RAPID CITY — Rapid City continued its success over the Brookings Bandits on Thursday as the Hardhats completed a four-game sweep over Brookings.

After losing both games in a doubleheader on Wednesday night, the Bandits were swept again in a doubleheader on Thursday. Both games ended via the 10-run rule as the Hardhats won game one 20-8 and game two 10-0.

Brookings is now 5-7 on the season. The Bandits will return to the field on June 11 with a doubleheader at Renner. The first game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Game 1: Rapid City 20, Brookings 8 (five innings)

It looked like the Bandits got their mojo back as they scored eight runs in the top of the first, but that wasn’t the case as Rapid City proceeded to outscore them 20-0 the rest of the way.

Tate Helmbolt was walked to begin the game and Owen Schneider and Zach Struck hit back-to-back singles to load the bases up. Jack Merrit was then walked and Jase Bauer hit a single to make it 2-0.

Tane Fredreich was hit by a pitch and Austin Clark followed with a two-run single to make it 5-0. Fredreich scored on a ground out from Helmbolt and Clark and Sam Johnson scored on a Schneider single to make it 8-0 heading into the bottom of the first.

Rapid City responded with five first inning runs. A two-run single from Harrison Good and an RBI single from Aiden Roberts cut the lead to 8-3. Dietrich then scored on an error and a sacrifice fly from Wilson Kieffer made it 8-5 heading into the second.

The Hardhats would then take the lead in the second. Dietrich hit an RBI single and a sacrifice fly from Tate Crosswait made it 8-7. Joshua Elder then hit a single to tie the game and another sacrifice fly from Kieffer gave Rapid City the lead heading into the third.

Harrison Good then ripped a two-run home run over the left field wall and Aaron Roach hit an RBI single to make it 12-8 in the third. Crosswait, Roberts and Jace Morgan followed that with back-to-back-to-back doubles that scored six more runs to make it 18-8. Dietrich then powered a two-run home run over the left field wall as well and all of the sudden the Bandits trailed 20-8 heading into the fourth.

The Bandits went down one-two-three in the fourth but had runners on first and second with two outs in the fifth. They needed to score two runs to extend the game and were unable to do so.

Brookings had eight hits as a team. Schneider was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Clark was 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Fredreich was 1-for-2 with an RBI and Bauer was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Struck and Johnson were each 1-for-3.

David Brink pitched the first two and a third innings. He gave up 16 runs, 13 earned, on 10 hits with three walks. Ryan Lockrem pitched the final inning and two thirds and gave up four earned runs on five hits with one strikeout.

Game 2: Rapid City 10, Brookings 0 (five innings)

Things went from bad to worse in game two as the Bandits were unable to get a hit in the final game of the road trip.

Brookings held Rapid City in check through the first two innings but the Hardhats got on the board in the third. Philip Bentz was walked to begin the inning. He then advanced to second and third on wild pitches and scored on a sacrifice fly from Carter Johnson to make it 1-0.

Rapid City then added six runs in the fourth.The first run of the inning came on an error and back-to-back bases loaded walks made it 4-0. Another run scored on a wild pitch and Dietrich hit a two-run double to make it 7-0 heading into the fifth.

Bentz reached on an error with one out in the fifth and then scored on a different error.

Johnson hit a double and scored on a Kieffer single and Good hit an RBI single to end the game via the 10-run rule for a fourth straight game against the Bandits.

Fredreich was the only base runner for the Bandits as he drew a walk. Johnson got the start for Brookings and pitched the first three and two thirds innings. He gave up seven runs, three earned, on two hits and had three strikeouts and six walks. Will Conrad pitched two thirds of an inning and gave up three unearned runs on three hits with one strikeout.