Dell Rapids PBR missed qualifying for the state tournament after dropping their final two games of the District 4B tournament in Dell Rapids.  PBR fell to Lennox 14-1 on Friday, July 29th and then loss to the Salem Cubs in the “Last Chance” game on Saturday, July 30th.

Lennox Alpacas 14, Dell Rapids PBR 1

Lennox built a 6-0 in the first three innings before taking the game 14-1 in seven innings on Friday.  PBR got their lone run in the top of the fourth inning.  Teagan Schlimgen scored on a passed ball to make the score 6-1 at that point.  Lennox then scored five times in the bottom of the fourth and three more in the bottom of the sixth.

Riley Calhoon had two hits.  Schlimgen finished with a triple and a run scored.  Tanner Solberg also had a hit.  Grant Sweeter took the loss pitching four innings allowing 11 runs, five earned, on 11 hits and three walks.  Tim Wilhelmsen pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on five hits with one strikeout.

Salem Cubs 7, Dell Rapid PBR 3

Salem built a 7-0 lead in the first six innings of play on Saturday.  Dell Rapids tried to put together a rally in the later innings.  Calhoon had an RBI fielder’s choice ground ball that scored Conner Spindler in the top of the seventh.  PBR added two more in the eighth.  Schlimgen had a two-run home run to center field, but PBR was unable to score again in the game.

Spindler finished with two hits.  Schlimgen had a home run an two RBIs.  Riley Hoffman, Sweeter, Solberg, and Trey Randel all had singles.  Calhoon had an RBI.  Randel pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and six walks with five strikeouts.  Hoffman pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed two hits while recording three strikeouts.

Dell Rapids PBR is currently 1-1 in district play after two games and still has a shot at qualifying for the state tournament.  PBR won their District 4B opening round game on Friday, July 22nd, but lost their next game on Saturday, July 23rd at Rickeman Field.

Dell Rapids PBR 11, Colman A’s 6

PBR broke a 6-6 tie with a big, five-run top of the ninth to get an 11-6 win over the Colman A’s on Friday.

Teagan Schlimgen had an RBI double, and Grant Sweeter had an RBI single in the top of the second inning to give PBR a 2-0 lead.  Colman got the game tied 2-2 after getting a single run in the bottom of the second and third innings.  Dell Rapids scored the next three runs.  Weston Hanson had an RBI single in the top of the fifth.  Riley Hoffman added an RBI double, and Hanson had an RBI ground out in the top of the sixth to make the score 5-2.

Colman got one run back in the bottom of the sixth inning, and Dell Rapids led 5-3 after six innings of play.  Schlimgen started the top of seventh with a solo home run to center field to the PBR lead to 6-3.  Colman, however, scored two times in the bottom of the seventh and then one more in the eighth to tie the game 6-6.

PBR then broke the game open in the top of the ninth, scoring five times all with two outs.  Beau Behrend and Schlimgen both had a bases-loaded walk.  Trey Randel brought home the other three runs with a double.

Schlimgen had three hits, one home run and one double, and three RBIs.  Hoffman finished with three doubles and an RBI.  Hanson had two hits and two RBIs.  Sweeter added two singles and an RBI.  Randel had a double and three RBIs.  Andrew Barr finished with two hits.  Tim Wilhelmsen and Tanner Solberg both had one hit each.  Behrend finished with an RBI.

Randel pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on nine hits and four walks with eight strikeouts.  Hoffman pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed an earned run on four hits and two walks with a strikeout.

Lennox 11, Dell Rapids PBR 0

The offense for PBR was held to just two hits against Lennox on Saturday, July 23rd.  Lennox scored in five of the seventh innings and got the win on the 10-run rule.

Barr and Sweeter each had a hit for the only two hits for PBR.  Behrend pitched four innings and allowed seven earned runs on 10 hits and two walks.  Sweeter pitched two innings and allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk.

PBR will play against the Dell Rapids Mudcats on Thursday, July 28th at 6:00 p.m.  The winner will qualify for the state tournament.  The loser will have two more chances to win one game to qualify for state.

Colman scored four early runs and held on to a 4-3 win over Dell Rapids PBR at Rickeman Field on Thursday, July 14th.

The A’s scored two runs in the top of the first and two more runs in the third for a 4-0 lead.  Trey Randel had an RBI single for PBR in the bottom of the fourth.  Tanner Solbeg had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth, and Beau Behrend had an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 4-3, but PBR could not tie the game.

