BRANDON – The Brookings Bullets 16U team was swept in a doubleheader against Brandon Valley on Tuesday night.

The Bullets struggled in game one, losing 10-0, but fell in tightly contested game two, 4-3. Brookings is now 3-19-1 on the season and plays a doubleheader at Harrisburg today at 2 p.m.

Game One

Brandon 10, Brookings 0 (6 inn.)

The Bullets offense couldn’t get going in game one of the doubleheader as they had just three hits.

Brandon Valley got on the board in the third inning as a one-out double from them turned into a run via a ground out. Two runs from an error and a run from a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth made it 4-0.

An RBI single and a run from a passed ball in the fifth made it 6-0 and then Brandon Valley added four more runs in the sixth to end the game via the 10-run rule. The first run of the sixth came from a sacrifice fly and then an RBI single made it 8-0. A run from a wild pitch and another one from an error ended the game.

Rylan Hesser, Wes Van Ede and Carter Reicks were all 1-for-2 at the plate. Parker Witte pitched the first five innings and gave up six earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Van Ede got one out in the sixth but gave up four runs, on three earned, on two hits with two walks.

Game Two

Brandon Valley 4, Brookings 3

The second game was much closer but the Bullets couldn’t get the win as Brandon Valley narrowly secured the sweep.

Brandon Valley jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. The first run of the game came from a single. Then runs from a passed ball and a wild pitch then gave BV a three-run lead heading into the second.

Brookings cut the lead to 3-2 in the fifth. Tate Sonnenberg started a two-out rally by reaching on an error. Hesser then reached on an error as well and Sutton Schneider walked to load the bases and Van Ede hit Sonnenberg home with a single. Brennan Cordes then walked and that allowed Hesser to come home.

Brandon Valley picked up an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth. The run came on a ground out and BV led 4-2 heading into the final inning.

Sonnneberg led off the seventh with a double and then scored on a Hesser single. Hesser advanced all the way to third on a wild pitch but a strikeout and a ground out ended the game for the Bullets.

Brookings had five hits in the game. Van Ede was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Hesser and Sonnenberg were each 1-for-3 and Witte was 1-for-4. Cordes had an RBI without a hit.

Connor Jones got the start for the Bullets and pitched four and two thirds innings. He gave up three runs, two earned, on three hits with three strikeouts and seven walks. Reicks pitched the final inning and a third and gave up one earned run on one hit with two walks.