A day after taking a road loss in Madison, the Dell Rapids legion baseball team bounced back in a big way in Tea on Tuesday, June 30th.  Playing in their second of three straight days, Dell Rapids picked up a 13-3 road win against Tea ending the game in the sixth inning on the 10-run rule.

Dell Rapids wasted no time as they scored two runs in the top of the first inning.  Landon Ruesink and Jake Steineke both had RBI singles in the inning.  Tea tied the game in the bottom of the first getting two runs on three hits to make the score 2-2 after the first inning.

Dell Rapids then exploded for five runs in the top of the second inning and never looked back.  Bryce Sommerfeld had an RBI single, Steineke added an RBI groundout, Drew Van Regenmorter brought home two runs on a double, and Noah Swartwout had an RBI single.  Logan Stone added an RBI single in the top of the third inning to extend the lead to 8-2.  Tea got their last run in the bottom of the third inning on a dropped third strike.  They had a total of three base runners the rest of the game.

Kaeden Eastman scored on an error, Stone had an RBI groundout, and Ruesink added another RBI single in the top of the fourth to push the Dell Rapids lead to 11-3.  Ruesink brought home another run in the top of the sixth on an RBI triple and later scored on a wild pitch for the final two runs of the game.

Ruesink finished with four hits and three RBIs in the game.  Van Regenmorter had three hits and two RBIs.  Stone had two hits and two RBIs.  Steineke had a hit with two RBIs.  Swartwout and Sommerfeld both had a hit and an RBI in the game.  Logan Ellingson also finished the game with two hits.

Brady Larson pitched his second straight complete game to earn his third win of the season on the mound.  Larson gave up three runs, one earned, on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts in six innings of work.

Dell Rapids (5-6) will host Volga on Wednesday, July 1st for their third straight game in as many days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Dell Rapids	2	5	1	3	0	2	X		13	14	0
Tea	2	0	1	0	0	0	X		3	6	2

Madison defeated the Dell Rapids legion baseball team for the second time this season on Monday, June 29th in Madison.  After a 19-3 win in the first game of the year, Madison earned a 13-3 win on the 10-run rule in five innings.

Madison scored 12 of their 13 runs in the first three innings of the game.  They put four runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning.  Madison then followed with six runs before recording an out in the bottom of the second inning.  They then scored two more runs in the bottom of the third to take a 12-0 lead.

Dell Rapids got three runs in the top of the fourth inning.  Drew Van Regenmorter had a two-run triple in the inning, and then later scored on an RBI groundout by Ty Wood.  The game ended on the 10-run rule in the bottom of the fifth inning after one run scored for Madison.

Along with the RBI triple by Van Regenmorter, Noah Swartwout, Jake Steineke, Riley Peter, and Logan Ellingson all had hits in the game.  Swartwout pitched the first inning giving up six runs, four earned, on three hits with three walks and a strikeout.  Bryce Sommerfeld came into the game in the second inning giving up four runs, all earned, on five hits.  Kaeden Eastemen pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up three runs, one earned, on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (4-6) will travel to Tea on Tuesday, June 30th.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Dell Rapids	0	0	0	3	0	X	X		3	5	2
Madison	4	6	2	0	1	X	X		13	11	0

The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team scored two times and had the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, but the late inning rally was not enough to make the comeback against McCook/Miner on Friday, June 26th.  McCook/Miner held on for a 5-2 win at Rickeman Field.

McCook/Miner rallied for a big first inning.  After two of the first three hitters were retired, McCook/Miner followed with a double and two singles to score three runs for an early 3-0 lead.  Another run was added in the top of the third inning after a triple and an overthrow to make the score 4-0.  McCook/Miner added one more run in the top of the fifth inning to push their lead to 5-0.

Dell Rapids made the game interesting in the bottom of the seventh inning.  Jake Steineke starting the inning with a single, but the next two batters were retired on fly balls.  Ty Wood kept the inning alive with a single.  Riley Peter brought home the first run on an RBI single.  Mason Goeken added a single to load the bases with two outs for Dell Rapids.  Logon Stone added an RBI single to score another run and keep the bases loaded with two outs, but the final out was recorded on a strikeout to stop the comeback.

Stone had two hits and an RBI.  Goeken also had two hits in the game.  Peter finished with one hit and an RBI.  Steineke and Wood each had one hit.  Stone started the game pitching going four innings while giving up five runs, two earned, on six hits with four walks and two strikeouts.  Brandon Kubly pitched the final three innings giving up no runs and no hits with four strikeouts.

Dell Rapid (4-5) will travel to Madison on Monday, June 29th, then head to Tea on Tuesday, June 30th, and finish a three-straight day stretch with a home game against Volga on Wednesday, July 1st.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
McCook/Miner	3	0	1	0	1	0	0		5	6	1
Dell Rapids	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	7	3

After dropping two games against Humboldt/Hartford, Dell Rapids got back into the win column with a home win on Wednesday, June 24th.  Dell Rapids defeated Beresford for the second time after a 10-3 win at Rickeman Field.

Beresford scored the first run of the game in the top of the second inning after getting runners to second and third with no outs.  It was the only run they would get in the inning, and their lead would be short-lived.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Landon Ruesink, a run on a passed ball, and an RBI single by Noah Swartwout.

Dell Rapids would add three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on a two-run single by Brandon Geraets, and a run-scoring sacrifice fly by Jake Steineke.  Dell Rapids led 6-1 after the fourth inning.  Beresford cut the lead in half at 6-3 in the top of the fifth inning on three hits, but that would be as close as they would get.  Dell Rapids added four more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Logan Stone had a two-run single, Geraets added another RBI hit, and Steineke drove home another run with a single.

Ruesink finished the game with three hits and an RBI.  Four players had two hits each in the game.  Geraets had two hits and three RBIs, Stone and Steineke both had two hits and two RBIs each, and Mason Goeken also had two hits.  Swartwout had a hit and an RBI.  Drew Van Regenmorter and Ty Wood also had hits in the game.

Brady Larson pitched all seven innings for the complete-game win, which is the second win of the season for him.  Larson gave up three runs, two earned, on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (4-4) will host McCook Central/Montrose on Friday, June 26th.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Beresford	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		3	6	3
Dell Rapids	0	3	0	3	4	0	X		10	14	1