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, a run in the bottom of the first and another in the bottom of the second. West Central got three runs in the top of the fourth. Jesse Jost, Keaton Vessells, and Will Nester all scored on ground ball errors in the inning for a 3-2 lead.
A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the bottom of the fourth inning for Dell Rapids tied the game at 3-3. Dell Rapids then took the lead in the bottom of the fifth with two runs, which proved to be the difference in the game.
Cain Grocott had a single and was credited with an RBI. Vessells, Ty Sichmeller, and Landen Holewa each had a hit. Maison Schuldt was also credited with an RBI. Jost pitched three innings and allowed three runs, all unearned, on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts. Nester pitched an inning and recorded two strikeouts. Grocott pitched two innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts.