The Dell Rapids Mudcats got a shutout road victory, 8-0, over the Madison Broncos on Sunday, May 23rd.

Dell Rapids scored a run right away in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Josh Roemen after a Chad Hunt double for an early 1-0 lead.  The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth inning.  The Mudcats then scored six times on three hits to blow the game open 7-0.  They added another run in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Ty Hoglund.

Hunt had three hits in the game, one double, with two RBIs.  Hoglund had two hits, one double, and an RBI.  Roemen also had two hits and an RBI.  Grant Olson added a double.  Mark Abrahamson, Dalton Lehnen, Jimmy Bauer, and Trevor Freudenthal all had singles.

Dalton Allen pitched five innings to earn the win giving up five hits and striking out nine batters.  Kris Regas pitched three innings giving up one eight while striking out eight.  Abrahamson pitched the final inning of the game.

The Mudcats (3-1 overall, 2-1 in Cornbelt) will travel to Canova on Thursday, May 27th.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats scored 13 times in the first inning, capped off by a Nate Henry grand slam home run, on their way to a 19-4 win over Colman on Thursday, May 20th.

The Mudcats only had four hits in their 13-run first inning as they took advantage of seven walks and two hit batters.  The game ended on the 15-run rule in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Ten different players had a hit in the ball game.  Henry finished with one hit and four RBIs.  Mark Abrahamson had two hits and two RBIs.  Ty Hoglund also had two hits and two RBI.  Josh Roemen added three hits and an RBI.  Dalton Allen and Logan Stone both had a hit and an RBI.  Dalton Lehnen had three hits.  Grant Olson and Chad Hunt both had two hits.  Kris Regas also had a hit.

Abrahamson pitched four innings giving up one run on three hits with seven strikeouts.  John Speath pitched one inning allowing two hits.  Hoglund also pitched an inning giving up three runs on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats traveled to Humboldt to play the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks in the Cornbelt League season opener for both teams on Sunday, May 16th.  Despite having an early lead, the Mudcats fell to the Gamecocks 4-3.

Dell Rapids scored two runs in the top of the first inning taking advantage of two walks.  Travis Peters had a two-run single to drive home Jimmy Bauer and Mark Abrahamson for a 2-0 lead.

The Gamecocks tied the game in the bottom of the third inning after a Mudcat error and an RBI single by Cam Quigley.  Humboldt/Hartford took the lead with two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning as the first three batters reached to start the inning.  The Mudcats got one more run in the top of the seventh on an RBI by Kris Regas, but that was all they could get the rest of the game.

Ty Hoglund finished with two hits in the game.  Peters had a hit and two RBIs.  Regas had a hit and an RBI.  Nate Henry, Logan Stone, and Dalton Allen also all had a hit.

Allen pitched four innings giving up four runs on four hits with six strikeouts.  Regas pitched the other four innings giving up just one hit and recording eight strikeouts.

The Mudcats (1-1 overall, 0-1 Cornbelt) will host the Colman A’s at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20th.

The Dell Rapids Mudcat amateur baseball team opened their 2021 season with a home win over the Sioux Falls Squirrels at Rickeman Field on Thursday, May 13th.  The Mudcats won by a score of 13-1 in seven innings.

The Mudcat offense scored 12 of their 13 runs in just three innings.  They scored one run in the bottom of the second inning, but then got six in the third, three in the fourth, and three more in the fifth.

Ty Hoglund had four hits in the ball game and had four RBIs.  Grant Olson had three hits and two RBIs.  Dalton Allen, Dalton Lehnen, Josh Roemen, and Chad Hunt all had two hits each.  Roemen had a triple, Lehnen had two RBIs, and Allen had an RBI.  Nate Henry and Trevor Freudenthal both had a hit and RBI.  The Mudcats had a total of 17 hits in the game.

Lehnen pitched five innings giving up no runs on two hits while walking just two batters and striking out 13.  Hoglund pitched the final two innings giving up a run on a hit with four walks and three strikeouts.

The Mudcats (1-0) will travel to Humboldt to play the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks on Sunday, May 16th.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats had their trip to the 2020 South Dakota Class B Amateur Baseball Tournament end on Thursday, August 13th in Mitchell.  The Mudcats were defeated by the eventual state champions Alexandria Angels.

The state tournament started on Wednesday, August 5th for the Mudcats.  Dell Rapids opened the tournament against the Plankinton Bankers and moved to the next round with a 14-1 victory.

The Mudcats broke the game open in the fifth and sixth innings.  Leading 1-0, Dell Rapids scored two times in the fifth inning and five more in the sixth to push their lead to 8-0.  They went on to outscore Plankinton 6-1 over the final two innings to end the game on the 10-run rule.

