Dell Rapids PBR won their opening round game of the District 4B tournament in Colman on Saturday, July 24th. PBR entered the tournament as the sixth seed and played third-seeded Lennox. And just as they had done two other times this year, PBR got the best of Lennox with a 9-3 win.

It was a big seven-run top of the second inning that set the tone for PBR.  Tanner Solberg got things going with a two-run single.  Beau Behrend added an RBI single.  Riley Calhoon reached on an error as both Solberg and Behrend scored on the play.  Riley Hoffman followed with an RBI double, and Matt Gillogly had an RBI single to give PBR the 7-0 lead.

Lennox got two runs in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 7-2.  The score remained 7-2 until the bottom of the sixth inning.  Lennox picked up another run, but Dell Rapids added a run in the eighth when Carter Gullickson stole home, and then they got one more run in the ninth when David Kirby scored on a wild pitch.

Gullickson finished with three hits in the game.  Solberg had two hits and two RBIs.  Gillogly had two hits and an RBI.  Kirby finished with two hits, one of them a double.  Hoffman had a double and an RBI, and Behrend had a single and an RBI.

Trey Randel pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Kirby pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing three walks while striking out three batters.  Hoffman pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

PBR will play the Dell Rapids Mudcats in the semifinals on Tuesday, July 27th.  First pitch is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.  The winner will advance to the championship game and qualify for the state tournament.  The loser will have three more chances to win one game to qualify for state as well.

The Canova Gang overcame a three-run deficit to beat Dell Rapids PBR in the final regular season game for both teams on Sunday, July 18th in Canova.

Carter Gullickson PBR on the board in the top of the first inning after a steal of home.  Nate McKee hit into an RBI fielder’s choice scoring Riley Hoffman to give PBR a 2-0 lead.  McKee then had an RBI double in the top of the third inning to extend the PBR lead to 3-0.

Canova started their rally in the bottom of the fourth inning.  They scored two times in that inning and then tied the game in the bottom of the fifth with a run.  The Gang took the lead in the bottom of the seventh.  Canova plated four runs in the bottom of the eighth for the win.

McKee had two hits, one double, and two RBIs.  Gullickson and Tanner Solberg both had two hits.  Hoffman and Beau Behrend both had a single.  Matt Gillogly pitched six innings allowing three earned runs on three hits with five walks and five strikeouts.  Jake Rechtenbaugh pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing four runs, three earned, on two hits and a walk.  Trey Randel pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PBR	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	2
Canova	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	X	7	6	1

Dell Rapids PBR won for the fourth time in their last five games after an 11-1 win over Salem on Thursday, July 15th.

PBR got three runs in the top of the third inning.  Riley Hoffman had an RBI ground out scoring Trey Randel.  Carter Gullickson scored on a wild pitch, and David Kirby had an RBI single for an early 3-0 lead.  Salem picked up a run in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 3-1.

The score remained 3-1 until the top of the seventh inning.  PBR then scored eight times in the top of the seventh.  Weston Hanson had an RBI single.  Kirby drove home two with a single.  Beau Behrend had an RBI single.  Gullickson brought home two more with a double, and Hanson also had two more RBIs in the inning with a double.  Salem was held scoreless in the bottom of the seventh, and the game ended on the 10-run rule.

Hanson had four hits, including a double, and three RBIs.  Kirby had three hits and three RBIs.  Gullickson had two doubles and two RBIs.  Hoffman and Behrend both had two hits and an RBI.  Riley Calhoon, Tanner Solberg, and Randel all had a single in the game as well.   Hoffman pitched seven innings allowing an unearned run on four hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PBR	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	X	X	11	16	3
Salem	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1	4	2

Dell Rapids PBR hosted the Hartford-Humboldt Wood Ducks on Tuesday, July 13th in a make-up game from May 27th.  PBR took the lead in the fifth and scored a late run to seal the victory, 5-3.

