had two hits. Quinn Carr had a double. Lincoln Fersdahl and Talan Millage both had a single. Fersdahl was impressive on the mound pitching 6 2/3 innings allowing just two hits and one walk with 10 strikeouts. Tjaden pitched 1 1/3 innings tallying three strikeouts.
Dell Rapids followed the big win over Madison with a 20-6 win in Baltic on Tuesday, June 29th. Dell Rapids pounded 16 hits and scored in every inning, including seven runs in the seventh, in the victory.
Donovan and Fersdahl both had four hits and two RBIs. Carr had two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs. Cole Ruesink had two hits and an RBI. Tjaden finished with two hits, one of those a triple. Millage also had two hits. Tristan Welch and Nick Snyder both had an RBI.
Carr pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing four runs, two earned, on four hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts. Ruesink pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing two runs, both unearned, on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts.
Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley
The Dell Rapids Legion team out hit Canova in the game, but Dell Rapids committed four errors, and Canova defeated Dell Rapids 4-1 on Tuesday, June 29th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.
Canova struck first for three runs in the top of the third inning. A walk, single, errant throw on a bunt, and a dropped third strike led to three runs for Canova for a 3-0 lead.
Dell Rapids got a run back in the top of the fourth on back-to-back doubles. Noah Swartwout had the first double, and then Kaeden Eastman followed with a double for the RBI.
Canova got their fourth run on a fielder’s choice ground ball in the top of the sixth inning. Dell Rapids looked to be putting together a rally in the bottom of the seventh. Eastman started the inning with a single, and Jake Steineke followed with a double to put runners on second and third with no outs, but the next three batters went down in order ending any rally for Dell Rapids.
Eastman had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Swartwout, Steineke, and Riley Peter all had a double in the game.
Swartwout pitched five innings allowing four runs, just one earned, on three hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts. Caleb Kittleson pitched two innings not allowing a hit while striking out three batters.
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| Canova | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Dell Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 5 | 4 |
The Dell Rapids 16U baseball team split two games played on back-to-back nights.
Dell Rapids scored 14 straight runs on their way to a 19-4 win over the Tea Bolts in Tea on Monday, June 28th. Dell Rapids had a four-run top of the first inning, added three more in the top of the third, and then scored seven times in the top of the fourth to lead 14-0. Tea score four times in their half of the fourth inning, but Dell Rapids scored five more in the top of the fifth before the game ended on the 10-run rule.
Aiden Boechler had two hits, a double and triple, and three RBIs. Will Jaton had two hits and an RBI. Even Nelson had a double and three RBIs. Kade Kremer, Jace Entringer, CJ Smith, Aiden Geraets, and Sutton Williams all had a hit and RBI. Dylan Mathis had a double. Kamren Koster had a single, and Micah Pickard, Braeden Nirva, and Ethan Kringen all finished with an RBI.
Smith pitched three innings allowing one runs on a hit with two walks and six strikeouts. Nelson pitched an inning allowing four runs, two earned, on two hits with three walks and a strikeout. Brayden Pankonen pitched an inning with one strikeout.
Dakota Valley erased a two-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh by scoring three teams to get an 8-7 come-from-behind win over Dell Rapids on Tuesday, June 29th.
Dakota Valley scored two times in the bottom of the first to lead 2-0. Dell Rapids tied the game with two runs in the top of the second inning only to see Dakota Valley get another run in the bottom of the inning. Dell Rapids tied the game again in the top of the third at 3-3. The score remained 3-3 until the top of the fifth inning. Dell Rapids scored three times, but Dakota Valley answered with two runs, and Dell Rapids led 6-5 after five innings. Dell Rapids scored one more time in the top of the seventh to take a two-run lead, 7-5, into the bottom of the ninth. The first four batters reached safely for Dakota Valley, two of them scoring, to tie the game 7-7 before an out was recorded. The winning run was scored with one out on a passed ball to end the game.
