The Dell Rapids Mudcats traveled to Colman on Tuesday, July 13th for a make-up game from July 6th.  Dell Rapids broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth and eventually pulled away for a 7-2 win.

The Mudcats scored two in the top of the first inning.  Nate Henry and Trevor Freudenthal both had RBI singles to give Dell Rapids a 2-0 lead.  Colman tied the game in the bottom of the third with two runs of their own on a two-run single by Chase DeWitt.  Henry gave the Mudcats the lead in the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run.  Grant Olson added an RBI ground out later in the inning for a 4-2 lead.  Chad Hunt had an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning to make the score 5-2.  Freudenthal brought home two more runs in the top of the ninth with a single to make the score 7-2.

Henry had two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs. Freudenthal also had two hits and two RBIs. Ty Hoglund and Mark Abrahamson both had two hits. Hunt and Kris Regas both had a single. Olson had an RBI. Abrahamson pitched eight innings for the win giving up two runs on four hits with 11 strikeouts. John Spaeth pitched an inning without allowing a hit.

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The Dell Rapids Mudcats scored two big wins in their last two Cornbelt League games.  The Mudcats defeated Salem 12-3 on Thursday, July 8th.  Then then clobbered Lennox 21-2 on Sunday, July 11th.

The Mudcats scored five early runs in the first two innings on Thursday.  They added another in the third and two more in the fourth for an 8-0 lead.  Salem picked up a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth and another in the fifth, but wouldn’t get any closer the rest of the night.

Ty Hoglund had three hits and an RBI.  Landon Ruesink also had three hits.  Nate Henry had two home runs and three RBIs.  Grant Olson had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.  Travis Peters, Trevor Freudenthal, and Dalton Allen all had two hits in the game.  Logan Stone had a double.  Kris Regas pitched seven innings allowing three runs on six hits with 16 strikeouts for thee win.  John Spaeth pitched two innings striking out three batters.

The Mudcats put on an offensive show on Sunday clobbering three grand slams in the five-inning win over the Lennox.  The Mudcats scored 10 runs in the first, six more in the second, one in the third, and four in the fourth.  Lennox got their two runs in the second inning.

Nine players had at least one hit in the game.  Dalton Lehnen had a grand slam in the first inning and a single with five RBIs.  Henry had a grand slam in the second inning and four RBIs.  Ruesink had his grand slam in the fourth inning and four RBIs.  Freudenthal had two doubles and two RBIs.  Regas had three hits, one double, and two RBIs. Allen had two hits and an RBI.  Logan Stone had a hit and two RBIs.  Jimmy Bauer had a hit and an RBI.  Mark Abrahamson had a double, and Hoglund had a hit.  Lehnen pitched all five innings allowing two runs and two hits with nine strikeouts.

The Canova Gang took a 2-1 victory over the Dell Rapids Mudcats in Canova on Tuesday, June 29th.

Kris Regas took the loss for the Mudcats despite pitching eight innings of four-hit baseball with 18 strikeouts.  Dell Rapids was charged with five errors in the game.

Derek Miller took the win for Canova throwing a complete game on just five hits with five strikeouts.

The Mudcats will take to the field on Tuesday, July 6th at Colman for their next game.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to score a 12-8 win over the Madison Broncos on Sunday, June 27th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Dell Rapids did have an early lead.  The Mudcats scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning.  After Madison scored one in the top of the third, Dell Rapids added two more in the bottom half of the inning for a 4-1 lead after three innings of play.

The Broncos got another run in the top of the fourth, and then three more in the top of the fifth to take a 5-4 lead.  The lead was short-lived as Dell Rapids scored a run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game 5-5.  The Broncos responded with three more in the top of the sixth.  The Mudcats scored two times to pull within a run at 8-7 after six innings.  Dell Rapids then sent 10 batters to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring five times to take a 12-8 lead.  Madison was retired in order in their half of the ninth inning.

Dalton Lehnen had three hits, including a home run, and had three RBIs.  Kris Regas had two hits and an RBI.  Grant Olson had two hits, one a double.  Ty Hoglund and Dalton Allen both had two hits.  Mark Abrahamson had a hit and two RBIs.  Travis Peters had a single and an RBI.  Chad Hunt and Trevor Freudenthal both had singles.

John Spaeth was the winning pitcher after relieving the starter Abrahamson. Spaeth threw no-run, no-hit baseball over the last three innings, and the Mudcats played flawlessly on defense, after committing six miscues in the first six innings.

A ninth-inning rally by the Dell Rapids Mudcats fell just short as the Larchwood Diamonds snapped the Mudcat winning streak with a 10-9 win on Tuesday, June 22nd.

Larchwood scored two times in the top of the second inning, while the Mudcats plated one run.  The same scenario played out in the third inning, and the Diamonds took a 4-2 lead into the fourth inning.

Neither team scored in the fourth, but the Mudcats took the lead in the bottom of the third with three runs.  The Diamonds regained the lead again in the top of the sixth inning with two runs.  Both teams had a big eighth inning scoring four times each.  Larchwood led 10-9 heading into the ninth inning.

Dell Rapids was able to load the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning, but a line drive off the bat of Grant Olson was caught at third base for the final out of the game, leaving the tying run just ninety feet away.

Trevor Freudenthal had two hits and two RBIs in the game.  Dalton Allen had two hits.  Chad Hunt had a double and RBI.  Mark Abrahamson and Kris Regas both had doubles.  Josh Roemen, Dalton Lehnen, and Jimmy Bauer all had singles.

