ABERDEEN — The Brookings Bombers White 13/14U baseball team lost both games of a doubleheader, falling by scores of 12-2 and 12-11 at Aberdeen Smittys on Tuesday night.

The Bombers fell to 3-17 on the year and will host Harrisburg at Bob Shelden Field at 5 p.m. on July 22.

Game 1: Aberdeen 12, Brookings 2

Aberdeen scored eight times in the third inning as the Bombers dropped the first game of the doubleheader 12-2.

Brookings scored both of its runs in the first inning on a rally that began with a leadoff single by Delton Brownell and another single by Jonas Murray that allowed Brownell to advance to third base. 

Brownell scored on a wild pitch and Murray advanced to second base before advancing to third base on an error. Murray scored on a separate error in Kuddyer Baugher’s at-bat to give the Bombers a 2-0 lead.

But Aberdeen tied the game with a pair of runs in the first inning and took the lead with another run in the second inning. Aberdeen broke the game open with their eight-run third inning before scoring another run in the bottom of the fourth to invoke the 10-run rule.

Baugher started for Brookings, allowing 11 runs (seven earned) on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts over three innings. Lincoln Damm came on in relief and allowed a hit and an unearned run while facing one batter.

The Bombers had three hits in the game. Brownell went 1-for-2 with a run scored. Murray went 1-for-1 with a run scored. Hunter Vincent went 1-for-2.

Vincent, Murray, Jaxson Neuharth and Baugher each had a stolen base.

Game 2: Aberdeen 12, Brookings 11

The Bombers fell in a high-scoring affair as Aberdeen walked away with a 12-11 win in the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader.

Brookings mounted a rally in the top of the first inning when Jonathan Lacher-Starace singled and Murry and Damm each drove walks to load the bases. Lacher-Starace was caught stealing home but the Bombers got on the board when Neuharth reached on an error that allowed Murray to score.

Aberdeen scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning but Brookings rallied for a five-run second inning. Liam Johnson reached on an error and Kale Weiker each reached on errors before Aiden Adelmann was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Two batters later, Brownell drove in a run with a single and Lacher-Starace singled to cut the lead down to 6-3.

Murray drew a bases-loaded walk to make it a 6-4 game and the Bombers tied it up with two runs scoring on an error. 

The Bombers’ rally continued in the top of the third inning when Johnson singled to lead off the inning, Adelmann and Teagan Wallace each drew walks and Brownell hit a bases-clearing triple to give Brookings a 9-6 lead. 

Brownell scored on a wild pitch two batters later to extend the Bombers’ lead to 10-6 but Aberdeen came back with five runs in the bottom of the third inning to go ahead 11-10.

Neuharth singled, advanced to third on Bode TeKrony’s groundout and scored on a Johnson single to tie the game at 11-11 in the top of the fourth inning but Aberdeen scored the winning run to walk-off in the bottom of the fourth.

Adelmann started for Brookings, allowing 11 runs (eight earned) on three hits and seven walks with five strikeouts. Murray recorded one out, allowing an earned run on two hits and two walks with a strikeout.

Brookings had seven hits in the game and had three players record multiple hits. Brownell went 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and four RBI. Lacher-Starace went 2-for-2 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI. Johnson went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Neuharth went 1-for-3 with a run scored.

The Bombers stole three bases. Lacher-Starace had two stolen bases while Neuharth had one.