A five-run top of the first inning was enough for Dell Rapids as they defeated Garretson 6-3 on Wednesday, April 24th in Garretson.

Eddie Price started the game with a lead-off double.  Jay Holm followed with an RBI single to give Dell Rapids a 1-0 lead just two batters into the game.  Keegan Miller walked and Austin Henry singled to load the bases with no outs.  After a strikeout, Jake Steineke hit a grand slam homerun to give Dell Rapids a 5-0 lead.  Garretson got one run back in the bottom of the first on a single by Dylan Kindt and an RBI single by Treyson Buckenberg.

Kindt drew a walk in the bottom of the third inning and scored on an RBI single by Brady DeBates.  Garretson would get another run in the bottom of the fourth inning on a Dell Rapids error to cut the lead to 5-3.  Tate Kolbeck hit an RBI single to score Steineke as an insurance run for Dell Rapids in the top of the fifth inning, which was the final run scored in the game.

Steineke, Kolbeck, and Henry all finished with two hits each.  Price, Holm, and Ty Wood also collected hits.  Steineke led the team with four RBIs and two runs scored.  Kolbeck and Holm drove home the other two runs.  Steineke also took the win for Dell Rapids on the mound pitching 5 1/3 innings giving up three runs, one earned, on four hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.  Henry pitched the final 1 2/3 innings not allowing hit while walking one batter and striking out three.

Dell Rapids (4-2) will travel to Colton to play Tri-Valley on Friday, April 26th.

After driving to play at Dakota Valley High School, Baltic and Dell Rapids squared off in baseball action on Thursday, April 18th.  Baltic scored early and was able to hold off Dell Rapids for a 6-4 victory.

Baltic scored two runs in the top of the second inning to take an early 2-0 lead.  They added two more runs on two hits and an error in the top of the third for a quick 4-0 advantage.  Dell Rapids cut the lead in half in the bottom of the third after RBI groundouts by Jake Rechtenbaugh and Charlie Holm.  Both teams were held scoreless until the sixth inning.  Baltic added two more runs on an RBI double by Elliot Haux to push the Baltic lead back to four at 6-2.  Dell Rapids got a two-run home run by Rechtenbaugh with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but it wasn’t enough as Baltic closed out the victory.

Logan Stone, Jay Holm, and Rechtenbaugh all had two hits each.  Rechtenbaugh had three RBIs in the game, and C. Holm had one.  Stone took the loss for Dell Rapids pitching three innings giving up four runs, all earned, on four hits while walking one and striking out three.  Jake Steineke pitched four innings giving up two runs, both earned, on three hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Dell Rapids (3-2) will travel to Lennox on Monday, April 21st.

Playing in their fourth game of the season, all at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University, the Dell Rapids HS Club baseball team won their third game of the year.  Dell Rapids defeated Tri-Valley 7-3 on Monday, April 15th.

Despite allowing three runs to Tri-Valley on no hits, Dell Rapids rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn the victory.

Mason Mathieu drew a lead-off walk to start the game and scored on a wild pitch to give Tri-Valley an early 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the first.  Eddie Price started the inning with a single and scored on a wild pitch to even the score at 1-1.  Tri-Valley regained the lead in the top of the third.  Mathieu was hit by a pitch and scored on an error on a ball in play by Lane Egger.  Egger scored later in the inning on a wild pitch for a 3-1 lead.  Dell Rapids again tied the game in the bottom of the inning.  Thane Hilmoe led the inning with a single.  Courtesy runner Kaeden Eastman scored on an RBI double by Price.  Price scored on an RBI single by Jay Holm to tie the game at 3-3.

Dell Rapids broke the tie in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Keegan Miller started things with a double.  Miller later scored on a ground ball by Logan Stone, who reached on an error.  Charlie Holm scored on that same error to push the lead to 5-3.  Mason Goeken drew a two-out walk, and Price added two more runs for Dell Rapids on a two-run double scoring Stone and Goeken.

Price finished the game going 3-4 from the plate with three RBIs and two runs scored.  J. Holm, Miller, Jake Rechtenbaugh, Stone, and Hilmoe all collected hits.  Stone and J. Holm both had an RBI.  Ty Wood started the game on the mound pitching four innings giving up three runs, one earned, on no hits with three walks and six strikeouts.  Austin Henry took the win pitching three innings giving up no runs and no hits with eight strikeouts.

The Dell Rapids JV team fell to Tri-Valley 9-6.

Dell Rapids (3-1) will travel to Dakota Valley High School on Thursday, April 18th for a game against Baltic.  This will be a varsity only game.

On a beautiful evening for baseball, Dell Rapids used a 7-run sixth inning to pull away from Sioux Falls Christian for a 14-2 win on Monday, April 8th.  It was the third game this season played at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University.  Ronken Field is quickly becoming the “home away from home” for Dell Rapids.

Dell Rapids scored in the top of the first inning with two outs to strike first.  Jake Rechtenbaugh hit an RBI single to drive home Logan Stone for the first run of the game.  Thane Hilmoe scored with two outs in the top of the third to give Dell Rapids a 2-0 lead after three innings.

Sioux Falls Christian tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning on a two-run single, but Dell Rapids regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning.  After Jake Steineke reached on an error, courtesy runner Gabe Skonseng scored on an RBI single by Keegan Miller for a 3-2 lead.  Dell Rapids delivered the big blow in the top of the sixth inning with seven runs scored on hits by Eddie Price, Stone, Rechtenbaugh, and Austin Henry.  Dell Rapids added four more runs in the seventh with hits by Charlie Holm and Kaeden Eastman.

