The Luverne High School baseball team went 4-1 this past week, improving their season record to 9-3 overall.
The Cardinals beat Pipestone, breaking the Arrows 15-1 Tuesday, May 2. They took two games against Blue Earth 11-0 and 10-2 on the road Friday, May 5, and they split a doubleheader with St. James, losing 5-3 in Game 1 and winning 10-9 in Game 2 Monday, May 8.
The Cardinals were scheduled to host Jackson County Central Tuesday, May 9, and Redwood Valley Thursday, May 11.
LHS 15, Pipestone 1
The Luverne baseball team traveled to Pipestone and targeted the Arrows for a 15-1 win in five innings Tuesday, May 2.
Carter Sehr started on the mound for the Cardinals, pitching three innings, allowing four hits and one run while striking out four Pipestone batters.
Patrick Kroski came in the game to relieve Sehr in the fourth inning, holding the Arrows to no hits and no runs and two strike-outs.
LHS had 14 total hits in the game with Sehr and Conner Connell crossing the plate twice in the game.
Zach DeBoer drove in three RBIs, and Miller and Stroh knocked in two each.
BOX Score
LHS 5 2 3 5 0 x x 15
PHS 1 0 0 0 0 x x 1
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 4 2 2 0
Sneller 3 1 1 1
Vortherms 2 0 0 0
Serie 2 2 1 0
Miller 2 1 1 2
Connell 1 2 1 1
Kroski 1 1 1 1
Stroh 1 1 1 2
Buss 1 0 1 0
DeBoer 4 1 2 3
Schlosser 4 1 1 1
Ahrendt 3 1 1 1
Left on base: 7
2B: Sehr, Connell, Domagala, Stroh
TB: Schlosser, Buss, Sehr 3, Connell 2, Domagala 3, Kroski, Miller, Sneller, Stroh 2, Serie, DeBoer, Ahrendt
SB: Schlosser 3, Sehr, Ahrendt
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Sehr 3 4 1 1 4
Kroski 2 0 0 0 2
Win: Kroski
Pitches-Strikes: Sehr 61-40, Kroski 39-21
Blue Earth doubleheader
The Luverne baseball team took two games from Blue Earth, 11-0 and 10-2, on the road Friday, May 5.
In Game 1, the Cardinals posted 11 hits in the game, four by Sehr and two by Miller.
Sehr led LHS with four RBIs, and Layke Miller led with three runs.
Blue Earth had just one hit in the game and left four runners on base.
Connell pitched five innings for Luverne. He allowed only one hit and struck out nine batters.
BOX Score Game 1
LHS 0 2 0 2 7 x x 11
BLHS 0 0 0 0 0 x x 0
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 4 2 4 4
Sneller 2 1 1 2
Serie 3 0 1 0
Connell 4 1 1 1
Stroh 2 1 0 1
Domagala 4 1 1 0
DeBoer 2 2 1 0
Miller 3 3 2 2
Schlosser 2 0 0 0
Kroski 1 0 0 0
Left on base: 6
2B: Miller, Sehr 3, Sneller
TB: Connell, Miller 2, Sehr 4, Sneller 2, Stroh
SB: Kroski, Sehr, Sneller
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Connell 5 1 0 0 9
Win: Connell
Pitches-Strikes: Connell 82-55
In Game 2, the Cardinals picked up where they left off in Game 1.
They fired up the offense with the two runs in the first inning and one in the third to take a 3-1 lead over Blue Earth.
LHS added two runs in the fifth and closed the game in the sixth with another five runs.
Elliot Domagala led LHS with a pair of hits, and he and Stroh posted two RBIs each. Riley Sneller, Connell and Will Serie each produced two runs for the Cardinals.
Jacob Stroh started on the mound for Luverne, pitching five innings, allowing three hits and two runs, and striking out three batters.
DeBoer came in to relieve Stroh and got the win, not allowing a hit or run while striking out five batters.
BOX Score Game 2
LHS 2 0 1 0 2 5 x 10
BLHS 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 3 1 1 0
Sneller 4 2 1 1
Stroh 3 1 1 2
Connell 3 2 1 1
Serie 3 2 0 0
Domagala 4 0 2 2
Miller 3 0 0 0
DeBoer 2 0 0 0
Ahrendt 3 1 0 0
Vortherms 0 1 0 0
Left on base: 6
2B: Domagala, Sehr
3B: Connell
TB: Connell 3, Domagala 3, Sehr 2, Sneller, Stroh
SB: Domagala
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Stroh 5 3 2 2 3
DeBoer 1 0 0 0 5
Win: DeBoer
Pitches-Strikes: Stroh 91-48, DeBoer 30-21
St. James doubleheader
The Cardinals split a doubleheader with St. James on the road Monday, May 8.
LHS lost the first game 5-3 on late scoring from the Saints. Luverne took the second game 10-9 on a seventh inning walk-off single by Layke Miller.
In Game 1 St. James pulled away in the sixth inning, scoring two runs to lead 5-2.
In the top of the seventh the Cardinals had a chance to stay in the game, but they scored only one run. The game ended 5-3 in the Saints’ favor.
Connell helped Luverne with a fly ball homerun to left field in the second inning. He led the team with two hits and five total bases in the game.
DeBoer started on the mound for Luverne, allowing three runs on eight hits over five innings, striking out six and walking one.
Kroski took the loss for Luverne, allowing no hits or runs over two-thirds innings.
BOX Score Game 1
LHS 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
St.J 2 0 0 0 1 2 x 5
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 4 0 1 0
Sneller 3 1 1 0
Serie 4 0 1 1
Connell 4 1 2 1
Stroh 2 0 1 0
Domagala 2 0 0 0
DeBoer 3 0 1 0
Schlosser 3 0 0 0
Kroski 2 1 0 0
Miller 1 0 1 0
Left on base: 7
2B: Serie, Sneller, Stroh
HR: Connell
TB: Connell 5, DeBoer, Miller, Sehr, Serie 2, Sneller 2, Stroh 2
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
DeBoer 5 8 3 3 6
Ahrendt .1 1 2 2 1
Kroski .2 0 0 0 0
Pitches-Strikes: DeBoer 73-52, Ahrendt 17-8, Kroski 4-2
In Game 2 Luverne won in dramatic fashion with a 10-9 walk-off victory.
In the bottom of the seventh inning Miller singled on a 3-2 count, scoring Connell from third base.
LHS built up a six-point lead at the end of the second inning only to go dormant for the next four innings.
At the top of the seventh St. James was able to tie the game 9-9.
The Cardinals pulled off the win in the bottom of the seventh inning to take Game 2 from the Saints and split a doubleheader.
Sehr took the mound for LHS and went 4 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits, striking out five and walking one.
Kai Buss came in to relieve Sehr and pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowing five runs with two strike-outs.
BOX Score Game 2
St.J 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 9
LHS 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 10
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 2 1 0 0
Sneller 3 1 1 2
Stroh 3 1 0 0
Connell 3 2 1 1
Serie 3 1 1 1
Domagala 3 2 2 1
Miller 1 1 1 1
DeBoer 3 0 0 1
Ahrendt 2 1 0 0
Left on base: 2
2B: Domagala, Sneller
TB: Connell, Domagala 3, Miller, Serie, Sneller 2
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Sehr 4.2 6 4 1 5
Buss 2.1 7 5 5 2
Pitches-Strikes: Sehr 73-47, Buss 42-26