RENNER – After winning their opening game on Friday night in the Renner Tournament, the Brookings 'Chutes dropped both games on Saturday, coming up short in a 6-1 loss to the Sioux Falls Cyclones White before falling, 16-7, to the Cyclones Red.
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RENNER – After winning their opening game on Friday night in the Renner Tournament, the Brookings ‘Chutes dropped both games on Saturday, coming up short in a 6-1 loss to the Sioux Falls Cyclones White before falling, 16-7, to the Cyclones Red.
Brookings, 5-15 on the season, plays host to its own tournament at Bob Shelden Field, starting on Friday.
• S.F. Cyclones White 6, Brookings 1
The ‘Chutes got on the scoreboard early when Caden McKeown hit a one-out single; advanced to second on an error; moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Tanner Shepardson’s base hit. Parker Rykhus followed with a double, but Brookings stranded both runners in scoring position.
The Cyclones took advantage of two of the ‘Chutes’ six errors on the day to plate three runs in the second and then put the game away with two in the fourth and an insurance tally in the seventh.
Rykhus suffered the loss on the mound as he surrendered five runs – two earned – on six hits and two walks with a strikeout over five frames. Rhett Zelinsky tossed the last two innings and gave up an unearned run as he walked one Cyclone batter.
S.F. CYCLONES WHITE 6, BROOKINGS 1
Sioux Falls 030 200 1 – 6 6 3
Brookings 100 000 0 – 1 8 6
Broc Haldeman and Caden Tegethoff; Parker Rykhus, Rhett Zelinsky (6) and Christian Mediger. W – Haldeman. L – Rykhus. 2B: B, Daniel Messerli, Parker Rykhus.
• S.F. Cyclones Red 16, Brookings 7
The Cyclones scored three runs in the top of the second but Brookings used a pair of home runs in the bottom half to match them and make it 3-3 through two.
Rykhus led off with a home run; Christian Mediger drew a base on balls; and then, Theo Burns followed up with a two-run shot.
Sioux Falls scored 11 runs over the next two innings and although the ‘Chutes responded, they couldn’t keep up as the Cyclones pulled away.
Tanner Shepardson was saddled with the loss after giving up nine runs – six earned – on five hits and five walks with two strikeouts over three innings. Burns gave up five runs – four earned – on a pair of hits and four walks with a strikeout in a third of a frame. Kane Kurtenbach tossed the final 1 2/3, allowing two runs on a hit and four freebies, with a strikeout.
S.F. CYCLONES WHITE 16, BROOKINGS 7
Sioux Falls 036 52 – 16 8 1
Brookings 031 12 – 7 8 5
Wyatt Reitmeier, Ayden Sand (5) and Cole Wood; Tanner Shepardson, Theo Burns (4), Kane Kurtenbach (4) and Christian Mediger. W – Reitmeier. L – Shepardson. 2B: SF, Sam Eng, Liam Sorensen; B, Theo Burns. HR: SF, Jack Rabern; B, Theo Burns, Parker Rykhus.
