The Hartford/Humboldt Wood Ducks rallied in the middle innings and then held off the Salem Cubs for a 6-4 win on Tuesday, July 1st.
The first two innings were scoreless for the two teams. Both the Wood Ducks and Cubs scored a run in the third inning. Hartford/Humboldt took the lead again in the top of the fifth with a run. They added two more runs in the sixth and two in the seventh for a 6-1 lead. Salem got one run back in the bottom of the seventh. They rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth to cut the lead to 6-4, but that’s all the closer the Cubs would get.
Hayden Whiting had two hits and two RBIs. Braden Herr finished with a double. Clint DenBoer and Chase Vessells both had a single. Rayce Whiting had an RBI. Derek Renken pitched three innings and allowed an earned run on four hits and four walks with a strikeout. Andrew Zimmer also pitched three innings and allowed an unearned run on a hit with three walks and three strikeouts.
