The Dell Rapids Mudcats repeated as the South Dakota Class B Amateur Baseball champions with three more wins in the State B Tournament in Mitchell Friday, August 12th through Sunday, August 14th.  Dell Rapids claimed wins over Dimock-Emery, Winner/Colome, and Garretson.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 2, Dimock-Emery Raptors 1

The Mudcats needed extra innings, but got the 2-1 win over the Raptors on Friday to advance to the semifinals.  Dell Rapids broke a 0-0 tie in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by Dalton Lehnen.  Dimock-Emery tied the game in the bottom of the inning.  The two teams stayed locked at 1-1 until the top of the 10th.  Ty Hoglund had a two-out RBI single scoring Trevor Freudenthal to give the Mudcats a 2-1 lead.  The Raptors got a two-out walk in the bottom of the 10th, but Lehnen got a strikeout to end the game.

Lehnen had two hits and an RBI.  Hoglund finished with a hit and an RBI.  Weston Hanson had two hits.  Mark Abrahamson, Kris Regas, and Grant Olson all had a single.  Lehnen pitched all 10 innings allowing one earned run on three hits and three walks with 11 strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 7, Winner/Colome 2

Dell Rapids earned a trip to the title game after a 7-2 win over the Pheasants on Saturday.  The Mudcats built a 5-0 lead over the first two innings.  Lehnen had an RBI double in the top of the first inning after a two-out triple by Hanson for an early 1-0 lead.  Dell Rapids then added four more runs in the top of the second.  Olson had an RBI single, Dalton Allen followed with a two-run double, and Hoglund had an RBI double to push the lead to 5-0.

Winner/Colome got one run in the bottom of the second inning and one more in the bottom of the eighth to cut the lead to 5-2.  Dell Rapids put the game away with two runs in the top of the ninth.  Chad Hunt had an RBI single and then later scored on a wild pitch.

Hoglund finished with two hits, one a double, and an RBI.  Hanson also had two hits, including a triple.  Allen had a double and two RBIs.  Lehnen finished with a double and an RBI.  Hunt and Olson each added a single with an RBI.  Travis Peters also had a hit.  Regas pitched nine innings and allowed two earned runs on eight hits and two walks with eight strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 5, Garretson 2

A four-run sixth inning was key to the Mudcats victory in the championship game against the Blue Jays on Sunday.  Garretson broke a 0-0 tie with two runs in the top of the fifth inning to take the first lead of the game.

Dell Rapids, however, scored four times in the bottom of the sixth.  Lehnen had a two-run single to cut the lead in half.  Hanson followed with an RBI ground ball and then scored on a ball in play by Freudenthal.  Dell Rapids added an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh.  Hunt scored Olson on an RBI single for a 5-2 advantage.

Lehnen finished with two hits and two RBIs.  Hunt also had two hits and an RBI.  Freudenthal added a single and RBI.  Hoglund, Regas, and Olson all had a single.  Hanson added an RBI.  Allen pitched four innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits with six strikeouts.  Lehnen pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed six hits with six strikeouts.  Regas pitched 2/3 of an inning.

Lehnen was named the tournament MVP.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats have kept their 2022 season alive by winning two games at the 2022 South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association Class B Tournament in Mitchell.  They defeated Northville in their first game 7-0 on Saturday, August 6th.  The Mudcats then got an 8-6 win over Larchwood on Tuesday, August 9th.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 7, Northville 0

The Mudcats scored in four innings and held Northville to just two hits in their 7-0 opening round victory on Saturday.  Neither team scored in the first inning, and the Mudcats broke the scoreless tie with a run in the top of the second.  Weston Hanson reached on an error that scored Kris Regas.

Two more runs came home in the top of the third.  Regas had an RBI ground out, and Trevor Freudenthal drew a bases loaded walk.  The Mudcats got two more runs in the top of the fifth.  Travis Peters had an RBI single, and Hanson had an RBI sacrifice fly for a 5-0 lead.  The score remained 5-0 until the top of the ninth.  Frudenthal had an RBI double, and Logan Stone had an RBI ground out.

Freudenthal had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Chad Hunt also had two hits.  Peters finished with a hit and an RBI.  Grant Olson finished with a single.  Regas, Hanson, and Stone all had one RBI.  Dalton Allen pitched six innings and allowed one hit and three walks with five strikeouts.  Dalton Lehnen pitched three innings and allowed one hit with seven strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 8, Larchwood 6

The Mudcats scored the first seven runs of the game and then held off Larchwood as they scored the final five runs of the game. Dell Rapids advanced to the quarterfinals with an 8-6 win on Tuesday night.

Mark Abrahamson reached on an error that scored Ty Hoglund, and Hanson had an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first.  Abrahamson launched a three-run home run to left field in the bottom of the second inning to push the lead to 5-0.  Stone scored on a wild pitch, and Freudenthal had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth for a 7-0 lead.

Larchwood got one run in the top of the sixth inning, and the Mudcats responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning.  Lehnen had an RBI sacrifice fly scoring Hunt for an 8-1 score.  Larchwood then put together a five-run rally.  They scored four times in the top of the seventh inning and one more in the top of the eighth to make the score 8-6.  Larchwood had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the ninth, but Lehnen struck out the next two batters to save the game.

