The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks had their season come to an end after back-to-back losses at the District 4B tournament in Colman.  The Gamecocks lost their first game on Saturday, July 24th and then lost their second game on Sunday, July 25th.

Going into the district tournament as the fourth seed, the Gamecocks took on the fifth-seeded Flandreau Cardinals on Saturday.  Flandreau scored three runs in the first two innings, picked up another run in the top of the fifth, and then scored six times in the top of the sixth inning for a 10-0 lead.  The Gamecocks were held to just two hits, and the game ended in the seventh inning on the 10-run rule with Flandreau winning 10-0.

Tyler Renken had a double, and Drew DeMers had a single for the two hits.  Renken pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing eight runs, seven earned, on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Noah Vettrus pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two earned runs on a hit with a walk.

The loss sent the Gamecocks to the loser’s bracket to play the seventh-seeded Colman A’s on Sunday in an elimination game.  Colman also scored three runs in the first two innings for a 3-0 lead.  The Gamecocks tied the game in the bottom of the third inning with a three-run double by Joe Hanisch.  Colman regained the lead in the top of the fifth with two runs, but the Gamecocks took the lead for the first time in the bottom of the inning with three more runs.  Devon Garry had an RBI single, and Hanisch had a two-run home run to give the Gamecocks a 6-5 lead.  The lead was short-lived as Colman picked up two more runs in the top of the sixth inning and then five more in the top of the eighth for a 12-6 lead.  The Gamecocks tried to make a comeback.  Hanisch had an RBI single, Garry scored on an error, and Jon Maras had an RBI single to cut the lead to 12-9, but that was all the Gamecocks would get as Colman took the win.

Hanisch had three hits, including a home run and double, and drove home six runs.  Garry had two hits and an RBI.  Cam Quigley and Drew Maras both had two hits.  J. Maras had a hit and an RBI.  Broc Haldeman had a double, and Renken had a single.  Micah Warrington pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, only one earned, on eight hits and three walks with a strikeout.  Cole Barthel pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing just one walk.  Haldeman pitched 2/3 of an inning allowing five earned runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout. Quigley pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing three hits with a strikeout.

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks nearly pulled off a come-from-behind win after trailing 8-0 to Madison, but Madison scored two late runs to get an 11-10 win in the final regular season league game on Sunday, July 18th.

Madison scored a run in the top of the first inning and then got hot in the top of the fourth.  Madison scored seven times on five hits to take an 8-0 lead after four innings of play.  The Gamecocks started to chip away at the lead starting with two runs in the bottom of the fifth on an two-run single by Jon Maras.  Hartford-Humboldt scored four times in the bottom of the sixth.  Noah Vettrus received a bases-loaded walk, Drew DeMers brought home two with a double, and Devon Garry had an RBI sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 8-6.  The Gamecocks pulled within a run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Drew Maras. 

Madison added a run in the top of the eighth to extend their lead to 9-7.  The Gamecocks took the lead in the bottom of the eighth with three more runs.  Cole Hellie had a two-run single to tie the game.  J. Maras followed with an RBI ground out to put the Gamecocks in front 10-9.  Madison, however, scored two runs with two outs in the top of the ninth to retake the lead 11-10.  Hartford-Humboldt went down in order in the bottom of the ninth.

Tyler Renken had four hits.  Garry finished with three hits, one double, and an RBI.  DeMers had two hits, one double, and two RBIs.  Hellie had two hits and two RBIs.  J. Maras had a hit and three RBIs.  D. Maras had a hit and an RBI.  Dhad Morrison and Adam Hentges both had a hit, and Vettrus had an RBI.  Micah Warrington pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing five earned runs on eight hits with a walk and three strikeouts.  Vettrus pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing three earned runs on three hits with two walks.  Cole Barthel pitched two innings allowing a walk and had a strikeout.  Devon Garry pitched two innings allowing three earned runs on four hits with five walks and four strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Madison	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	2	11	15	2
Gamecocks	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	0	10	15	1

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks and Lennox were locked in a pitcher’s duel in a close game on Thursday, July 15th in Lennox.

Lennox scored in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI ground out.  The score remained 1-0 until the top of the ninth.  After a single by Devon Garry and double by Joe Hanisch, Cole Hellie hit a ground ball and reached on an error by the shortstop.  Both Garry and Hanisch scored on the play to give the Gamecocks a 2-1 lead.  Lennox got two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, but Hartford-Humboldt was able to keep Lennox off the board for a 2-1 win.

