The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Duck season came to an end at the District 4B tournament.  The Wood Ducks lost both of their games in Dell Rapids.

Salem Cubs 4, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 3

The Salem Cubs broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the bottom of the eighth and held for an opening round win over the Wood Ducks on Friday, July 22nd.

Salem scored two runs for an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second.  The Wood Ducks tied the game with two runs in the top of the fourth.  Chase Vessells had a two-run double.  Salem regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the seventh.  The Wood Ducks once again tied the game with a run in the top of the eighth.  Jacob Ellens had an RBI single to make the score 3-3.  The Cubs took the lead for good with two outs in the eighth.

Vessells had two hits, one a double, and two RBIs.  Ellens had two singles and an RBI.  Nathan Adrian and JJ Jesson both had two hits each.  Austin Smith and Ryan Healy both added a single.  Smith pitched eight innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits and five walks with five strikeouts.

Dell Rapids Mudcats 11, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 1

The Wood Duck season came to an end with an 11-1 loss to the Dell Rapids Mudcats on Sunday, July 24th. No stats were reported at the time of print.

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks hosted the Salem Cubs in the final regular season Cornbelt League game on Sunday, July 17th.  Salem scored two times in the top of the first inning and held for the 4-1 victory.

The score remained 2-0 until the top of the fifth.  Salem added another run and then pushed the lead to 4-0 with a run in the top of the ninth.  Owen Snethen drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth for the only Wood Duck run.

Nathan Adrian had two hits, one a double.  Austin King, Ryan Healy, and Logan Colwill all had hits.  Snethen had a single and an RBI.  Preston Riddle pitched eight innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on 10 hits and one walk with eight strikeouts.  Adrian pitched one inning and allowed an earned run on two hits with one strikeout.

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks dropped two games on back-to-back days on Wednesday, July 13th and Thursday, July 14th.

The Wood Ducks hosted the Dell Rapids Mudcats on Wednesday in a make-up game from earlier in July.  Dell Rapids scored three times in the top of the first inning and never trailed in a 14-4 win.  The Wood Ducks scored twice in the bottom of the first to make the score 3-2.  Dell Rapids, however, would get two more runs in the third, one in the sixth, and two in the seventh.  Humboldt/Hartford got two more runs in the bottom of the seventh for an 8-4 game, but Dell Rapids scored six times in the final two innings.

JJ Jesson had a home run, single, and two RBIs.  Austin King finished with a triple.  Ryan Healy, Presten Riddle, Josiah Stroup, and Jacob Ellens all had a single.

The Wood Ducks then took a 16-1 loss to Canova on Thursday.

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks won their second league game of the season on Thursday, June 30th.  They defeated Dell Rapids PBR 12-7.

Logan Larsen had four hits and three stolen bases.  JJ Jesson finished with three hits, including a home run.  Austin King added three hits and two stolen bases.  Nathan Adrian finished with a triple and double.  Jake Ellens also had two hits. Derek Eidsness and Austin Smith both finished with a hit and two stolen bases.  Presten Riddle pitched six innings in the win.

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks continued their skid with two losses in their last two games.  The Wood Ducks fell to the Salem Cubs on Thursday, June 23rd, and then lost to the Flandreau Cardinals on Sunday, June 26th.

Salem 12, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 5

The Wood Ducks started strong with two runs in the top of the first inning against Salem.  JJ Jesson and Logan Colwill each had RBIs for an early 2-0 lead.  Salem got a run in the bottom of the third to cut the lead in half, 2-1.

Then the Salem offense scored seven runs over the next two innings.  The Cubs scored four times in the bottom of the fourth inning and then three more in the bottom of the fifth for an 8-2 lead.  Derek Eidsness hand RBI single in the top of the sixth, but Salem got the run back in the bottom of the inning for a 9-3 lead.  The Wood Ducks scored two more times in the top of the eighth, and Salem added three in the bottom of the eighth.

Kadyn Nolz had two hits, one a triple, and two RBIs.  Jesson and Colwill each had two hits and an RBI.  Eidsness finished with a single and an RBI.  Austin King had a double, and Logan Larsen had a single.  Jacob Ellens pitched seven innings and allowed nine runs, seven earned, on nine hits and six walks with two strikeouts.

Flandreau 8, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 4

A big five-run eighth inning for Flandreau sealed the win for Cardinals, 8-4, on Sunday against the Wood Ducks.  After a scoreless first inning, Flandreau got a single run in the second and third innings.  Nathan Adrian drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the fourth, and the Wood Ducks cut the lead in half, 2-1.

The Cardinals got another run in the top of the sixth and led 3-1 after seven innings of play.  Flandreau then scored five times in the top of the eighth for an 8-1 lead.  The Wood Ducks rallied in the eighth as well, scoring three times on a three-run home run by Colwill.  Both teams were scoreless in the ninth inning.

Colwill had a home run and three RBIs.  Jesson and Lundborg both had two doubles each in the game.  Ellens had a single, and Adrian had an RBI.  Larsen pitched 7 innings and allowed three runs, all unearned, on five hits and four walks while recording 15 strikeouts.

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks hosted the Larchwood Diamonds in the Sunshine League / Cornbelt League Showcase on Saturday, June 18th.  Larchwood took a 5-3 win over the Wood Ducks.

The game was tied 2-2 heading into the to of the seventh inning.  Larchwood scored three times in the top of the seventh to take a 5-2 lead.  The Wood Ducks were only able to get one run back and left the bases loaded to end the game.  Humboldt/Hartford let a total of 10 runners on base in the game.

Logan Larson pitched 6 1/3 innings for the Wood Ducks, and Presten Riddle pitched 2/3 of an inning.  JJ Jesson had a double.  Austin Smith finished with a single and an RBI, and Rob Lind also had a single.

Canova scored two times in the top of the first and that would be enough as the Gang earned a 6-1 win over the Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks on Sunday, June 12th.

The Wood Ducks cut the lead in half in the bottom of the first with a run of their own.  JJ Jesson had an RBI single to right field that scored Rob Lind.  The Gang added another run in the top of the second for a 3-1 lead.  The score would remain 3-1 all the way until the ninth inning.  Canova added three runs in their half of the ninth to secure the win.

Jesson had two hits and the lone RBI in the game.  Lind had a double.  Austin King, Jacob Ellens, Tyler Lundberg, and Derek Eidsness all had singles in the game.  Presten Riddle pitched six innings and allowed three runs, but only one earned, on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  Ellens pitched three innings allowing three earned runs on four hits while striking out three.

The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks scored three runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game 3-3, but the Flandreau Cardinals got a game-winning hit with two-outs in the bottom of the ninth for a 4-3 Cornbelt League win on Thursday, June 2nd.

Flandreau scored in the bottom of the first inning on a two-out hit for an early 1-0 lead.  The game remained 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth inning.  The Cardinals scored two more runs after a hit batter and three straight singles for a 3-0 lead.

The Wood Ducks put together a two-out rally in the top of the seventh.  Tyler Lundborg hit a single to left field.  Logan Colwill reached on an error.  Nathan Adrian had an RBI single, and Grafton Stroup followed with a two-run double to tie the game 3-3.  The score remained tied until the bottom of the ninth.  Flandreau put some pressure on the Wood Ducks when two batters reached with one out.  Preston Riddle got a strikeout for the second out, but two straight singles ended the game.

Stroup had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs.  Adrian had a single and an RBI.  Ryan Healty finished with two hits.  Bennett Sebert and Lundborg each had a single.  Riddle pitched 8 2/3 innings allowing four runs, three earned, on 11 hits and a walk while getting 16 strikeouts.