HUMBOLDT — The weather forecast for the Humboldt High baseball team called for continuous scoring in a pair of victories on senior night Thursday against Osawatomie.
The Cubs scored in six of the seven innings of game one for a 7-4 win before overwhelming the Trojans by 16-0 in game two. Senior Cub Trey Sommer threw a no-hitter in game two while striking out seven through four frames.
“The thing I was most proud of today was their situational hitting,” Humboldt head coach Mike Miller said. “With runners on third with less than two outs, we did a good job of shortening up and getting that RBI, picking up that run. Every time we had a runner on third with less than two outs, we scored.”
Game one
The Cubs tacked one run on the board in each of the first four innings to take a controlled 4-0 lead. Osawatomie responded with three runs in the top of the fifth inning to which the Cubs answered with two more runs in the bottom of the fifth for the 6-3 lead.
Both teams scored one more run in the bottom of the sixth and the top of the seventh as Humboldt hung on for the 7-4 win.
Logan Page started at pitcher, working 4.1 innings, allowing only two runs on three hits with eight strikeouts. Kyler Isbell pitched in relief in the fifth inning and went 2.2 frames, allowing two runs on one hit.
Page knocked home the third run for Humboldt’s 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Sam Hull then smacked an RBI single for the 4-0 lead in the fourth.
In the bottom of the fifth, Page rocketed an RBI triple to right field for the 5-3 lead. Colden Cook then shot an RBI groundout to shortstop for the 6-3 advantage. Sommer added to it in the sixth inning when he tattooed a single to left field for the 7-3 lead.
“We’ve got to come back and answer when we give up some runs,” said Miller. “Baseball is a game of momentum and when they stole it back we were able to come back in the bottom of the inning. That was big for us.”
Hull and Page each knocked in a team-high two runs while Hull and Sommer each had a team-high three hits. Mason Sterling, Cole Mathes and Page each recorded two hits.
Osawatomie’s Cooper Peterson had a team-high two hits while Troy Mosley drove home the lone run.
Game two
Humboldt plated nine runs in the first inning and cruised in four innings to a 16-0 victory.
Blake Ellis and Sommer drove home a team-high three runs while Jacob Harrington also plated two runs. Ellis and Sommer also had a team-high three hits and eight of the Cubs in the lineup knocked hits.