Drew DeMers and Hanisch both had a double in the game.  Garry had a single.  Tyler Renken pitched seven innings allowing one earned run on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts.  Broc Haldeman pitched two innings allowing a hit with four strikeouts.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gamecocks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1
Lennox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	2

A four-run rally in the seventh inning was not enough for the Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks as the Canova Gang held on for a 5-4 win on Sunday, July 11th.

Canova built a 5-0 by scoring a run in the top of the fourth and four more in the top of the fifth inning. The Gamecocks put together a four-run seventh inning. Tyler Renken and Chad Morrison back-to-back RBI ground outs to cut the lead to 5-2. Joe Maras had a two-run home run in the inning as well to pull the Gamecocks within a run at 5-4. Hartford-Humboldt threatened to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth by getting two runs on base, but they were unable to get the tying run home.

Drew DeMers and Joe Hanisch both had three hits in the game. Maras had a home run and two RBIs. Cole Hellie, Drew Maras, and Clayton Hanisch all had singles. Renken and Morrison both had an RBI. Noah Vettrus pitched four innings allowing an unrearned run on three hits with two walks and a strikeout. D. Maras pitched three innings allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits with a walk and strikeout. J. Hanisch pitched an inning allowing just one hit. Broc Haldeman also pitched an inning with a walk and strikeout.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canova	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	10	1
Gamecocks	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	10	6

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks scored 14 straight runs over six innings and defeated the Colman A’s 14-3 in seven innings on Wednesday, June 30th.

The runs started early for the Gamecocks.  They scored six times in the top of the second inning and continued to cruise from there.  They scored one run in the third, three in the fourth, three in the fifth, and one more in the sixth.  Colman did get three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the game ended on the 10-run rule after seven innings.

Cole Hellie had three hits and an RBI.  Devon Garry had two hits and two RBIs.  Cam Quigley and Tyler Renken both had two hits, each also having a double, and an RBI.  Chad Morrison also had two hits and an RBI.  Broc Haldeman had two hits, including a double.  Noah Vettrus had a home run and five RBIs.  Drew DeMers had a hit and two RBIs, and Drew Maras had a hit and an RBI.

Renken pitched five innings allowing just one hit and three walks with five strikeouts.  Maras pitched two innings allowing three earned runs on two hits and two walks.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gamecocks	0	6	1	3	3	1	0	X	X	14	16	1
Colman A’s	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	3	3	2

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks scored six times in the first two innings, which was enough, as the Gamecocks won 12-4 over Dell Rapids PBR on Sunday, June 27th.

Broc Haldeman drove home the first run in the bottom of the first inning with a single.  Drew Maras and Clayton Hanisch both drew bases-loaded walks.  Adam Hentges had two RBIs on a single for an early 5-0 lead.  Joe Hanisch had an RBI double in the bottom of the second inning to give the Gamecocks a 6-0 lead.

PBR was able to cut the lead in half in the top of the third with three runs.  They scored another run in the top of the fourth, and after the Gamecocks went scoreless in the bottom of the inning, Hartford-Humboldt led 6-4 after four innings.

The Gamecocks picked up a run in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Cole Hellie.  Hartford-Humboldt scored five more times in the bottom of the seventh to put the game out of reach.  J. Hanisch had a solo home run to lead off the inning.  Chad Morrison and Noah Vettrus both had RBI singles.  Drew DeMers then added an RBI double.

J. Hanisch had two hits, a home run and a double, with two RBIs.  DeMers had two hits, one double, and two RBIs.  Hentges had two hits and two RBIs.  Haldeman and Hellie both had two hits, each of them with a double, and an RBI.  Tyler Renken had two hits.  Maras, Morrison, and Vettrus all had a hit and RBI.  Cam Quigley also had a hit.

Micah Warrington pitched five innings allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.  Quigley pitched three innings without allowing a hit and striking out one.  Vettrus pitched the last inning striking out two batters.

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks scored five runs late in the game, and then held off a Flandreau rally in the ninth to beat the Cardinals 8-6 in Cornbelt League action on Thursday, June 24th.

After two scoreless innings, Flandreau got on the board with a run in the top of the third.  The Gamecocks tied the game in the bottom of the fourth.  Drew DeMers scored on a tag-up off a fly ball from Broc Haldeman even though Flandreau got two other runners out to complete a triple play.