Dell Rapids only had three hits in the game. Kringen had a hit and an RBI. John Mortrude had a double. Smith had the other hit. Mathis and Joe Rechtenbaugh both had an RBI.
Rechtenbaugh pitched four innings allowing three earned runs on two hits with eight walks and a strikeout. Williams pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing five runs, three earned, on five hits with five walks and a strikeout.
The Dell Rapids Mudcats rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to score a 12-8 win over the Madison Broncos on Sunday, June 27th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.
Dell Rapids did have an early lead. The Mudcats scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning. After Madison scored one in the top of the third, Dell Rapids added two more in the bottom half of the inning for a 4-1 lead after three innings of play.
The Broncos got another run in the top of the fourth, and then three more in the top of the fifth to take a 5-4 lead. The lead was short-lived as Dell Rapids scored a run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game 5-5. The Broncos responded with three more in the top of the sixth. The Mudcats scored two times to pull within a run at 8-7 after six innings. Dell Rapids then sent 10 batters to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring five times to take a 12-8 lead. Madison was retired in order in their half of the ninth inning.
Dalton Lehnen had three hits, including a home run, and had three RBIs. Kris Regas had two hits and an RBI. Grant Olson had two hits, one a double. Ty Hoglund and Dalton Allen both had two hits. Mark Abrahamson had a hit and two RBIs. Travis Peters had a single and an RBI. Chad Hunt and Trevor Freudenthal both had singles.
John Spaeth was the winning pitcher after relieving the starter Abrahamson. Spaeth threw no-run, no-hit baseball over the last three innings, and the Mudcats played flawlessly on defense, after committing six miscues in the first six innings.
Dell Rapids PBR lost to the Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks 12-4 in Humboldt on Sunday, June 27th. The Gamecocks had two five-run innings on their way to the win.
The first of the two five-run innings for the Gamecocks came in the bottom of the first inning. They added another run in the bottom of the second inning for a 6-0 lead.
PBR cut into the lead in the top of the third inning. Nate McKee was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for an RBI. Tanner Solberg drove home two more runs with a single to make the score 6-3. PBR added another run in the top of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Brandon Geraets to pull PBR within two runs at 6-4. The Gamecocks then added a run in the bottom of the fifth and five more in the bottom of the seventh.
Solberg had two hits with two RBIs. McKee and Geraets both had a single and RBI. Carter Gullickson finished with two hits, including a double. Riley Hoffman had a single. Solberg pitched five innings allowing seven runs, three earned, on nine hits with five walks and two strikeouts. Matt Gillogly pitched three innings allowing five earned runs on seven hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Dalton Lehnen dazzled on the mound for the Dell Rapids Mudcats as he threw seven shutout innings racking up 20 strikeouts as the Mudcats defeated Dell Rapids PBR 10-0 in eight innings at the annual “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” night on Friday, June 25th at Rickeman Field.
Lehnen struck out the first nine batters of the game before Carter Gullickson got a double in the top of the fourth inning. Tim Wilhelmsen had the other hit allowed by Lehnen, a single in the fifth inning.
The Mudcats scored in six of the eight innings as they built their lead throughout the game. Nate Henry had the game-ending hit, a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Not only did Lehnen have 20 strikeouts on the mound, he had two hits and three RBIs in the game. Henry had two hits, one a home run, and an RBI. Mark Abrahamson had a two-run home run. Both Ty Hoglund and Chad Hunt had two hits, including a double. Travis Peters had a double. Jimmy Bauer and Grant Olson both had a hit. Hunt also pitched one inning allowing a hit.
Gullickson finished with a double for PBR. Wilhelmsen had a single as did Brandon Geraets. Riley Hoffman pitched five innings allowing six runs on seven hits with two strikeouts. Trey Randel pitched two-plus innings allowing four runs on four hits with two strikeouts.
After seeing an 8-1 lead shrink to 8-7, Dell Rapids scored seven unanswered runs for a 15-7 win over Volga on Thursday, June 24th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.
