BURLINGTON — Humboldt High’s offense was hard to come by Tuesday on the softball diamond.
The Lady Cubs scored only four runs in their season-opening doubleheader at Burlington.
The Wildcats emerged with wins of 2-1 and 7-3.
“We have a lot of work to do to get where we need to be,” Humboldt coach Brad Piley said.
The Lady Cubs were victimized by some bad luck in the opener.
Courtney Richey was downright dominant from the pitcher’s circle, racking up 13 strikeouts while allowing only four hits.
Both of Burlington’s runs, in the fourth and sixth innings, came across courtesy of Lady Cub errors.
“Courtney pitched a good game,” Piley said. “We only struck out one time. We just hit the ball right at their defense.”
Richey had a double and stolen base for Humboldt. Kasey Beeman had an RBI single. Jaci Ross also doubled.
In the second game, Burlington jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead. Humboldt cut the gap to 3-2 in the fourth and 4-3 in teh top of the six before Wildcats scored three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Jaci Ross took the defeat, giving up seven hits nd three walks over six innings. She struck out two. Brook Turner piched an inning of relief, giving up three hits.
At the plate, Kayle Riebel had a single and stolen base. Turner singled twice with a stolen base. Beeman had a double and RBI. Ross had an RBI single.
Lady Cubs drop pair
