Cardinals go 2-1, improve to 16-2 overall

The Luverne Cardinals wrapped up their regular season by going 2-1 this past week to finish with a 17-2 record.
The third-ranked Cardinals opened the week with a 13-5 victory over Murray County Central in Slayton on Tuesday, May 18.
On Thursday, May 20, the Cardinals fell to the Marshall Tigers 3-1 in Marshall.
The Cardinals wrapped up the week and regular season with a 14-1 victory over Adrian on Monday, May 24, in Adrian.
 
LHS 13, MCC 5
The Cardinals jumped on the Rebels early and kept their foot on the gas on Tuesday, May 18, in Slayton.
The Cardinals scored four runs in the first inning to jump out to an early lead.
Luverne added two more runs in the second and three more in the third to build a 9-0 lead.
The Cardinals tacked on three more runs in the top of the fourth to build a 12-0 lead.
MCC got five runs back in the bottom of the fourth to trim Luverne’s lead to 12-5.
Luverne scored one run in the top of the sixth to make the final score 13-5.
Kaden Anderson recorded eight strikeouts in three innings of work on the mound. Anderson also collected three hits at the plate.
Bailey Cowell recorded three hits, including a triple.
Cade Wenninger recorded a team-leading four RBIs.
 
LHS 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 13 13 3
MCC 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 5
 
Hitting: Cowell 3-4; Wenninger 2-3; Beyer 1-3; Sehr 2-3; Ripka 1-2; Connell 1-4; Anderson 3-5
Doubles: Anderson; Beyer
Triples: Cowell
 
Marshall 3, LHS 1
The Cardinals lost a hard-fought battle to the Tigers on Thursday, May 20, in Marshall. The Tigers snapped Luverne’s six-game winning streak by defeating the Cardinals 3-1.
The Tigers scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the third inning to put Marshall up 1-0.
Marshall scored one more run in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
The Cardinals scored one run in the top of the sixth inning to trim Marshall’s lead to 2-1.
The Tigers got that run back in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 3-1 ballgame.
Luverne was limited to just one hit in the game.
Ethan Beyer pitched three innings and recorded five strikeouts.
 
LHS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
Marshall 0 0 1 1 0 1 x 3 3 2
 
Batting: Sehr 1-3
 
LHS 14, Adrian 1
The Cardinals wrapped up the regular season with a 14-1 victory over the Dragons on Monday, May 24, in Adrian.
Luverne scored three runs in the first inning. The Dragons got one run back in the bottom half of the inning. Unfortunately for the Dragons that would be the only run they’d score in the contest.
The Cardinals scored six runs in the second inning to open up a 9-1 one lead.
Luverne tacked on five more runs in the top of the third inning to make it a 14-1 ballgame.
Sehr hit a pair of doubles and drove in five runs to lead the Cardinals.
 
LHS 3 6 5 0 0 14 14 1
Adrian 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
 
Batting: Wenninger 2-4; Beyer 2-3; Sehr 3-4; Overgaard 2-2; Bosch 2- 4; R. Anderson 1-2; Sneller 1-1; K. Anderson 1-4
Doubles; Sehr 2; Overgaard 1