The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks kept their place in the 2024 South Dakota State B Amateur Baseball Tournament by defeating the Elk Point Colt .45s by a score of 8-5 on Monday, August 12th.
The Wood Ducks built an early lead, but then used a big sixth inning to lift them to the win. Humboldt/Hartford scored a single run in each of the first three innings for a 3-0 lead. Elk Point scored two times in the top of the fifth and then two more in the sixth to take a brief 4-3 lead. The Wood Ducks responded with five runs in the bottom of the sixth to go back in front 8-4. Elk Point got one more run in the top of the eighth.
Brayden Odegaard had a double and single. Rayce Whiting had a double with two RBIs. Braden Herr, Logan Larsen, and Brodie Herr all had a single and an RBI each. Nathan Adrian alsoo had a single. Derek Renken pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits and four walks with five strikeouts. CJ DenBoer threw 4 1/3 innings and allowed three runs, one earned, on seven hits with four strikeouts.
