Humboldt/Hartford legion won two games against Garretson on Tuesday, June 14th. They took the first game 4-3 and the second game 9-7.
Humboldt/Hartford 4, Garretson 3
Garretson scored a run in the bottom of the first inning for an early lead. Humboldt/Hartford scored all four of their runs in the second inning, and all with two outs. Gage Nelson and Deuce Sherard both had two-run doubles in the inning for a 4-1 lead. Garretson added two runs in the bottom of the second. Neither team scored again in the game.
Nelson and Sherard both had a double and two RBIs. Jack Linneman had two hits. Gavin Koch also had a single. Andrew Zimmer pitched six innings allowing three runs, one earned, on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Humboldt/Hartford 9, Garretson 7
Humboldt/Hartford broke a 6-6 tie with a three-run fifth inning and took a 9-7 win in the second game.
Linneman had an RBI fielder’s choice ground ball for the first run in the top of the first. Bennett Sebert scored on a wild pitch, and Camden McDonald reached on an error that scored Linneman, and Humboldt/Hartford led 3-0. Sebert added an RBI single in the top of the second inning for a 4-0 advantage.
Garretson scored three times in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 4-3. Koch scored on a steal of home, and Derek Renken had an RBI double to push the Humboldt/Hartford lead to 6-3. Garretson had another three-run inning in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game 6-6.
Seth Gabbert hit an RBI single to center field to break the tie. Adam Parsons also had an RBI single, and Koch followed with an RBI single to give Humboldt/Hartford a 9-6 lead. Garretson scored one run in the bottom of the sixth.
Sebert had three hits and an RBI. Koch had two hits and an RBI. Renken had a double and an RBI. Parsons and Gabbert both had a single and an RBI. Zimmer and Domo Chandaswang each collected a hit. Linneman had an RBI. Koch pitched three innings allowing an earned run on two hits an a walk. Chandaswang pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.