{"id":3319,"date":"2026-07-13T22:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:37:15","slug":"gamecocks-split-last-two-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2026\/07\/13\/gamecocks-split-last-two-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamecocks Split Last Two Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Humboldt-Hartford-Gamecocks.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The Humboldt\/Hartford Gamecocks finished 1-1 in their last two games.\u00a0 \u00a0They picked up a win over Baltic on Thursday, July 9th but fell to Madison on Sunday, July 12th.<\/p>\n<h5>Gamecocks 15, Baltic 4<\/h5>\n<p>Three straight innings of scoring to start the game helped the Gamecocks to their home win over the Baltic River Dawgs.\u00a0 The Gamecocks scored two runs in each of the first three innings for a 6-0 lead.\u00a0 Baltic cut the lead to 6-4 with a four-run top of the sixth, but the Gamecocks scored five in the bottom of the sixth and then ended the game on the 10-run rule with a three-run home run by Jonah Rechtenbaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Den Boer finished with four hits, one a home run, and four RBIs.\u00a0 Cam Quigley and Blake Svoboda both had three hits and one RBI each.\u00a0 \u00a0Rechtenbaugh had two hits, one a home run, and three RBIs.\u00a0 Chad Morrison ended with two singles and an RBI.\u00a0 Gunnar Alfson, Devon Garry, and Drew Talberg all had one hit each.\u00a0 Landry Knight had two RBIs.\u00a0 Braylon Bear pitched five innings and allowed no runs on four hits and a walk with 10 strikeouts to earn the win.<\/p>\n<h5>Madison 11, Gamecocks 5<\/h5>\n<p>The Broncos scored seven runs in the first two innings as they ended the Gamecocks three-game winnings streak on Sunday.\u00a0 \u00a0Madison scored three times in the bottom of the first inning.\u00a0 The Gamecocks picked up a run in the top of the second, but Madison scored four more in the bottom of the second for a 7-1 lead.\u00a0 Humboldt\/Hartford picked up single runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings to make the score 7-4.\u00a0 Madison, however, scored two in the sixth and two in the seventh to push the lead to 11-4.\u00a0 The Gamecocks added one more run in the top of the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Rechtenbaugh had three hits, one a double, and an RBI.\u00a0 Alfson added two singles and three RBIs.\u00a0 Broc Halldeman had a single and an RBI.\u00a0 Svoboda and Den Boer each had a double.\u00a0 Garry, Kyle Konechne, and JD Kirchner all had a single each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Humboldt\/Hartford Gamecocks finished 1-1 in their last two games.\u00a0 \u00a0They picked up a win over Baltic on Thursday, July 9th but fell to Madison on Sunday, July 12th. 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