The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks continued their skid with two losses in their last two games. The Wood Ducks fell to the Salem Cubs on Thursday, June 23rd, and then lost to the Flandreau Cardinals on Sunday, June 26th.
Salem 12, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 5
The Wood Ducks started strong with two runs in the top of the first inning against Salem. JJ Jesson and Logan Colwill each had RBIs for an early 2-0 lead. Salem got a run in the bottom of the third to cut the lead in half, 2-1.
Then the Salem offense scored seven runs over the next two innings. The Cubs scored four times in the bottom of the fourth inning and then three more in the bottom of the fifth for an 8-2 lead. Derek Eidsness hand RBI single in the top of the sixth, but Salem got the run back in the bottom of the inning for a 9-3 lead. The Wood Ducks scored two more times in the top of the eighth, and Salem added three in the bottom of the eighth.
Kadyn Nolz had two hits, one a triple, and two RBIs. Jesson and Colwill each had two hits and an RBI. Eidsness finished with a single and an RBI. Austin King had a double, and Logan Larsen had a single. Jacob Ellens pitched seven innings and allowed nine runs, seven earned, on nine hits and six walks with two strikeouts.
Flandreau 8, Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks 4
A big five-run eighth inning for Flandreau sealed the win for Cardinals, 8-4, on Sunday against the Wood Ducks. After a scoreless first inning, Flandreau got a single run in the second and third innings. Nathan Adrian drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the fourth, and the Wood Ducks cut the lead in half, 2-1.
The Cardinals got another run in the top of the sixth and led 3-1 after seven innings of play. Flandreau then scored five times in the top of the eighth for an 8-1 lead. The Wood Ducks rallied in the eighth as well, scoring three times on a three-run home run by Colwill. Both teams were scoreless in the ninth inning.
Colwill had a home run and three RBIs. Jesson and Lundborg both had two doubles each in the game. Ellens had a single, and Adrian had an RBI. Larsen pitched 7 innings and allowed three runs, all unearned, on five hits and four walks while recording 15 strikeouts.