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Lennox Hands PBR First League Loss

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Dell Rapids PBR suffered their first Cornbelt League loss on Sunday, June 19th.  Lennox Only One defeated PBR 4-2 in Lennox.

The first six batters reached for Lennox in the bottom of the first inning, with three of them scoring, to give Lennox a 3-0 lead after the first inning.  Neither offense could get much going through the next five innings as the score remained 3-0 after six innings of play.  Lennox added another run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by Drew Sweeter to push the lead to 4-0.  PBR rallied for two runs in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI sacrifice fly by Carter Gullickson and and RBI single by Riley Hoffman.  PBR tried to get a rally going in the top of the ninth by getting two men on base, but Sweeter struck out the side to preserve the win for Lennox.

Aaron Hansen led PBR with two hits on the night.  Hoffman had a hit and an RBI.  Weston Hanson, Tanner Solberg, Teigen Lindner, and Nate McKee also had hits in the game.  Tanner Olmstead pitched four innings giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.  Trey Randel also pitched four innings giving up an earned run on two hits with four strikeouts.

PBR (4-2) will host Madison in a make-up game on Tuesday, June 23rd, and then travel to Colman on Thursday, June 25th.

Humboldt/Hartford Takes Two from Dell Rapids Legion

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Photo taken by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal

The Dell Rapids legion baseball team hosted Humboldt/Hartford on Friday, June 19th in a double-header at Rickeman Field.  Humboldt/Hartford won both games, winning the first game 13-9 and the second game 11-0.

Dell Rapids scored first in the bottom of the first in an RBI single by Brandon Geraets.  After Humboldt/Hartford tied the game 1-1, Dell Rapids scored four times in the bottom of the third.  Logan Ruesink had an RBI groundout, Drew Van Regenmorter had an RBI double, and Noah Swartwout drove home two with a double.  Dell Rapids led 5-1 after three innings.  Humboldt/Hartford then scored the next twelve runs over the next four innings taking advantage of four Dell Rapids errors in that stretch.  They scored three in the fourth inning, six runs in the fifth, one run in the sixth, and two more in the top of the seventh.  Dell Rapids scored four times in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Riley Peter and a three-run double by Swartwout, but the rally was not enough for Dell Rapids.

Swartwout finished with three hits and five RBIs in the game.  Geraets and Peter both had two hits and an RBI each.  Logan Stone, Kaeden Eastman, Ruesink, Van Regenmorter, and Ty Wood all had a hit.

Stone pitched the first four innings giving up nine runs, but just one earned, on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Swartwout pitched the final three innings giving up four runs, two earned, on four hits with four walks and five strikeouts.

Humboldt/Hartford continued the momentum into the second game.  The scored one run in the top of the first inning, added three more runs in the top of the third inning, and then the final seven in the top of the fourth inning while holding Dell Rapids hitless in the second game.

Gabe Skonseng pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up six runs, five earned, on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts.  Logan Ellingson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up five runs, one earned, on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (3-4) will host Beresford on Wednesday, June 24th.  First pitch will be about 7:45 p.m.  The legion game will take place after a 15/16 teener game between Dell Rapids and Beresford 16s.

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Dell Rapids 15/16s Get Big Come from Behind Win

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal

The Dell Rapids 15/16 teeners found themselves down 7-1 heading into the bottom of the third inning against Salem/Montrose on Wednesday, June 17th at Rickeman Field.  The Dell Rapids offense would not be held down any longer as they scored 17 runs in three innings for an 18-8 win in five innings.

Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI double by Dylan Mathis.  Salem/Montrose would get four runs in the top of the second inning and then add three more in the top of the third inning for a 7-1 lead.

Dell Rapids got five of the runs back in the bottom of the third inning on five straight hits by Bradon Fersdahl, Brayden Pankonen, Aiden Boechler, Landon Ruesink, and a home run by Mathis.  Dell Rapids trailed by just one run at 7-6 after three innings.  Salem/Montrose added another run in the top of the fourth for an 8-6 lead, but Dell Rapids score eight times on six walks and hits by Joe Rechtenbaugh, Mathis, CJ Smith, and Evan Nelson.  Dell Rapids led 14-8 heading into the fifth inning.  After holding Salem/Montrose scoreless, Dell Rapids scored four more runs on hits by Pankonen, Boechler, Ruesink, Mathis (fourth hit of the game), and Josh Deknikker to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Dell Rapids (4-2) will a few days off before a busy week.  Dell Rapids will travel to Vermillion on Monday, June 22nd, travel to Beresford on Tuesday, June 23rd, host the Beresford 16s on Wednesday, June 24th, and finish with a road game at Volga on Friday, June 26th.

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Dell Rapids Legion Splits Two Games

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The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team split two road games played earlier in the week.  On Monday, June 15th, Dell Rapids traveled to Vermillion and fell by a score of 6-2.  Dell Rapids bounced back for a big 12-0 win in Volga on Wednesday, June 17th.