Landon Ruesink put Dell Rapids on the board first with a two-run home run to left field in the bottom of the first inning. Volga got one run in the top of the second inning, but Dell Rapids responded with one of their two big innings in the bottom half of the inning. Andrew Van Dam had an RBI sacrifice fly to score Zeb Schumaker. Connor Libis scored on a steal of home. Ruesink had a two-run triple and then scored on a wild pitch. Josh Deknikker and an RBI double, and Dell Rapids led 8-1 after two innings.
The scored remained 8-1 heading into the top of the fifth inning. That’s when Volga scored six times on four hits and cut the Dell Rapids lead down to one run at 8-7. Dell Rapids got one back in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Libis.
Dell Rapids then put the game out of reach in the bottom of the sixth by having another six-run inning. Ruesink scored on a balk. Brady Larson had an RBI sacrifice fly out. Deknikker had an RBI ground ball where he reached via an error. Deknikker later scored on a wild pitch. Van Dam had an RBI single, and Libis scored on another wild pitch to give Dell Rapids a 15-7 lead. Volga loaded the bases in the top of the seventh, but was unable to score.
Ruesink had two hits, a home run and triple, and had four RBIs. Van Dam had two hits and two RBIs. Libis had two hits and an RBI. Deknikker had a double and an RBI. Schumaker had a double, and Kaeden Eastman had a hit. Larson had an RBI.
Noah Swartwout pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, but only one earned, on four hits with seven walks and two strikeouts. Ruesink pitched the final 2 1/3 innings allowing one hit with three walks and four strikeouts.
Dell Rapids will host Canova on Tuesday, June 29th
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| Volga Legion | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Dell Rapids Legion | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | X | X | X | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Garretson scored six runs in the first two innings on the way to a 9-0 win over Dell Rapids 16U on Thursday, June 24th in Dell Rapids. The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for Dell Rapids.
Garretson scored a run in the top of the first inning, but five more in the top of the second for the 6-0 lead. They added a run in the fourth, sixth, and seventh innings.
Dell Rapids was held to just two hits in the game. Ethan Kringen had a triple and Aiden Boechler had a single.
Will Jaton pitched four innings allowing seven runs, but just one earned, on eight hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Joe Rechtenbaugh pitched three innings allowing two runs, one earned, on one hit with one walk and one strikeout.
Dell Rapids travels to Tea on Monday, June 28th.
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| Garretson 16U | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Dell Rapids 16U | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Dell Rapids scored five times in the bottom of the first inning to take an early lead they would not lose on their way to a 13-8 win over SEBA Connell at Volunteer Field on Wednesday, June 23rd.
SEBA scored the first run in the top of the first inning, but Dell Rapids plated five runs in the bottom of the inning. Noah Larson, Ian Zelmer, and Ethan Vanderwerf all had RBI singles. Carson Crosby drew an RBI walk, and Tristan Welch scored on an error to give Dell Rapids a 5-1 lead. Both teams scored a run in the bottom of the second inning. Crosby drew his second bases-loaded walk for another RBI.
SEBA chipped away at the lead in the third and fourth innings. They scored one run in the top of the third and two more in the top of fourth inning to cut the Dell Rapids lead to 6-5. Dell Rapids, however, would score four times in the bottom of the fifth inning. Zelmer had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Welch had a three-run double to push the Dell Rapids lead to 10-5. SEBA scored two in the top of the sixth, but Dell Rapids scored three more times. Larson had an RBI single, Kenny Swanson scored on a passed ball, and Jack Paterson had an RBI bases-loaded walk to make the score 13-7. SEBA got one run in the top of the seventh.
Larson had two hits and two RBIs in the game. Welch had a double and three RBIs. Zelmer had a hit and two RBIs. Vanderwerf finished with a single and an RBI. Logan Donovan had a hit, Crosby had two RBIs, and Paterson had an RBI.
Swanson pitched two innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with two walks and a strikeout. Donovan pitched two innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on one hit with four walks and five strikeouts. Brandon Schmidt pitched three innings giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.