The Wood Ducks got on the board in the top of the first inning when a run scored on a PBR error.  PBR scored two in the bottom of the fourth.  Tanner Solberg reached on an error, which also scored Nate McKee.  Beau Behrend also reached on an error, and Grant Sweeter scored for the 2-1 lead.  The Wood Ducks responded with two runs in the top of the fifth inning, but PBR also scored two more in the bottom of the fifth.  Carter Gullickson had a solo home run to lead off the fifth inning for PBR, and Weston Hanson scored on a passed ball.  PBR got an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning when Hanson scored again on a passed ball to push the lead to 5-3.

Gullickson had a home run and an RBI.  Hanson had a double.  Riley Hoffman and McKee both had a single in the game.  Behrend and Solberg each had an RBI.  Trey Randel pitched 7 2/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts.  Hoffman pitched 1 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball while striking out three batters.

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H-H Wood Ducks	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	3
PBR	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	X	5	4	1

Dell Rapids PBR went 1-1 in the last two Cornbelt League games.  PBR hosted Madison on Thursday, July 8th, and got a 7-6 com-from-behind victory.  PBR then traveled to Colman on Sunday, July 11th and gave up three late runs to fall 5-2.

Madison got on the board first in Thursday’s game.  Nick Bird had a solo home run in the top of the first to give Madison a 1-0 lead.  PBR tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Clarence Fjellanger.  Madison regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning with two runs.  They added one more in the sixth and two more in the seventh for a 6-1 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning.

PBR’s come-from-behind rally started with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.  With two runners on and two outs, Carter Gullickson reached on an error which also scored Grant Sweeter and Beau Behrend.  Gullickson later scored on a wild pitch.  Weston Hanson had an RBI single to pull PBR within a run at 6-5.  PBR then took the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Fjellanger had an RBI single to score Brandon Geraets to tie the game.  Tim Wilhelmsen reached on an error that also scored Adrian Juba for the go-ahead run.  Madison got two runners on with two outs in the top of the ninth, but David Kirby was able to get a ground ball out to end the game.

Fjellanger had two hits and two RBIs.  Hanson had two hits and an RBI.  Riley Calhoon had a double.  Riley Hoffman, Sweeter, and Behrend all had a single.  Trey Randel pitched eight innings allowing six runs, four earned, on nine hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Kirby pitched the ninth giving up two walks and striking out two.

In Sunday afternoon’s game, Colman got an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.  PBR tied the game in the top of the third on an RBI sacrifice fly by Jake Rechtenbaugh.  They then took the lead in the top of the fourth when Kirby had an RBI single to left field.  Colman tied the game in the bottom fifth.  A double in the bottom of the seventh gave Colman a 3-2 lead.  Another double later in the inning pushed the lead to 5-2.

Kirby had two hits and an RBI.  Gullickson had two hits, including a double.  Rechtenbaugh had a single and RBI.  Hanson, Behrend, Sweeteer, and Juba all had a hit.  Kirby pitched six innings allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.  Rechtenbaugh pitched two innings allowing two hits while striking out five.

Dell Rapids PBR ended a four-game losing streak with a rally late in the game against Lennox.  PBR scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth to earn a 5-2 win on Tuesday, July 6th at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

Lennox’s two runs came in the very first inning on a couple of singles and an error.  They were then held to just two more hits the rest of the game. 

PBR finally got on the board in the bottom of fifth.  Riley Hoffman had an RBI single to score Carter Gullickson to cut the lead to 2-1.  PBR then tied the game in the bottom of the seventh.  Dell Rapids then grabbed the lead in the bottom of the eighth.  Gullickson, Weston Hanson, and Hoffman had back-to-back-to-back RBI singles to give PBR the 5-2 lead.  Lennox was able to get two runners on in the top of the ninth, but they were unable to score.

Hanson had four hits and an RBI.  Hoffman finished with three hits and two RBIs.  Gullickson had two hits and an RBI.  Brandon Geraets also had two singles in the game. 

Jake Rechtenbaugh pitched seven innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with seven walks and four strikeouts.  Hoffman pitched the final two innings allowing two hits and two walks and three strikeouts.

