{"id":3306,"date":"2026-07-01T18:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:32:38","slug":"wood-ducks-hold-off-salem-for-another-cornbelt-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2026\/07\/01\/wood-ducks-hold-off-salem-for-another-cornbelt-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Ducks Hold off Salem for Another Cornbelt Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodDucksLogo.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The Hartford\/Humboldt Wood Ducks earned another Cornbelt League win after holding off the Salem Cubs 8-6 at home on Tuesday, June 30th.<\/p>\n<p>Salem scored the first four runs of the game.\u00a0 They scored three times in the top of the first and one more in the top of the second.\u00a0 Ben Honkomp put the Wood Ducks on the board with an RBI single in the bottom of the second.\u00a0 The Wood Ducks would then rally for five runs in the bottom of the third to take a 6-4 lead.\u00a0 Loren Jacobson, Curtis Flint, Brayden Odegaard, Brodie Herr, and CJ Den Boer all drove home runs in the inning.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless fourth inning, the Cubs scored two times in the top of the fifth to tie the game 6-6.\u00a0 Flint hit a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the fifth to put the Wood Ducks back in the lead, 7-6.\u00a0 He homered again in the bottom of the seventh for an insurance run.<\/p>\n<p>Flint had two hits, both home runs, and three RBIs.\u00a0 Odegaard had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.\u00a0 Camden McDonald also had two singles.\u00a0 Jacobson, Herr, and Honkomp all had a hit and RBI each.\u00a0 Jacob Ellens and Keaton Vessells both had one hit.\u00a0 Den Boer added an RBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hartford\/Humboldt Wood Ducks earned another Cornbelt League win after holding off the Salem Cubs 8-6 at home on Tuesday, June 30th. 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