EUREKA — It was a fun night to watch baseball as a fan of the Humboldt High baseball team.
The Cubs (10-0) needed only six innings and two games to take down Eureka on the road Tuesday. Humboldt secured a pair of lopsided victories, 24-0 and 21-0, and stayed undefeated on the year.
Humboldt’s Trey Sommer threw the first game while Brody Gunderman and Sam Hull tossed game two.
Game one
The Cubs’ Cole Mathes drove in a team-high five runs while Colden Cook and Brody Gunderman each knocked in three. Blake Ellis drove in two runs while Ellis, Sommer, Cook and Mathes each had a team-high two hits.
Humboldt drove in 11 runs in the top of the first inning, eight runs in the second and five more runs in the third. The Cubs had 12 hits while Mathes had a team-high four bases.
Sommer was locked down on the mound as he tossed three innings of hitless and scoreless ball with five strikeouts. The senior also struck out five.
Game two
The Cubs continued to dominate in game two. They scored six runs in the top of the first, nine in the second and six more runs in the third for the 21-0 run rule blowout.
Mathes drove in a team-high four runs. Jacob Harrington also drove in two runs while Hull had a team-high three hits. Sommer, Page and Mathes each had two hits, part of Humboldt’s 12 hit performance at the plate.
The Cubs got a hold of Eureka starter Cooper Zimmers who was pulled off the mound after serving up eight runs on six hits through 1.1 frames. Dalton Pool pitched an inning in relief and surrendered 11 runs on six hits.
Gunderman threw two innings and allowed one hit while striking out one and not allowing any runs. Hull pitched the final inning in relief and also allowed one hit and no runs.
Humboldt hosts Burlington on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
