The Humboldt/Hartford Wood Ducks hosted the Salem Cubs in the final regular season Cornbelt League game on Sunday, July 17th. Salem scored two times in the top of the first inning and held for the 4-1 victory.
The score remained 2-0 until the top of the fifth. Salem added another run and then pushed the lead to 4-0 with a run in the top of the ninth. Owen Snethen drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth for the only Wood Duck run.
Nathan Adrian had two hits, one a double. Austin King, Ryan Healy, and Logan Colwill all had hits. Snethen had a single and an RBI. Preston Riddle pitched eight innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on 10 hits and one walk with eight strikeouts. Adrian pitched one inning and allowed an earned run on two hits with one strikeout.