Price, Stone, Rechtenbaugh, and Henry all had two hits each.  Holm, Miller, Eastman, and Mason Goeken also collected hits.  Rechtenbaugh had three RBIs in the game.  Stone, Miller, Henry, and Eastman all drove home two runs each, and Price also had an RBI.

Price took the win on the mound pitching 5 2/3 innings giving up two runs, both earned, on five hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts.  Henry pitched the final 1 1/3 innings giving up no runs on no hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

Dell Rapids also won the five-inning JV game by a score of 10-6.

Dell Rapids (2-1) is scheduled to play Tri-Valley in Colton on Sunday, April 14th.  The varsity game will start at 2:00 p.m. with the JV game to follow.  The HS Club baseball team schedule can be found by clicking this link, http://dellrapidsbaseball.com/hs-club-baseball/.  All schedule updates due to spring weather are reflected on this schedule.

With only just a couple of practices under their belts due to the weather, the Dell Rapids High School baseball team opened up their 2019 season with a game on Sunday, March 31st and Monday, April 1st.

After trying to get opening game of the season played on Saturday, March 30th, Dell Rapids was finally able to get on the field at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University in Sioux Falls on Sunday.  Dell Rapids opened up their season with a game against Baltic.

Despite the lack of practice time, Dell Rapids was able to get a 6-4 extra-inning win over Baltic.  Dell Rapids scored the first three runs of the game in the first two innings on just one hit.  They scored two runs in the first on wild pitches, and Logan Stone drove in the third run on an RBI single in the second for a 3-0 lead.  Baltic cut the lead to 3-2 on a couple of RBI singles in the bottom of the third inning by Avery Nordbye and Cobain Goehring.  Jake Steineke added an RBI single in the top of the 5th to give Dell Rapids a 4-2 lead, but Baltic responded with an RBI triple by Nordbye.  Nordbye later scored on an error to make it 4-4 after five innings of play.  The game remained tied at 4-4 after seven innings of play, so the two teams headed to extra innings.  Brandon Geraets scored on an error, and Ty Wood scored on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth inning to give Dell Rapids the 6-4 lead.  Baltic was held scoreless in the bottom of the inning as Dell Rapids hung on for the win.

Steineke started on the mound for Dell Rapids pitching four innings while giving up four runs, just one earned, on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts.  Austin Henry earned the win pitching the other four innings while giving up no runs on a hit with four walks and three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids then played Sioux Falls Lincoln on Monday in less than ideal baseball conditions.  With the wind blowing, temperatures in the mid 30s, and snow falling, Dell Rapids fell the SF Lincoln by a score of 12-0.

Neither team was able to get a hit through the first two innings of play.  SF Lincoln finally broke through with one out in the top of the third inning.  After a walk and then a batter reaching on a dropped third strike, SF Lincoln five straight balls in play and scored five times for a 5-0 lead.  The offensive momentum continued as they added three more runs in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth.  Dell Rapids was held to just one hit, a single by Jake Rechtenbaugh, with the game ending after five innings at 12-0.

Eddie Price took the loss for Dell Rapids pitching three innings while giving up five runs, all earned, on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Rechtenbaugh pitched an inning giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits with two strikeouts.  Wood, Kaeden Eastman, and Gabe Skonseng also all pitched.

Dell Rapids (1-1) will travel to Hartford to take on West Central on Friday, April 5th.  The varsity game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the JV to follow.

A seven-run fifth inning propelled Dell Rapids Baseball to an 11-2 victory over Tri-Valley in high school action at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids on Friday, April 17th.

Tri-Valley scored right away in the top of the first inning.  Kyle Kretchmar hit a one-out triple down the right field line, and then Matt Prather drove him home with an RBI single to give Tri-Valley an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.  Dell Rapids scored two times in the bottom half of the inning without a hit.  Josh Roemen and Casey Hansen both reached base on errors, and later scored in the inning after Tri-Valley committed three more errors in the inning.  Dell Rapids led 2-1 after the first inning.

Starting pitchers Brett Mogen (DR) and Logan Larsen (TV) cruised through the next few innings.  Mogen faced the minimum nine hitters over his next three innings, striking our four in that stretch.  Larsen held Dell Rapids hitless through his next three innings, and after the fourth inning, Dell Rapids maintained their 2-1 lead.

Mogen ran into a little trouble in the top of the fifth inning.  He walked the lead-off hitter Alex Van Asselt.  The next hitter, Kevin Cress, hit a sharp ground ball to short.  The force out at second could not be made, but an out was recorded at first.  Sheldon Hofer capitalized on the miscue and hit an RBI single that scored Van Asselt to tie the game.  Mogen was able to get out of the inning allowing only the one run, and the game was 2-2 heading into the bottom of the fifth.

That’s when the Dell Rapids offense erupted.  Kretchmar moved to the mound in relief of Larsen, and Dell Rapids sent 11 men to the plate scoring seven times.  Nate McKee had an RBI single, Matt Gillogly had a three-run triple, and Mogen, Ryan Geraets, and Carter Gullicksen also had RBIs in the inning.  The seven-run inning gave Dell Rapids a 9-2 lead after five innings.  Dell Rapids would add two more runs in the bottom of the sixth on RBI hits by Gillogly and Eddie Price.

Gillogly had two hits and four RBI in the game.  McKee finished with two singles and an RBI.  Roemen, Geraets, Price, and Gullicksen all collected singles in the game.

Mogen picked up the win pitching five innings, giving up two runs on three hits, striking out six, and walking four.  Trevor Pulscher pitched two innings of relief allowing just one hit and striking out three.  Larsen earned a no-decision giving up two runs, both unearned, on no hits, striking four and walking three.  Kretchmar took the loss pitching two innings giving up nine runs on eight hits while striking out three and walking three.