Madison had a six-run fifth inning that was the difference in the game as they defeated Dell Rapids 12-8 at Rickeman Field on Wednesday, June 23rd.

Jake Steineke gave Dell Rapids an early 3-0 lead with a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning.  Madison got one run in the top of the second on back-to-back hits to start the inning.  Madison got another run in the top of the fourth inning to cut the Dell Rapids lead to 3-2.

Then came the big inning for Madison.  The first three batters reached on a double, triple, and then single to give Madison a 4-3 lead.  Dell Rapids got the next two batters, but Madison followed with a triple, walk, single, and double to push the lead to 8-3.

Riley Peter had an RBI single for Dell Rapids in the bottom of the sixth to cut the Madison lead in half at 8-4.  Madison padded their lead with four runs in the top of the seventh off of two hits while taking advantage of two walks and two errors.

Dell Rapids put together a rally with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.  Landon Ruesink had a two-run double.  Steineke drove home two more runs on a double to cut the lead to 12-8, but the rally ended there for Dell Rapids.

Steineke had three hits, including a home run and double, and five RBIs.  Noah Swartwout and Kaeden Eastman both had two hits.  Ruesink had a double and two RBIs.  Peter finished with a hit and an RBI.  Josh Deknikker also had a hit.

Brady Larson pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing eight earned runs on 12 hits with one walk and one strikeout.  Andrew Van Dam pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing four runs, one earned, on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Post 65 was held to just one hit as Vermillion went home with a 14-0 win on Monday, June 21st.

Vermillion put Dell Rapids in a big hole right away in the first inning.  They scored five runs in the top of the first and then added eight more in the top of the second inning.  The final run scored in the top of the fourth.

Landon Ruesink had the lone hit for Dell Rapids, a single to right field in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Noah Swartwout took the loss on the mound throwing 1 1/3 innings allowing eight runs, three earned, on three hits with four walks and two strikeouts.  Caleb Kittleson pitched 1 2/3 inning allowing five runs, none of them earned, on six hits with one walks.  Brady Larson pitched one inning allowing an earned run on two hits with two strikeouts. 

Dell Rapids (4-5) will host Madison on Wednesday, June 23rd.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Vermillion Post 1	5	8	0	1	X	X	X	X	X	14	11	0
Dell Rapids Post 65	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	0	1	4

The Dell Rapids Legion team finished a stretch of five games in three days with a double-header against Sioux Falls Post 15 Black on Wednesday, June 16th and then a trip to Volga on Thursday, June 17th.

Sioux Falls handed Dell Rapids two losses as they won the first game 14-3 and the second game 21-12.  Sioux Falls had a five-run third and eight-run fifth inning in the first game to get the win.

In the first game, Noah Swartwout had two hits, including a double, with two RBI.  Kaeden Eastman had a hit and RBI.  Jake Steineke, Brady Larson, Caleb Kittleson, and Connor Libis all had hits.  Kittleson pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing 11 runs, 10 earned, on 13 hits with two walks and two strikeouts.  Eastman pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing three earned runs on a hit with three walks and two strikeouts.

Ashaun Roach-Valandra had three hits, including a triple, and two RBIs in the second game.  Riley Peter finished with two hits and three RBIs.  Swartwout and Steineke each had two hits, and each with a double, and an RBI.  Bryce Sommerfeld had two hits, and Landon Ruesink and Eastman both had a hit.  Swartwout pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing seven runs, six earned, on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts.  Libis pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing five earned runs on four hits with three walks and a strikeout.  Sommerfeld pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up nine runs, eight earned, on six hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

Dell Rapids bounced back the next night with a 12-8 eight over Volga on the road.  After Volga tied the game late in the bottom of the sixth inning, Dell Rapids scored five times in the top of the seventh to earn the victory.

Ruesink finished with three hits, one a triple, and three RBIs.  Eastman had two hits and two RBIs.  Larson also had two hits and an RBI.  Kittleson had a home run and two RBIs.  Andrew Van Dam had a double and two RBIs.  Sommerfeld had a hit and RBI.  Roach-Valandra had a hit, and Josh Deknikker had an RBI.  Ruesink pitched five innings allowing four runs, three earned on five hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.  Roach-Valandra pitched two innings and gave up four earned runs on two hits with five walks and a strikeout.