Hancock’s Brayden Larson, right, narrowly beats the throw while sliding safely into third base with an unidentified Westwood fielder covering the bag during the opening game of a high school baseball doubleheader played at the Driving Park in Hancock on Thursday. (Houghton Daily Mining Gazette photo by David Archambeau)

HANCOCK — Hancock broke a four-game losing streak after sweeping a high school baseball doubleheader against visting Westwood on Thursday, 10-0 and 13-7.

“Caleb (Isaacson) pitched a gem,” Bulldogs coach Travis Pietila said in summing up the opening game. “He struck out nine and allowed just one hit for a shutout.”

The Bulldogs (3-6-1) gave him lots of offensive support, particularly in the third and fourth innings. After two scoreless innings and leaving several men on base, Hancock tallied four runs by way of a walk to Ned Larson and then three straight singles by Bryce Hanner, Isaacson and Saku Cunard.

An inning later, the Bulldogs boys continued their aggressive style to the tune of six runs. They played small ball with nothing more than singles bringing in the runs.

After a walk to Mason Loukus, Ned Larson and Brayden Larson got RBI base raps. Each later scored, as did Isaacson and Cunard, after they got on with singles of their own.

“I really like our aggressiveness at the plate,” Pietila said. “They went up there swinging.”

Westwood is still doing a lot of learning in its first high school season.

“We met in August of last year, and here we are in May playing ball,” head coach Ron Salmi said. “We are getting better every game.

“Today, our second game was our better one. We are young with just two seniors and two juniors, but we are excited to be playing.”

In Game 2, the Patriots took their first lead of the day in the opening inning with three runs. A walk and hit by pitch issued by Hancock starter Bryce Tanner put Westwood’s Sam Dyer at the plate with an RBI opportunity, and he came through. Luke Delongchamp and Ethan Marta both scored on Dyer’s line-drive single to center, then eventually came home as well.

Hancock posted two runs of their own in the first frame to make it 3-2 Patriots after just one inning.

After each team scored twice in the second, the Bulldogs put the game away with an eight-run third.

The game-breaker began with Hanner, Cunard and Ted Heinonen being issued walks and later scoring. After going through the lineup, Hanner stepped up to the plate for a second time in the inning — now with bases loaded. The pitcher helped his own cause with a triple off the fence in right center that cleared the bases.

While the Patriots tallied two more runs in the top of the fifth, it was too little, too late to come back.