The struggles continue for the Pierre Rattlers amateur baseball team as the Rattlers were swept in a doubleheader at Redfield on Saturday losing the opener 10-3 and then dropping the nightcap 3-1 to fall to 4 and 12 on the season. Tyson Lindekugel hit a pair of home runs for Pierre in the opener but after scoring 2 runs in the first, Redfield answered with 3 in their half of the inning and never trailed the rest of the way. Allen Goodman started and took the loss for the Rattlers who were outhit 15-10 in the game. In the nightcap, Redfield scored 3 runs in the bottom of the first and made it stick as Harry Decker took the loss on the mound allowing 6 hits over 7 innings of work. Pierre had 8 hits, all singles in the game.
It looks like Pierre will play Sioux Falls East in the first game of the State American Legion Baseball tournament Wednesday in Yankton at 9:30 am instead of 10:00 am if you believe what was reported in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader Sunday morning. In the past, the tournament began at 10 am. We are not sure why the American Legion Sports Commission decided to move the start time up a 1/2 an hour but apparently they did. And unlike what I said yesterday morning, Pierre did not play Sioux Falls East during the regular season. It was Sioux Falls West who Pierre beat in the Yankton tournament back in early June. My apologies. Sioux Falls East swept the Region 2A tournament winning the championship. Pierre was the runner up of Region 3A.
The Pierre 13-14 Teener baseball team is hosting another triangular today when Sioux Falls South and Sioux Falls East play along with Pierre in Pierre. Pierre won twice yesterday beating Sioux Falls East 12-4 and Sioux Falls South 14-4. And the Pierre White 15-16 Teener baseball team play in Aberdeen in a doubleheader today. Pierre has won it's last two League openers and another win is vitally important in the first game today for Pierre to make the State AA Tournament field. The Pierre Green squad is in the tournament having won a number of league contest earlier in the season.
As we told you earlier this week, Pierre Lady Governor Tennis Head Coach Jeff Bloomberg recieved the South Dakota Tennis Association Achievement Award this weekend in Sioux Falls during the South Dakota Open Tennis Classic. Bloomberg has also been the president of the Pierre Tennis Association and has been the organizer of the Pierre Capital City Open Tennis Tournament in recent years. Congratulations go out to Coach Bloomberg.
And apparently we will have NFL football to talk about. ESPN, also known as the NFL Channel Number 2, is reporting this morning that the players are expected to vote on the Collective Bargaining Agreement already okayed by the NFL owners. If they vote yes, and they need 50 percent plus 1 vote out of their 1500 plus members to ratify the agreement, team facilities could open Wednesday, then the free agent flury of signings will take place and finally training camp will open. So far only one game has been cancelled. That one is the NFL Hall of Fame game between the Rams and the Bears.
And congratulations to Bert Blyleven, the former Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, Cleveland Indian and I lost track of any other teams pitcher for his enshrinement into Baseball's Hall of Fame. After 14 years, he finally made it and with over 3700 strikeouts over the course of his career, well deserved. Just 200 and sixty some days until his birthday I think.
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