Vermillion scored the first six runs by scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, third, and fifth innings.  Dell Rapids was able to get a couple of runs in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI groundout by Brandon Geraets and an RBI single by Jake Steineke.

Logan Stone and Noah Swartwout both had two hits in the game.  Ty Wood, Steineke, and Kaeden Eastman also collected a hit.

Swartwout took the loss pitching the first four innings.  He gave up five runs, three earned, on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts.  Stone pitched the final two innings giving up an unearned run on three hits with a strikeout.

Dell Rapids’ offense was on fire in Volga on Wednesday.  After a scoreless first inning, Dell Rapids erupted for six runs in the top of the second inning, added four more runs in the top of the fourth, and two runs in the top of the fifth inning.  The game ended on the 10-run rule after the fifth inning.

Ten different players had hits in the game for Dell Rapids.  Stone, Eastman, and Drew Van Regenmorter all had two hits each.  Geraets, Steineke, Brady Larson, Bryce Sommerfeld, Logan Ellingson, Riley Peter, and Mason Goeken all had a hit.  Peter finished with three RBIs.  Ellingson had two RBIs.  Eastman, Geraets, Larson, Swartwout, Van Regenmorter, and Sommerfeld all had one RBI each.

Steineke started on the mound pitching one inning giving up no hits and had three strikeouts.  Larson pitched the final four innings to earn the win giving up no runs on five hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (3-2) will host Humboldt/Hartford on Friday, June 19th.  There will be two games starting at 5:30 p.m. at Rickemand Field.

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Dell Rapids 15/16s Fall to Madison Maroon

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The Dell Rapids 15/16 Teener team played another home game on Monday, June 15th, this time hosting Madison Maroon.  Madison went home the victors with a 10-5 win.

Madison pushed across a run on back-to-back hits, one a double and one a single, in the top of the first inning.  Dell Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the second inning by a score of 2-1 after three straight hits by Aiden Boechler, Dylan Mathis, and CJ Smith.  Madison regained the lead in the top of the third inning after plating two runs to lead 3-2.  Brayden Pankonen singled and later scored in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game 3-3.  Madison, however, would go ahead for good in the top of the fourth inning after scoring five times to lead 8-3.  Dell Rapids did get two more runs in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI triple by Landon Ruesink, who then scored later in the inning.  Madison put the game out of reach in the top of the seventh with two more runs.

Boechler finished the game with two hits.  Pankonen, Ruesink, Mathis, Smith, and Matthew Goeken all had one hit in the game.

Dell Rapids (3-2) will host Salem on Wednesday, June 17th, at 7:00 p.m.

 

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PBR Remains Unbeaten in League Play

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Dell Rapids PBR gave up five runs in the bottom of the first inning to Flandreau, but outscored Flandreau 9-1 the rest of the game for a 9-6 win on Sunday, June 14th in Flandreau.

Flandreau’s first four batters scored in the bottom of the first inning after a two singles, a walk, and a grand slam home run.  Flandreau added one more run on an error for a 5-0 lead.  PBR scored two runs in the top of the second as Beau Behrend and Teigen Lindner scored in the inning.  PBR pulled within a run at 5-4 in the top of 3rd after Carter Gullickson scored on an error, and Matt Gillogly scored on a sacrifice fly by Behrend.  Flandreau pushed the lead to 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning on a PBR error, but PBR took the lead with three runs in the top of the seventh on an RBI single by Gullickson, RBI sacrifice fly by Gillogly, and RBI single by Aaron Hansen.  Two more runs came across for PBR in the top of the ninth on a two-run triple by Gillogly.

Gillogly finished with three hits and four RBI in the game for PBR.  Riley Hoffman, Gullickson, and Hansen all had two hits each.  Lindner, Jake Rechtenbaugh, and Keegan Miller also had hits.  Gullickson, Hansen, Behrend, and Rechtenbaugh all had an RBI as well.

Tanner Olmstead pitched the first five innings giving up six runs, four earned, on six hits with six walks and seven strikeouts.  Gillogly picked up the win in relief pitching four innings giving up just one hit and two walks while striking out five batters.

PBR (4-1, 3-0) will host Madison on Thursday, June 18th at 7:30 p.m.

Dell Rapids 15/16s Win Two of Three During Weekend Games

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The Dell Rapids 15/16 Teener team played three games in less than 24 hours at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.  The boys hosted Chancellor during the evening on Friday, June 12th, and then hosted Vermillion for two games during the afternoon on Saturday, June 13th.

Dell Rapids scored in every inning to earn a 13-3 win on the 10-run rule in five innings.  Dell Rapids scored five runs on hits by Landon Ruesink, Dylan Mathis, CJ Smith, Will Jaton, and Joe Rechtenbaugh in the bottom of the first inning for a 5-0 lead.  Dell Rapids added another run on hits by Aiden Boechler and Caleb Kittelson in the second inning.   Another run came across in the third inning on a hit by Braden Fersdahl to give Dell Rapids a 7-0 lead.  Chancellor scored three runs in the top of the fourth, but Dell Rapids answered with a run in the bottom of the inning as Kittelson collected his second hit of the game.  Dell Rapids then scored five times on seven walks in the bottom of the fifth inning to end the game and collect the win.