Grant Olson had three hits and two RBIs in the game.  Chad Hunt, Mark Houck, and Trevor Freudenthal all had two hits each.  Jimmy Bauer, Josh Roemen, and Dan Gacke also had a hit.  Bauer and Houck both had three RBIs in the game.  Dalton Allen pitched seven innings giving up one earned run on three hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.  John Spaeth pitched the final inning giving up no hits.

The Mudcats followed that win with another big win in the second round.   Dell Rapids defeated Groton 14-0 on Sunday, August 9th in seven innings.  Nine different players recorded a hit in the game.  Roemen and Houck both had three hits each.  Hunt, Freudenthal, Blake Svoboda, Elijah Story, and Mark Abrahamson all had two hits each.  Bauer and Grant Olson both had a hit.  Bauer, Roemen, Houck, Freudenthal, and Olson all had two RBIs each.  Abrahamson pitched all seven innings giving up just one hit while striking out 11 batters.

Dell Rapids then fell to Alexandria 11-6 on Thursday, August 13th in the quarterfinal round.  Alexandria jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings.  The Mudcats cut the lead to 3-1 after the third inning.  The Angels tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the fourth to lead 6-1.  The Mudcats tried to keep it close by getting two runs in the top of the fifth, but Alexandria responded with five in the bottom of the inning to lead 11-3.  Dell Rapids rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth.

Bauer and Roemen both had two hits and two RBIs.  Olson also had two hits.  Houck had a hit with two RBIs.  Hunt and Abrahamson both finished with a hit in the game.  Allen pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up 11 runs, six earned, on nine hits with three strikeouts.  Spaeth pitched 3 1/3 innings giving no hits while striking out five batters.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats have won five straight games after getting two more wins during the week.  The Mudcats beat the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks 6-3 on Sunday, June 28th, and then followed that with a 12-1 win over the Salem Cubs on Tuesday, June 30th.

The Mudcats took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth innings against the Gamecocks after a two-run double by Chad Hunt.  They extended their lead to 4-0 after solo homeruns in the top of the fifth and sixth innings.  The Gamecocks got within a run after a two-run homerun in the bottom of the eighth, but a two-run single by Mark Houck in the top of the ninth sealed the victory for the Mudcats.

Mark Abrahamson had three hits in the ballgame for Dell Rapids.  Jimmy Bauer had two hits.  Houck, Hunt, Elijah Story, Grant Olson, Dalton Allen, and Josh Roemen all had hits in the game as well.

Allen earned the victory on the mound pitching eight innings striking out nine batters.  John Spaeth got the save by pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

Two days later, the Mudcat offense went to work against Salem.  Dell Rapids scored five runs in the first inning on an RBI single by Bauer and a grand slam homerun by Abrahamson.  Roemen added a solo homerun in the third inning.  The Mudcats scored six more runs in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Bauer, RBI sacrifice fly by Houck, a two-run single by Kris King, and an RBI single by Dan Gacke.

Bauer had two hits and two RBIs.  Roemen had two hits and an RBI, and Story had two hits in the game.  Abrahamson had one hit and four RBIs, King had a hit with two RBIs, Olson had a hit with an RBI, Gacke had a hit with an RBI, and Houck and Hunt each also had a hit.

The Mudcats (6-2) will host the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Thursday, July 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. and then will play Dell Rapids PBR on Sunday, July 5th, at 8:00 p.m.

The Dell Rapids Mudcats are currently on a three-game winning streaking after winning games against the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks (June 14th), Salem Cubs (June 18th), and Madison Broncos (June 21st).

The Mudcats earned a 9-2 win in Salem on Thursday, June 18th.  They collected 13 hits in the victory.  Josh Roemen finished with four hits, including two doubles and two RBIs.  Mark Abrahamson had two hits, one of which was a solo home run, and three RBIs.  Mark Houck had two hits and two RBI, Kris King added two hits, and Elijah Story had a two-run single in the game.

Dalton Allen picked up the win on the mound giving up just one hit while striking out seven batters.  John Spaeth pitched two innings of relief striking out four batters.

The Mudcats then earned their third win in a row after an 8-5 win over Madison on Sunday, June 21st.  Dan Gacke belted two home runs in the win and drove home five runs.  Houck had a two-run double, and Chad Hunt also had a double in the game.

Abrahamson pitched the first six innings to earn the victory, but Spaeth pitched three innings of strong relief for the save.  Spaeth held Madison hitless over the final three innings.

The Mudcats (4-2, 3-2 CBL) will host Salem on Thursday, June 25th.