BROOKINGS – The Bombers Black and Sioux Falls East 14U split a youth baseball doubleheader Tuesday evening at Mickelson Field.
Brookings (12-7) competes in the Cubby’s Sports Bar & Grill 14U Wood Bat Tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Game 1
• Brookings 9, Sioux Falls East 8 (8 inn.)
Maxwell Kjelden scored the winning run as the Bombers Black rallied to take the opener.
Kjelden led off the bottom of the eighth with a single and Jamison Honkomp was then hit by a pitch. Kyle Bauer’s sacrifice bunt moved the runners up.
With two outs, Wesley Koenig reached on a dropped third strike as Kjelden sprinted home to end the game.
Sioux Falls East scored one run in the fifth and two in the seventh to grab an 8-5 advantage.
Bauer sparked a rally in the bottom of the seventh with a one-out single and quickly moved to third on a wild pitch. Mason Bebensee reached on an error, which allowed Bauer to score to cut the deficit to 8-6.
Max Struck and Cole Mahlum were hit by pitches to load the bases. Koenig hit a hard groundball with two outs, and an error allowed Bebensee and Struck to score to pull Brookings even at 8-all.
Struck finished with two RBIs. Bauer went 2-for-4 and scored twice.
Ten different players in the Bombers Black lineup recorded at least one hit.
Kjelden pitched the final two innings to earn the win.
BROOKINGS 9, SIOUX FALLS EAST 8
S.F. East 104 010 20 – 8 6 2
Brookings 221 000 31 – 9 11 5
Game 2
• Sioux Falls East 10, Brookings 2
Nick Lounsbery pitched three shutout innings, allowing just one hit, and was one of three Sioux Falls East batters to tally two RBIs as the visitors salvaged a split.
Sioux Falls East built a 5-0 lead through 3 1/2 innings and put up a four spot in the seventh to seal the deal.
Braiden Heiden recorded two of East’s six doubles.
Brookings’ Nick Schefers finished 2-for-3. Jackson Krogman had an RBI. Honkomp and Reid Brettschneider both singled.
Cole Mahlum threw two innings while taking the loss.
SIOUX FALLS EAST 10, BROOKINGS 2
S.F. East 031 110 4 – 10 9 0
Brookings 000 100 1 – 2 4 2
