Brookings kicked off their season on the road on Friday and hit a couple of potholes. They took a 13-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rapid City Central Cobblers. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
For Rapid City Central's part, their victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brian Atkinson, who went 2-for-5 with three stolen bases, two runs, and a triple.
The win (which was Rapid City Central's third in a row) raised their record to 4-2.
Brookings will be playing at home against Brandon Valley at 12:00 p.m. in Saturday's first game. As for Rapid City Central, they will head out on the road to challenge Stevens at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rapid City Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.8 runs per game this season.
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