HUMBOLDT — After slugging their way past Neodesha, 11-4, to open the Lindsey Friederich Memorial Softball Tournament Friday, Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs found runs a bit more scarce against Anderson County in the championship game.
Still, Humboldt showed it could win a pitchers’ duel as well.
Shelby Shaughnessy was brilliant over seven innings, allowing just two hits against Anderson County. Meanwhile, Carlie Weilert and Laney Hull hit RBI singles to break a 1-1 deadlock with two in the bottom of the sixth to win, 3-1.
The victories lift Humboldt 13-6 on the season with a doubleheader set for Tuesday at Cherryvale.
Shaughnessy settled down nicely after a pair of walks and a wild pitch in the top of the first allowed Anderson County to take a quick 1-0 lead.
The Lady Cubs evened the score in the bottom of the third. Laney Hull led off with a double. She moved to third on Shaughnessy’s one-out single and scored as part of a double steal.
Shaughnessy allowed a one-out double in the fourth inning, but that runner eventually was tagged out trying to advance to home to end the inning. She then worked around a two-out double and a walk in the top of the sixth, but ended that Bulldog rally with a strikeout.
After Humboldt rallied to take the lead in the bottom of the sixth, Shaughnessy ended the game with three straight pop-ups in the infield.
Shaughnessy struck out four batters.
Hull was Humboldt’s offensive catalyst, going 3-for-3 with a double. Covey added a double and single. Shaughnessy, Chanlynn Wrestler and Weilert added singles.
FRIDAY’S opener had no such drama.
Weilert opened the scoring with a two-run double in the bottom of the second before Skyler Hottenstein laced a two-out RBI triple, followed one batter later by Shaughnessy’s run-scoring double, making it 4-0.
Kamry De La Torre stroked a one-out single in the third. She scored on Covey’s RBI triple before Covey scored on a Bluestreak error.
Neodesha struck against Humboldt starter Taevyn Baylor for four runs in the top of the fourth, closing the gap to two runs, but Humboldt put the game away with a two-out rally in the fifth.
Weilert’s RBI double made it 7-4. She scored on Hull’s single, upping the advantage to 8-4.
