REDFIELD – The top-seeded Redfield Muskrats earned a pair of 10-run rule victories in Region 2B action Sunday to qualify for this year’s State B high school baseball tournament.
The Muskrats, 15-0 on the season, defeated Castlewood-Deuel 11-1 before blanking Howard 10-0.
Redfield exploded out of the blocks against Castlewood-Deuel with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Leadoff hitter Cam Osborn deposited the third pitch he saw over the fence to fuel the uprising.
Fehi Faonelua later added a two-run double and Easton Miller added an RBI-single.
The hosts kept at it in the second inning when Keaton Rohlfs drove in a pair with a single, and then added three more runs in the third, two scoring on an error.
Osborn had three hits to power an 11-hit attack. Owen Osborn scored four times. Rohlfs allowed just two hits in five innings on the mound.
The Muskrats had two big innings in the win over Howard, scoring four runs in the third and six more in the sixth.
Cam Osborn and Owen Osborn had back-to-back triples followed by Peyton Osborn with a double to start the third. Rohlfs added a run-scoring single.
Redfield then ended the game in the sixth as Owen Osborn, Peyton Osborn, Faonelua, Rohlfs and Millar all had run-producing hits. Cam Osborn finished with 3 hits and Peyton Osborn drove in three while tossing a two-hitter over six frames in the victory.
Redfield moves on to the State B tourney in Sioux Falls. The Muskrats will play an opponent yet to be determined on Monday, May 30.
Castlewood-Deuel 000 10 – 1 2 6
Redfield 423 02 – 11 11 1
Booker Schooley, Tvedt (4) and Tharaldsen; Keaton Rohlfs and Fehi Faonelua. 2B – Redfield, Faonelua. HR – Redfield, Camden Osborn.
Howard 000 000 – 0 2 2
Redfield 004 006 – 10 15 0
Koepsell and Neises; Peyton Osborn and Keaton Rohlfs. 2B – Redfield, P. Osborn. 3B – Redfield, Owen Osborn, Camden Osborn.
