BRANDON — The Brookings Bombers Red 13U baseball team split their two games on Wednesday night, defeating Brandon Valley 12-10 in the first game and losing the second game 9-8.

The Bombers are 5-5 and will return home to host Pierre in a doubleheader at Bob Shelden Field beginning Thursday at 12 p.m.

Game 1: Brookings 12, Brandon Valley 10

Dario McSweeney, Ty Johnson and Grayson Wagner all had multi-hit games as the Bombers defeated the Lynx 12-10 in the opener of Wednesday’s doubleheader.

Brandon took an early lead on a groundout in the first inning but Brookings used a two-out rally to tie the game beginning with Johnson’s first single of the game. Ty Delbridge walked to move Johnson to second base and Wagner singled to drive Johnson in.

Brookings broke the tie on a balk later in the first inning but the Lynx stormed back, putting up nine runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the Bombers in a 10-2 hole.

The Bombers began their comeback with three straight singles to open the top of the fifth, however, and Mason Burghardt drove in a run after getting hit by a pitch. Brookings scored two runs on an error and two more runs on a passed ball before another run on an error, a run on a single by McSweeney and a sacrifice fly by Burghardt to take an 11-10 lead.

Carter Nielsen drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk in the top of the sixth and the Bombers were able to put the game away as McSweeney earned the win, allowing four unearned runs on three hits in 2.2 innings.

Delbridge made the start for Brookings, allowing six earned runs on two hits and five walks over 3.1 innings.

McSweeney went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI. Johnson went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Wagner went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Burghardt drove in two runs and scored once. Cooper Drawdy scored a run. Burzlaff walked twice and scored a run. Hayden Jones went 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Delbridge drew a walk and Nielsen went 1-for-2 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI.

Game 2: Brandon Valley 9, Brookings 8

The Bombers took an early lead but fell to a Brandon Valley rally in the second game of the doubleheader.

McSweeney and Drawdy sandwiched walks around Mason Burghardt’s groundout before Burzlaff drove in the first run of the game on a groundout in the bottom of the first inning. Johnson singled to give the Bombers their second run of the game later in the first inning but Brandon Valley tied the game with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Brookings regained the lead on a groundout by Griffin Streich and extended it thanks to a single by Burghardt and a double by Burzlaff that made it 5-2 in favor of the Bombers. Brandon Valley got a run back in the bottom of the third inning but the Bombers added a run on a dropped third strike and an error to go ahead 7-3 in the top of the fourth inning.

Brandon Valley pulled even with four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, however, and Brookings took the lead on McSweeney’s sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth inning before Brandon Valley tied it up in the bottom of the eighth and walked off in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Drawdy made the start and allowed seven runs (four earned) on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Wagner allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits and a walk with a pair of strikeouts over two innings.

Burghardt went 2-for-4 with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base. Drawdy went 1-for-4 with a walk, two stolen bases, a run scored and an RBI. Burzlaff went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Johnson went 1-for-4. Jones went 1-for-4. Nielsen went 1-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored.