HARRISBURG – The Brookings Bullets, Brookings’ 16U team lost their first two games in the State Tournament, but won their final game.
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HARRISBURG – The Brookings Bullets, Brookings’ 16U team lost their first two games in the State Tournament, but won their final game.
Friday
• Brandon Valley 3, Brookings 1
Brookings jumped out to a 1-0 lead, but was unable to get thier offense going after that as they had just three hits the whole game.
Aidan Stewart scored on a passed ball in the top of the first inning to take the lead. Brandon Valley responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning.
Brandon Valley then took the lead with a run in the bottom of the second and extended their lead to 3-1 with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Stewart and Nathan Lease each went 1-for-3. Trenton Pederson went 1-for-2. Lease picked up the loss after piching a complete game. He gave up three earned runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts and four walks.
BRANDON VALLEY 3, BROOKINGS 1
Brookings 100 000 0 – 1 3 0
Brandon Valley 110 010 x – 3 8 1
Saturday
• Yankton 6, Brookings 5 (9 inn.)
Brookings lost a heartbreaker in the second game of the tournament as Yankton won on a walk off single in the ninth inning.
Yankton scored four runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-0 lead. Brookings responded with four runs in the top of the sixth. Lease hit a two-run single. Pederson hit a sacrifice fly and Rocklyn Dauphinais hit an RBI single to make it 4-4.
Each team scored a run in the seventh inning. Zach Struck hit an RBI single and the game went to extra innings tied 5-5.Brookings had two guys on in the top of the eighth, but were unable to score and Yankton scored in the ninth inning.
Lease went 1-for-4 with two RBI’s. Struck and Dauphinais each went 1-for-3 with a RBI.
YANKTON 6, BROOKINGS 5 (9 inn.)
Brookings 000 004 100 – 5 5 6
Yankton 000 400 101 – 6 7 0
• Brookings 11, Rapid City 0 (5 inn.)
Brookings found their stride in the third game as they scored 11 runs.
Lease went 2-for-2 with two RBI’s. Dauphinais and Pederson each went 1-for-3 with an
RBI. Matt Nordmeyer picked up the win for the Bullets after pitching a complete game shutout. He gave up four hits, struck out 10 batters and had no walks.
BROOKINGS 11, RAPID CITY 0 (5 inn.)
Rapid City 000 00 – 0 4 3
Brookings 230 6x – 11 6 1
