EUREKA — It was a victorious afternoon for the Humboldt High softball team when they swept a pair of games at Eureka.
The Lady Cubs (10-1) opened up by scoring five runs in the top of the first inning before adding eight more in the fourth for the 19-0 win. In game two, it took until the sixth inning for Humboldt’s bats to come alive to take a 12-2 run-rule victory.
Game one
Humboldt wasted no time to get on base. The first four in the lineup — Karley Wools, Carsyn Haviland, Shelby Shaughnessy and Emily Ross — got on base with singles. The Lady Cubs had a 5-0 first inning advantage.
Shaughnessy also was solid at pitcher for Humboldt, shutting down Eureka in four innings.
“Shelby pitched a great game for us last night,” said Humboldt head coach Brad Piley.
Wools, Haviland, Shaunessy and Ross recorded two hits apiece. Shaughnessy scored four runs and Ross scored three.
Ross drove in a team-high four runs while Shaughnessy drove in three runs. Rylan Covey and Chloe Daniels each knocked in two runs as well. Laney Hull and Shaughnessy each stole a team-high six bases.
Game two
The Lady Cubs waited until later in the game to pull away for a 12-2 victory in game two.
Taevyn Baylor started in the circle for Humboldt and worked three innings, allowing two runs on one hit with three strikeouts. Shaughnessy pitched in relief and threw three innings while not allowing any runs or hits and striking out six.
At the plate, the Lady Cubs had 10 hits.
Humboldt scored four runs in the fourth inning and eight runs in the sixth. Wools drove in a team-high four runs while Covey and Daniels each knocked in two. Skylar Hottenstein, Hull and Covey each scored a team-high two runs.
Humboldt hosts Burlington on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
