HUMBOLDT — Dominant pitching and some impressive rallies paved the way for two more Humboldt High wins on the baseball diamond Monday.
The Cubs improved to 10-0 on the season with back-to-back shutouts, 5-0 and 16-0, over visiting Eureka.
Trey Sommer keyed the opening-game victory by striking out 12 and allowing four singles over seven innings.
Meanwhile, Humboldt had its hands full with Eureka starter Garrison Spoonts, an all-state Class 3A pitcher for the Tornadoes.
“Their starter was tough on us but we finally got to him in the third,” Humboldt head coach Mike Miller said.
Colden Cook picked up a leadoff single before back-to-back doubles from Sam Hull and Kaiden Barnett keyed a four-run outburst.
“Trey had a great start for us,” Miller said. “Eureka has some good hitters, but he mixed speeds well and kept them off balance most of the night.”
Hull went 2-for-4 with a double, while Barnett had a double. Sommer, Kyler Isbell and Cook all singled.
Logan Page breezed through three innings of work in the nightcap, aided by the Cubs’ 12-run first inning.
“Our hitters got us off to a great start in game two,” Miller said. “Logan was able to cruise from there and never let them back in the game.”
Page allowed two hits with two strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Sommer went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a triple. He also scored three and drove in three. Hull doubled and drove in two, Kaiden Barnett singled and doubled with three RBIs, Maddox Johnson had three RBIs and a single, and Jacob Harrington singled in his only official at bat with an RBI and two runs.
Humboldt travels to Burlington Thursday.