Abrahamson pitched six innings, allowing six runs and five hits with six strikeouts.  Roemen pitched one scoreless inning with two strikeouts. John Spaeth pitched two innings with four runs and three hits.  Trevor Reinke went the distance as the winning pitcher for Larchwood.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats won their 10th game in a row with a 17-6, seven-inning win over the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks at home on Sunday, June 20th.

The Mudcats scored five runs in the first three innings, but then used a five-run fifth inning and a seven-run sixth inning to build a big enough lead to have the game called in the seventh inning on the 10-run rule.

Mark Abrahamson collected three hits, two of those doubles.  Dalton Lehnen also had three hits, including one double.  Travis Peters had two hits.  Ty Hoglund had a double, and Chad Hunt and Kris Regas both had singles.

Winning pitcher was Hoglund with three innings of middle relief. Dalton Allen pitched two innings as the starter, and Hunt tossed the final two innings.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats continued their winning streak with two more wins recently.  Dell Rapids defeated Canova 14-1 in a make-up game on Tuesday, June 15th and then got a win over Flandreau 10-2 on Thursday, June 17th.

The Mudcats used an eight-run third inning and a four-run fifth inning on their way to handing Canova their first loss of the season.

Mark Abrahamson and Chad Hunt both had three hits in the game.  Abrahamson had two doubles and two RBIs.  Hunt finished with three singles and an RBI.  Josh Roemen had two hits, including a double, with two RBIs.  Jimmy Bauer had two hits and two RBIs.  Grant Olson and Dalton Allen both had a hit and two RBIs.  Kris Regas pitched six innings allowing one run on five hits with nine strikeouts.  John Spaeth pitched one inning and allowed one hit and had one strikeout.

Dell Rapids followed that win with a 10-2 victory on Thursday.  The Mudcats scored three times in the first inning and had another three-run inning in the top of the eighth.

Dalton Lehnen had two home runs and three RBIs in the contest.  Travis Peters had two doubles.  Trevor Freudenthal and Olson both had two hits and two RBIs.  Nate Henry finished with two hits and an RBI.  Abrahamson had a hit with two RBIs.  Ty Hoglund had a home run.  Regas also had a hit.  Lehnen pitched six innings allowing four hits and had 12 strikeouts to get the win.  Regas pitched an inning allowing a hit and three strikeouts.  Abrahamson pitched two innings and gave up two runs on no hits with two strikeouts.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats are on a roll as they won their seventh straight game on Sunday, June 13th.  Dell Rapids defeated the Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks 15-8 in Humboldt.

Dalton Lehnen started the scoring with a two run double in the top of the first inning.  After the Wood Ducks got a run back int he bottom of the second, Trevor Freudenthal had an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth.  Chad Hunt scored a run on an error, and Travis Peters brought home another in the top of the fifth inning for a 5-1 lead after five innings.

The Mudcats then scored seven times in the top of the sixth inning.  Grant Olson scored on a wild pitch.  Hunt had a two-run double, and Josh Roemen followed with a two run double of his own.  Peters later scored in the inning on a wild pitch.  The Mudcats led 12-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Wood Ducks scored six runs of their own to keep the game going.

Hunt and Roemen both had RBI hits in the seventh inning, and Hunt had one more RBI single in the ninth.

Hunt and Roemen both finished with three hits and four RBIs.  Hunt had one double, and Roemen had two.  Peters had two hits and an RBI.  Dalton Allen had two hits.  Olson had a hit and an RBI.  Ty Hoglund finished with a hit, and Bauer had a double.

Hoglund was the winning pitcher in the game.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats got three more wins over the last week.  They defeated Salem 15-0 on Sunday, June 6th.  On Tuesday, June 8th, the Mudcats got a come-from-behind 5-4 win over Renner.  They closed out the week with a 5-1 win in Lennox on Thursday, June 10th.

The Mudcats pounded out 14 hits against Salem while holding Salem to just one in the 15-0 win in five innings.

Ty Hoglund had three hits and two RBIs.  Chad Hunt had two hits and two RBIs.  Jimmy Bauer and Dalton Allen both had two hits and an RBI.  Dalton Lehnen had a two-run home run.  Travis Peters had a hit and two RBIs.  Josh Roemen had a hit and an RBI.  Nate Henry and Logan Stone both had a double.  Kris Regas pitched all five innings allowing just the one hit and had 10 strikeouts.

The Mudcats trailed Renner 4-3 heading into the eighth inning on Tuesday.  They tied the game on an RBI double by Roemen in the eighth, and then Hunt laid down a suicide squeeze bunt scoring Trevor Freudenthal from third for the game-winner.

Freudenthal and Regas both had two hits in the game.  Grant Olson, Lehnen, Roemen, and Hunt all had hits as well.  Mark Abrahamson pitched eight innings giving up four runs on two hits with five strikeouts.  Hunt pitched a scoreless top of the ninth to pick up the win.

The Mudcats built a 4-0 lead after four innings of play.  Dell Rapids got a run in the first inning when Hoglund scored on an RBI single by Bauer.  They added three more runs in the fourth on doubles by Bauer, Freudenthal, and Allen.  Lennox got their lone run in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Dell Rapids got that run back in the top of the ninth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Roemen.

Bauer and Freudenthal both had two hits and an RBI.  Allen had a hit and an RBI.  Hoglund finished with two hits, and Lehnen also had a hit.  Allen pitched seven innings allowing no runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts t earn the win.  John Spaeth pitched two innings giving up a run on three hits with two strikeouts.

The Mudcats will travel to Humboldt to play the Wood Ducks on Sunday, June 13th.