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Humboldt Crabs thrill their fans with back-to-back walk-off wins

Photo by Matt Filar/Humboldt Crabs Baseball – The Crabs players celebrate their walk-off win on Saturday night.

There’s been no lack of excitement when the Humboldt Crabs and Lincoln Potters have faced off this summer.

After dropping their series opener to the Potters on Friday night — and their fourth straight game against them this season — the Crabs responded in thrilling fashion on the way to posting back-to-back walk-off wins against Lincoln on Saturday and Sunday.

The Crabs won 3-2 in 10 innings on Saturday and 5-4 in 11 innings on Sunday.

In both games, they trailed going into the bottom of the ninth inning.

Jett Ruby scored the winning run on an error in each game.

Cameron Saso was outstanding on the mound on Saturday and carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning on his way to a no-decision.

Saso threw 7.2 innings and allowed one hit and five walks while striking out four.

Blake Ignaciak pitched 2.1 innings in relief for the win, giving up two hits and three walks and striking out two.

The Crabs managed just four hits in the win, one each by Ruby, Jehee Lee, Troy Harding and Keoni Coloma

On Sunday, the Potters scored two runs in the top of the ninth to stretch their lead to three, but the Crabs responded with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning to force the extra innings.

The Crabs used five different pitchers in the win, with Max Hippenstell getting the win in relief.

Hippenstell threw one scoress inning.

Seven different Crabs players combined for their eight team hits, including Victor Castaneda who was 2-for-5.

Lee and Billy Ham each added a double.

With the two wins, the Crabs improved to 2-7 in the Pacific Empire League and 14-9 overall.

They have now won three of their last four games on a walk-off.

Next up, the Crabs will host the Solano Mudcats in a three-game series, which gets under way on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

The two clubs also play on Wednesday at 7 p.m., before closing out the series on the Fourth at 2:30 p.m.

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