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Lennox	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
PBR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	X	5	11	1

Dell Rapids PBR lost to the Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks 12-4 in Humboldt on Sunday, June 27th.  The Gamecocks had two five-run innings on their way to the win.

The first of the two five-run innings for the Gamecocks came in the bottom of the first inning.  They added another run in the bottom of the second inning for a 6-0 lead.

PBR cut into the lead in the top of the third inning.  Nate McKee was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for an RBI.  Tanner Solberg drove home two more runs with a single to make the score 6-3.  PBR added another run in the top of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Brandon Geraets to pull PBR within two runs at 6-4.  The Gamecocks then added a run in the bottom of the fifth and five more in the bottom of the seventh.

Solberg had two hits with two RBIs.  McKee and Geraets both had a single and RBI.  Carter Gullickson finished with two hits, including a double.  Riley Hoffman had a single.  Solberg pitched five innings allowing seven runs, three earned, on nine hits with five walks and two strikeouts.  Matt Gillogly pitched three innings allowing five earned runs on seven hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

Dell Rapids PBR dropped their last two Cornbelt League games.  PBR fell to the Canova Gang, 15-3, on Thursday, June 17th.  They then lost to the Flandreau Cardinals, 5-1, on Sunday, June 20th.

Canova led from start to finish against PBR on Thursday.  The Gang scored one run in the top of the first and four more in the top of the second for a 5-0 lead.  PBR cut the lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the second on RBI singles by Jake Rechtenbaugh and Brandon Geraets.  Canova, however, added four more runs in the top of the third for a 9-2 lead.  PBR’s last run came in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Weston Hanson.  The Gang scored two more in the fifth and four in the seventh that gave them the seven-inning win.

Carter Gullickson had three hits, two of them doubles.  Hanson had two hits and an RBI.  Rechtenbaugh and Geraets both finished with a single and RBI.  Tanner Solberg had a double, and Beau Behrend also had a hit.  Solberg pitched five innings allowing 11 runs, eight earned, on 12 hits with five walks and two strikeouts.  Rechtenbaugh pitched two innings giving up for runs, three earned, on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

Flandreau scored five unanswered runs and led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh on Sunday.  Solberg had an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh for PBR’s lone run of the game as they were held to just four total hits.

Solberg had a hit and RBI.  Hanson, Tim Wilhelmsen, and Behrend all had singles as well.  David Kirby pitched six innings allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits with five walks and 13 strikeouts.  Dale Solberg pitched three innings allowing an earned run on three hits with one strikeout.

Dell Rapids PBR built an early 4-0 lead and then held off a late rally by Salem to get a 10-8 win at home on Sunday, June 13th.  It was the second league win in a row for Dell Rapids PBR.

Weston Hanson drove home the first run in the bottom of the first with an RBI double.  Riley Calhoon had a two-run single, and Grant Sweeter scored on an error in the bottom of the second inning to give PBR a 4-0 lead. 

Salem tied the game after the top of the fifth inning.  The Cubs got a run in the top of the third and three more in the fifth to make the score 4-4.  PBR regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Tanner Solberg and Riley Hoffman.  Nate McKee added a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth to extend the PBR lead to 8-4.  Salem picked up two runs in the top of the eighth to pull within two runs, 8-6, but again PBR got two more runs in the bottom of the eighth.  Hanson scored on an error, and Carter Gullickson got an RBI sacrifice fly to give Dell Rapids a 10-6 lead.  Those two runs were vital to the win as Salem scored twice in the ninth, but was unable to complete the comeback.

Calhoon had two hits and two RBIs.  Hanson, Hoffman, and Solberg each had a double and RBI.  David Kirby had two hits.  McKee had a hit with two RBIs.  Matt Gillogly and Sweeter both had hits. 

Hoffman pitched six innings allowing four runs, two earned, on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts.  Gillogly pitched three innings allowing four runs, all unearned, on one hit with five walks and five strikeouts.

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Salem	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	2	8	8	3
PBR	1	3	0	0	2	2	0	2	X	10	10	5