HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s bats were clicking early and late Monday.
The Cubs scored four times in its half of the first inning of Game 1 against visiting Bluestem, then wound up with 13 runs by the bottom of the third in what became a 13-3 romp.
Then, after spotting Bluestem a seven-run lead to start Game 2, the Cubs rallied for six runs in the bottom of the sixth to win, 10-8.
The sweep keeps Humboldt unbeaten on the year at 6-0.
There were several hitting stars in the opener, with four Cub players recording multiple hits and five had RBIs
Tack on 10 walks delivered by Bluestem pitchers and you have the makings of a blowout.
Trey Sommer went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles to drive in four. Ethan Lucke singled and doubled twice with three RBIs. Sam Hull notched a pair of doubles, while Gavin Page singled twice and had four runs with an RBI. Caiden Vink and Aaron Coy both singled.
Page surrendered a couple of early hits from the mound, but settled in after that, a key element of the victory, head coach Mike Miller said. He gave up nine hits over his 41/3 innings, and struck out six without a walk.
Evan Lucke pitched two-thirds of an inning and struck out a batter.
“Gavin gave up a couple hits early but settled in and really controlled the game, Miller said.
THE ROAD got a bit tougher to navigate for Game 2.
Bluestem took advantage of four Humboldt errors in the first inning to lead, 7-0. The lead grew to 8-0 in the top of the second before Humboldt refound its mojo.
“We came out not ready to play in Game 2,” Miller said. ‘
Lucke gave up three hits in one-plus ining of work before Sommer was summoned to take over the pitching responsibilities.
“Trey came in and did exactly what we needed on the mound, giving up only one run over the final six innings,” Miller said. “I told them that we’d have to play near perfect baseball the rest of the way and we’d win the game. We left way too many runners on base but were finally able to break through in the bottom of the sixth. I’m proud of the way we fought back but we never should have put ourselves in that position to begin with.”
