HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s softball team came within an inning of posting one of their most impressive sweeps of the season.
But the Lady Cubs could not hold onto the lead in Game 2 of their doubleheader.
Caney Valley scored four times in the top of the sixth to erase a 6-4 Humboldt lead. The Bullpups’ Jade Jabben made sure that was enough in Caney Valley’s 8-6 victory.
In Game 1, Humboldt’s bats were alive and well as the Lady Cubs rapped out 19 hits in a 15-1 victory.
The split snapped a four-game losing streak for Humboldt (11-6), which resumes play Friday at home at the Lindsey Friederich Memorial Tournament.
Laney Hull got things off on the right foot in the opener with a leadoff double. Shelby Shaughnessy, Chanlynn Wrestler and Kamryn De La Torre followed with RBI singles before Rylan Covey tripled for the fifth run of the first inning.
Taevyn Baylor smacked an RBI single in the second before Humboldt rallied with two outs in the third inning to put the game away. Covey reached on a dropped third strike and Carlie Weilert walked.
Hull tripled to bring both home. Skylar Hottenstein followed with an RBI double, and she scored on Baylor’s single. A dropped third strike allowed Baylor to score and made it 12-0.
Hull singled with two outs in the fourth. She stole second and scored on Hottenstein’s base hit. Shaughnessy followed with a double before Baylor tripled in a pair of runs to cap Humboldt’s scoring.
That was more than enough for Shaughnessy, who stifled Caney Valley on two hits and a walk over four innings. Shaugnessy struck out eight Bullpup batters.
Eight of Humboldt’s 19 hits went for extra bases.
Hull went 4-for-4 with two singles, a double and a triple. Baylor had four hits, including a triple, and four RBIs. Two of Hottenstein’s three hits were doubles. Shaughnessy had a single, double and triple. Covey also smacked a triple. Wrestler notched a pair of singles. Hadley Galloway and De La Torre each singled.
THINGS were looking good in the early goings in Game 2.
Baylor erased a 1-0 deficit with a two-run home run in the bottom of the first. Shaughnessy singled in a run in the second and scored on a steal of home to make it 4-1.
But the Bullpups rallied to tie the score at 4-4 in the top of the third, but Humboldt answered quickly. Wrestler walked and De La Torre doubled, leading to Covey’s RBI single. Ella Schomaker tacked on another run with an RBI ground-out, making it 6-4 after three.
