HARRISBURG — The Brookings Bombers Black 14U baseball team pulled off a sweep, defeating Harrisburg by scores of 12-0 and 12-1 on Friday night.

The Bombers are now 25-5 on the year and will travel for a doubleheader in Huron beginning Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Game 1: Brookings 12, Harrisburg 0 (5 Inn.)

Ben Schulte racked up three hits and a home run as the Bombers routed Harrisburg to win the first game of the doubleheader.

Jude Meendering led off the game with a double in the first inning and advanced to third base on a wild pitch before scoring on Nolan Krogman’s sacrifice fly. Baker Hanson was hit by a pitch in the following at-bat before Schulte singled for his first hit of the game.

Schulte stole second base and Hanson scored on a wild pitch before Noah Lease drew a walk. Schulte stole home to give Brookings a 3-0 lead and Dixon Dauer put the Bombers up 4-0 with an RBI single two pitches later.

Horn drove in a run with a two-out single to put Brookings ahead 5-0 later in the first inning and the lineup picked up where it left off in the top of the second, with Hanson driving in a run with a one-out single.

Armed with a 6-0 lead, the Bombers mounted another rally in the top of the fourth inning beginning with walks by Grant Wipf and Krogman sandwiched around Meendering’s hit-by-pitch to load the bases. Hanson drove in two runs with a single before Schulte hit a two-run home run to put the Bombers ahead 10-0.

Kooper Henderson drove in a run with a double to make it 11-0 later in the fourth inning and Hanson drove in his fourth run of the game with a single in the top of the fifth inning.

Schulte had a walk, three stolen bases, two RBI and two runs scored to go with his three hits. Hanson went 3-for-3 with a stolen base and two runs scored to go with four RBI. Dauer went 2-for-2 with a triple, two stolen bases an RBI and two runs scored. Meendering went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a stolen base and four runs scored. Lease went 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored. Henderson went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Horn went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Krogman walked and drove in a run.

Krogman threw five shutout innings, allowing one hit, two walks with seven strikeouts.

Game 2: Brookings 12, Harrisburg 1 (5 Inn.)

Harrisburg took an early lead but the Bombers stormed back with a seven-run second inning and 12 unanswered runs to win the second game of the doubleheader in five-innings via the 10-run rule.

Harrisburg got its lone run of the game when G Erdman scored from second base on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first inning but Brookings’s rally began with Dauer’s lead off triple in the top of the second inning. 

Mason Diers drove Dauer in with an RBI single before Jase Jaacks walked and Andrew Heinze singled to load the bases. After back-to-back strikeouts produced the first two outs of the inning, Brookings broke the tie with Meendering’s RBI single.

Krogman was hit by a pitch to put the Bombers ahead 3-1 and a two-run single by Hanson increased the lead to 5-1 before Brookings scored two runs on an error to take a 7-1 lead.

Jaacks scored on an error in the top of the third inning to put the Bombers up 8-1 and Dauer drove in a run with a double to give Brookings a 9-1 lead in the top of the fourth. Schulte scored on a passed ball and Diers drove in a run with a double to make it an 11-1 game and Heinze drove in a run with a single for the final run.

Meendering earned the win on the mound, allowing one earned run on four hits and two walks with six strikeouts.

Hanson went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, two RBI and a run scored. Dauer went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, two runs scored and an RBI. Diers went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, two runs scored and two RBI. Jaacks went 2-for-2 with a stolen base, a walk and two runs scored. Heinze went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a run driven in.

Krogman went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI. Schulte walked once and scored once. Lincoln Helmbolt drew a walk in the win.