Dell Rapids 16U scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to break a 3-3 tie and get a 5-3 win over West Central 16U at home on Thursday, June 16th.
Dell Rapids scored the first two runs of the game. Tad Tjaden scored on a double-play in the bottom of the first inning, and then Tjaden drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second for a 2-0 lead. West Central got two runs on an error in the top of the fourth and then got an RBI ground out to take a 3-2 lead.
Lincoln Fersdahl was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the fourth with the bases loaded to tie the game 3-3. Dell Rapids then took the lead in the bottom of the fifth. Grady Lamer had an RBI bunt, and Carson Crosby reached on an error that scored Lamer.
Tjaden had two hits and an RBI. Fersdahl had a hit and RBI. Cole Ruesink finished with a double. Sutton Williams, Cooper Frost, and Quinn Carr all had singles. Lamer and Crosby each had an RBI. Konrad Richeal pitched four innings and allowed three unearned runs on two hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Crosby pitched three innings giving up two hits and four walks with five strikeouts.