Abrahamson finished with a home run and three RBIs.  Hanson and Freudenthal both had a single and an RBI.  Hoglund and Hunt each finished with a single.  Lehnen added an RBI.  Regas pitched seven innings and allowed five runs, two earned, on five hits and three walks with 10 strikeouts.  John Spaeth pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed an earned run on four hits with three strikeouts.  Lehnen got the final two outs on strikeouts to earn the save.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats played on back-to-back nights and split in those two games.  Dell Rapids defeated the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Wednesday, July 13th to extend their winning streak to 10 games.  Salem, however, ended the winning streak with a defeat of the Mudcats on Thursday, July 14th.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 14, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 4

Three runs in the top of the first inning put the Mudcats in front right away and they stayed their the rest of the game on Wednesday.  The Wood Ducks scored twice in the bottom of the first for a 3-2 score.  Dell Rapids got two more runs in the third, one in the sixth, and two in the seventh.  Humboldt/Hartford scored two more times in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 8-4.  Dell Rapids then scored six times in the final two innings.

Dalton Allen had three hits, two doubles and a single.  Chad Hunt finished with three singles.  Kris Regas had a home run and a double.  Logan Stone finished with two hits.  Travis Peters, Elijah Story, and Jordan Spaeth all had a hit.  Allen also took the win on the mound.

Salem 11, Dell Rapids Mudcats 1

Salem scored two runs in the bottom of the first for an early 2-0 lead, and they never looked back to end the 10-game winning streak by the Mudcats on Thursday.  Allen scored the only run for Dell Rapids in the top of the third.  Salem then had two runs in the third, three in the fourth, four in the fifth, and another run in the sixth inning.

Dell Rapids was held to just six hits in the game.  Lehnen had two hits.  Allen, Mark Abrahamson, Regas, and Stone all had one hit each.  Abrahamson took the loss on the mound.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats are on a roll as of late, and they won their seventh and eighth straight games with wins in their last two Cornbelt League games.  The Mudcats defeated Flandreau on Thursday, July 7th and Canova on Sunday, July 10th.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 1, Flandreau 0

Dalton Lehnen carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning against Flandreau on Thursday and completed the game and shutout in a 1-0 win.  Lehnen allowed just two hits while striking out 17 Cardinal batters.

The score was tied 0-0 through seven innings of play.  Dell Rapids got the game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning.  Kris Regas started the inning with a single.  Regas found himself on third base when Dalton Allen brought him home on an RBI ground out.

Ty Hoglund, Regas, and Lehnen each had a hit in the game.  Allen had the lone RBI.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 2, Canova 0

Regas followed Lehnen’s masterpiece with one of his own on Sunday against Canova.  Regas pitched the 2-0 complete game shutout allowing just five hits while striking out five batters.

The Mudcats got a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Lehnen.  They added another run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by Hoglund.

Elijah Story had two of the five hits for the Mudcats.  Hoglund had a double and an RBI.  Lehnen had a single and an RBI.  Chad Hunt added a single and scored a run.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats won their fourth game in a row after a 10-0 win against Lennox on Sunday, June 26th.

The Mudcats put the pressure on early scoring two times in the bottom of the first inning.  They added four runs in the third and four more in the fifth.  Lennox’s biggest threat to score in the game came in the second inning.  They had runners on second and third with no outs, but starting pitcher Dalton Lehnen struck out the next three batters to end the threat.

Dell Rapids pounded 17 hits in the game.  Ty Hoglund had four hits and an RBI.  Kris Regas had three hits and two RBIs.  Lehnen added two hits and an RBI.  Travis Peters finished with three hits.  Mark Abrahamson and Elijah Story both had two hits each.  Chad Hunt also had a hit.

Lehnan pitched all seven innings allowing just five hits while recording 11 strikeouts.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats got three of their five hits in the bottom of the seventh and scored a 1-0 walk-off win over the Alexandria Angels in the Cornbelt League / Sunshine League Showdown in Humboldt on Sunday, June 19th.

Travis Peters started the bottom of the seventh with a single.  Mark Abrahamson followed with a sacrifice bunt.  After a strikeout, Kris Regas singled to moved Peters to third.  Grant Olson followed with a single and the game’s only RBI.

Along with hits by Peters, Regas, and Olson, Abrahamson also had a hit.  Regas finished with two hits.  Dalton Lehnen pitched all seven innings allowing just three hits while striking out nine batters.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats got back into the win column, snapping a five-game losing streak, with a 12-1 win over Madison on Thursday, June 16th.

Dell Rapids scored two runs in the second inning, three more in the third, and another in the sixth for a 6-0 lead.  Madison got their only run in the bottom of the sixth inning.  The Mudcats then picked up two more runs in the seventh and four in the eighth.

Kris Regas had three hits and an RBI.  Mark Abrahamson had a two-run home run in the game.  Ty Hoglund finished with a double and two RBIs.  Trevor Freudenthal, Dalton Allen, and Elijah Story all had hits.  Logan Stone had an RBI. 

Regas earned the win on the mound allowing one run on four hits while striking out 18 batters.