The Gamecocks took the lead in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Chad Morrison.  DeMers hit a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the sixth to give the Gamecocks a 3-1 lead.  Hartford-Humboldt added three more runs in the bottom of the seventh.  Cole Hellie had an RBI sacrifice fly, Drew Maras had an RBI double, and Noah Vettrus also had an RBI double to make the score 6-1.

Flandreau scored a run in the top of the eighth inning, but the Gamecocks got two more runs in the bottom of the inning when two runs scored on an error off a ground ball by Joe Hanisch.  Flandreau put together a rally in the top of the ninth inning scoring four times with two outs, but the Gamecocks were able to get the final out to secure the win.

Hanisch had two hits, one a double, in the game.  Devon Garry also had two hits.  DeMers had a home run and an RBI.  Haldeman had a triple and an RBI.  Maras and Vettrus both had a double and RBI.  Chad Morrison also had a hit.

Tyler Renken pitched 7 2/3 innings allowing two earned runs on five hits with five walks and six strikeouts.  Devon Garry pitched 1 1/3 innings allowing four runs, three earned, on four hits with a walk and three strikeouts.

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks have split their last two Cornbelt League games.  The Gamecocks earned a 3-2 victory over the Madison Broncos on Thursday, June 17th, but fell to the Dell Rapids Mudcats 17-6 on Sunday, June 20th.

The Gamecocks scored the first run in the top of the second inning after an RBI single by Adam Hentges.  The scored remained 1-0 until the bottom of the seventh.  Madison scored two times to take a 2-1 lead.  The Gamecocks tied the game on a RBI ground out by Noah Vettrus and then took the lead on an RBI single by Cam Quigley.  The Broncos threatened to tie the game, or win it, in the bottom of the ninth.  They got their first two batters on with singles, but the tying run was left at second base.

Hentges, Quigley, and Vettrus all had a single and RBI in the game.  Joe Hanisch had a double.  Broc Haldeman, Drew Maras, and Jon Maras all had singles as well.  Quigley pitched 6 2/3 innings allowing two earned runs on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Haldeman pitched the final 2 1/3 innings allowing three hits with three strikeouts.

Hartford-Humboldt put together a two-run second, one-run third, two-run fourth, and one-run fifth inning to take a 6-5 lead over the Mudcats heading into the bottom of the fifth on Sunday.  Dell Rapids then had two very big innings.  The Mudcats scored five times in the fifth and seven more in the sixth for a 17-6 lead, and the game ended on the 10-run rule in the seventh inning.

Tyler Renken had a triple and single in the game.  D Maras had two hits.  J. Maras had a double.  Drew DeMers, Quigley, Hentges, and Cam Morrison all had singles in the game.

The Hartford-Humboldt Gamecocks hosted the Colman A’s in a make-up game on Tuesday, June 15th.  The Gamecocks rallied in the later innings for a 12-5 victory.

The Gamecocks did have an early lead after two runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Drew DeMers scored on an error, and Cam Quigley scored on a double-play to give Hartford-Humboldt a 2-0 lead.  After a run by Colman in the top of the second, Drew Maras had an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to push the lead back to two runs at 3-1. 

Colman tied the game in the top of the fourth on a two-run home run, and then took the lead in the top of the fifth on another two-run home run.  Colman led 5-3 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Gamecocks regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth.  Broc Haldeman had an RBI ground out, and Cole Hellie drove home two on a single for a 6-5 lead.  Two more runs scored in the bottom of the sixth when Joe Hanisch scored on a steal of home and an RBI single by DeMers.  The Gamecocks scored three more times in the bottom of the seventh.  Hanisch had a two-run single and then later scored on an error.  The final run scored on an RBI double by DeMers in the bottom of the eighth.

DeMers had three hits, including a double, with two RBIs.  Hanisch had two hits and two RBIs.  Hellie had a hit and two RBIs.  Broc Haldeman and Devon Garry both had hits and an RBI.  Quigley, Noah Vettrus, and Cahd Morrison all had two hits. 

Micah Warrington pitched four innings allowing five earned runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Garry pitched four innings allowing three hits with one walk and four strikeouts.  Haldeman pitched one inning allowing a hit and had one strikeout.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colman	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	2
Gamecocks	2	1	0	0	3	2	3	1	X	12	15	3