Solberg had two hits, one a triple, and an RBI.  Randel also had two hits and an RBI.  Grant Sweeter added two singles.  Riley Hoffman, Tim Wilhelmsen, and Conner Spindler all had a single.  Behrend had an RBI.  Randel pitched five innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on five hits and three walks with eight strikeouts.  Behrend pitched four innings and allowed two hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

The Lennox Alpacas shut out Dell Rapids PBR 8-0 in a make-up game on Wednesday, July 13th at Rickeman Field.  The game was originally scheduled for July 5th.

Lennox scored in only two innings in the game.  They had a three-run third inning and a five-run fifth inning.  PBR was held to just three total hits in the game.

Weston Hanson had two of the three hits for PBR, one of those a double.  Riley Hoffman had the other hit.  Hoffman took the loss pitching five innings while allowing eight runs, only two earned, on nine hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Grant Sweeter pitched two innings without allowing a hit.

Dell Rapids PBR finished a suspended game and then played a regularly scheduled game against the Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks on Sunday, July 10th.  The resumed game was suspended from June 9th.  The Gamecocks won both games, taking the first one 8-4 and then the second 15-0.

Humboldt/Hartford Gamecocks 8, Dell Rapids PBR 4

In the opening game that was suspended in the sixth inning, PBR found themselves trailing 6-1.  The Gamecocks had a run in the first, two in the second, and single runs in third, fourth, and fifth innings.  PBR had a run in the bottom of the second.  Trey Randel had an RBI double.  Dell Rapids then scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 6-2.  Randel had another RBI, this time with a ground out.  Both teams scored two times in the eighth inning.  Teagan Schlimgen had a solo home run, and Tanner Solberg had an RBI sacrifice fly.

Schlimgen had two hits, one a home run, and an RBI.  Tim Wilhelmson had two hits.  Randel added a double and two RBIs.  Solberg also had an RBI.  Grant Sweeter pitched five innings and allowed six runs, three earned, on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Dale Solberg pitched four innings and allowed two unearned runs on two hits with four strikeouts.

Humboldt/Hartford 15, Dell Rapids PBR 0

In the regularly scheduled game between the two teams, the Gamecocks scored in every inning and held PBR to just five hits total.  Humboldt/Hartford had two runs in the first, four in the second, one in the third, six in the fourth, and two in the fifth.  The Gamecocks had a total of 19 hits in the game.

Schlimgen had a double.  Riley Hoffman, Beau Behrend, Conner Spindler, and Randel all had a single.  T. Solberg pitched two innings and allowed one earned run on three hits with a walk.  D. Solberg pitched one inning and allowed six runs, four earned, on five hits and two walks.  Weston Hanson pitched an inning and allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits.

The Canova Gang got out to an earl 6-1 lead and defeated Dell Rapids PBR by five, 14-9, on Sunday, June 26th in Canova.

PBR got a run in the top of the first.  Riley Hoffman hit an RBI single to center scoring Riley Calhoon.  That was the only lead for PBR in the game.  The Gang scored four runs in the bottom of the first and two more in the bottom of the second to open a 6-1 lead after two innings.

Dell Rapids cut the lead in half with two runs in the top of the fifth.  Trey Randel bunted and reached on an error that scored Andrew Barr. Hoffman added an RBI ground out, and PBR trailed 6-3.  Canova, however, got three more runs in the bottom of the fifth and two more in the bottom of the six to push the lead to 11-3.

PBR put together a little rally in the later innings.  They scored a run in the top of the seventh and then three more in the top of the eighth to cut the lead to 11-7.  Canova, however, also scored three times in the bottom of the eighth.  PBR then got two runs in the top of the ninth.

Teagan Schlimgen had four hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Hoffman had three hits and two RBIs.  Barr finished with two hits and an RBI.  Grant Sweeter added a hit and an RBI.  Calhoon had two hits. Tim Wilhelmsen and Beau Behrend both had a hit.  Randel pitched six innings and allowed 11 runs, only five earned, on 11 hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Behrend pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on three hits and four walks.

Dell Rapids PBR scored three times in the third inning and held on for a 3-1 win over the Crofton Blue Jays in the Cornbelt League / Sunshine League Showdown in Humboldt on Saturday, June 18th.

Riley Calhoon hit an RBI sacrifice fly for the first run of the game.  Trey Randel brought home two runs with a two-out single for a 3-1 lead.  Crofton, which was held to just one hit, scored on an error in the top of the fourth inning.

Randel had a hit and two RBIs.  Calhoon had a hit and an RBI.  Grant Sweeter finished with a double.  Riley Hoffman and Tim Wilhelmsen both had a hit as well.  Beau Behrend pitched seven innings and allowed an unearned run on a hit and walk while striking out 10 batters.