On another great day for baseball, Dell Rapids split a double-header with Vermillion on Saturday afternoon.  The first game was back and forth and saw Vermillion score seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to get a 14-11 come-from-behind win.

Vermillion scored a run in the top of the first, but Dell Rapids answered in the bottom of the inning with two runs for  2-1 lead.  Vermillion added four runs in the top of the third and one more in the top of the fourth for a 6-2 lead.  Dell Rapids got the offense going as they scored a run in the bottom of the fourth and seven in the bottom of the fifth to take a 10-6 lead.  Both teams scored a run in the sixth inning as Dell Rapids led 11-7 heading into the seventh inning.  Vermillion then scored seven times and held Dell Rapids in the bottom of the inning for the win.

Brayden Pankonen had three hits in the game. Kittelson and Ruesink each had two hits.  Boechler, Mathis, Smith, and Brady Larson all had a hit in the game as well.

Dell Rapids did not let the setback linger between games.  They bounced back in the second game with a big 11-0 win on the 10-run rule in five innings to earn the split against Vermillion.

Dell Rapids scored five runs in the first, two in the second, and four more in the third inning for the victory.

Pankonen and Ruesink each had two more hits, Boechler picked up two hits, and Kittelson, Mathis, Jaton, Smith, and Larson all had a hit in the second game.

Dell Rapids (3-1) will host Madison Maroon on Monday, June 15th at Rickeman Field at 7:00 p.m.

PBR Opens Cornbelt Season with Two Wins

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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.

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Dell Rapids Legion Adds Another Road Win

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The Dell Rapids Legion baseball team took to the road for the second game in a row on Wednesday, June 10th.  They traveled to Beresford for the second game of a double-header after the 15/16 teener game.

Beresford scored first in the bottom of the first inning on a Dell Rapids error for an early 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the top of the second on an RBI single by Logan Ellingson scoring Kaeden Eastman.  Dell Rapids took the lead for good in the top of the third inning.  Logan Stone hit an RBI single scoring Landon Ruesink.  Stone later scored on an RBI groundout by Noah Swartwout.  Drew Van Regenmorter added an RBI single scoring Brandon Geraets for a 4-1 lead.  Beresford cut the lead to one in the bottom of the fourth inning after scoring two runs to make the score 4-3.  The score remained 4-3 until the top of the seventh.  Dell Rapids added three more runs on an RBI walk to Swartwout, an RBI walk to Ty Wood, and Eastman scoring on an wild pitch.  Dell Rapids held Beresford scoreless in the seventh for the 7-3 victory.

Logan Stone finished with two hits, two runs scored, and an RBI.  Geraets also had two hits and two runs scored.  Ellingson also collected two hits and an RBI.  Van Regenmorter and Wood both had a hit and RBI.  Jake Steineke also had a hit.

Stone also pitched five innings in a great game on the mound to earn the win.  He gave up three runs, two earned, on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts.  Steineke pitched the final two innings giving up just one hit and striking out three.

Dell Rapids (2-1) travels to Vermillion on Monday, June 15th for their next game.

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15/16 Teeners Open Season with Road Win

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Having to wait an extra day to start their season due to a weather cancellation, the Dell Rapids 15/16 teener team played their first game of the season on the road in Beresford on Wednesday, June 10th.  Dell Rapids wasted no time scoring runs on their way to an 11-6 victory.

Dell Rapids scored a run in each of the first two innings and then scored four times in the top of the third innings for an early 6-0 lead.  Beresford got on the board in the bottom of the third, but was limited to just one run as Dell Rapids lead 6-1 after three innings of play.  Dell Rapids added two more runs after CJ Smith and Joe Rechtenbaugh scored in the top of the fourth inning.  Beresford made a rally in the bottom of the inning scoring four times to pull within three at 8-5.  Dell Rapids would again add two more runs in the top of the fifth inning to push the lead back to five at 10-5.  Each team added another run in the sixth inning as Dell Rapids held on for the win.

Brayden Pankonen finished the game with three hits and two runs scored.  CJ Smith finished with two hits.  Caleb Kittleson had a double.  Landon Ruesink, Aiden Boechler, and Dylan Mathis all had hits in the game as well.

Ruesink pitched the first 2 1/3 innings giving up one unearned run on no hits with four walks and six strikeouts.  Smith pitched one inning giving up four runs, all earned, on two hits with two walks and a strikeout.  Pankonen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up no runs on one hit while striking out two.  Brady Larson pitched the final two innings giving up an earned run on one hit with one walk and two strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (1-0) will host Chancellor on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then host Vermillion in two games on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.  All three games will be at Rickeman Field.

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