The Hartford/Humboldt Wood Ducks lost a close game to Colman to end the Cornbelt League regular season on Thursday, July 15th. Colman scored a run in the top of the ninth to take a 2-1 win.
The first three innings of the game went scoreless. The Wood Ducks grabbed the lead in the bottom of the fourth on a solo home run to right field by J Jesson. Colman would tie the game, 1-1, in the top of the sixth. The score remained 1-1 until the top of the ninth inning. Colman was able to sneak in a run on a wild pitch with two outs to take a 2-1 lead. The Wood Ducks got a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth, but the game ended on a fly out one batter later.
Jesson had two hits, a double and home run, with an RBI. Brodie Herr, Brayden Odegaard, and Seth Kuno all had a single in the game. Braden Herr pitched three innings and allowed a hit and had one strikeout. Andrew Zimmer pitched six innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits and two walks with 10 strikeouts.
