The second game of Yankton Post 12’s recent Legion baseball doubleheader against Rapid City Post 22 has now been ruled a forfeit due to a rule infraction.
The rule in question is Rule 1.S.3 of the American Legion baseball rulebook, which states that “If a team has multiple games on the same day, a pitcher who pitches more than 45 pitches in Game 1 may not pitch in a subsequent game that day.”
Post 22’s Skyler Montgomery threw 55 pitches in their 7-6 win in game one, before entering game two and throwing nearly 50 more pitches in a 7-4 win for Post 22.
Throughout the two games, Montgomery struck out eight Yankton batters and allowed only one hit and no runs over 3 and 1/3rds innings in game two.
Yankton is now listed as 19-7 overall, including an 11-5 record in Class A play. The loss is the first of the season for Post 22 against Class A opponents.
The South Dakota Legion Baseball Class A Standings now recognize the game as a 9-0 win for Yankton. Yankton also moves from 5th to 4th in the standings, while Post 22 remains in 1st despite the change.
Yankton returns to action on July 7th with a home doubleheader against Brandon Valley.
The Yankton Lakers remained undefeated last night with a 14-4 victory over a non-South Central League opponent in the Mitchell Aces.
With the win, the Lakers improve to 14-0 on the season. During the season so far, Yankton has outscored their opponents 147 to 48, scoring an average of 11.3 runs per game and maintaining an average margin of victory of 7.6 runs per game.
Yankton is 11-0 in South Central League play this season, sitting 2.5 games clear of the second-place Tabor Bluebirds. The Lakers’ next league game is scheduled for July 10th against Tabor.
The South Central Amateur Baseball League has several games scheduled for this week, with at least one game every night from Thursday to Sunday.
Tomorrow, the Wynot Expos will travel to Crofton to take on the Bluejays in the lone league game of the evening.
On Friday, Menno will celebrate the Fourth of July with a home matchup against the Freeman Black Sox.
On Saturday, Lesterville welcomes Tabor to town as the Broncs host the Bluebirds in a matchup of top-5 teams.
On Sunday, three games will be played between four teams. Freeman will host Tabor in a single game, while Irene and Crofton will play in a doubleheader.
There are just over two weeks left in the regular season for SCL squads, with the final league matchups set for July 17th.
Yankton High School alum and Dakota State pitcher Samuel Kampshoff has been honored by the North Star Athletic Association, as he was named to the conference’s Scholar-Athlete List.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must achieve a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and participate in a junior varsity or varsity contest.
Kampshoff is part of the final ever NSAA Scholar-Athlete list, as the conference disbanded at the end of the 2024-25 school year. Kampshoff and Dakota State will join the Frontier Conference next season, along with former NSAA members Bellevue, Dickinson State, Mayville State, and Valley City State.
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