Luverne Legion goes 2-1

The Luverne Legion team went 2-1 this past week, including a 1-1 performance in a Marshall tournament.
Luverne started the week with a 7-5 loss against Marshall and then bounced back to defeat Albany 6-5.
Luverne wrapped up the week by defeating Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 3-2 on Monday, June 21.
 
Marshall 7, Luverne 5
Marshall jumped on Luverne early by scoring five runs in the first two innings to take a 5-0 lead.
Luverne got on the board by scoring three runs in the top of the fourth to trim Marshall’s lead to 5-3.
Marshall got one run back in the bottom of the fourth to push their lead back to 6-3.
Luverne inched closer by scoring two runs in the top of the fifth to trim Marshall’s lead to 6-5.
Marshall added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 7-5 game.
Unfortunately, Luverne was unable to mount a seventh inning rally and fell to Marshall 7-5.
 
Luverne 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Marshall 2 3 0 1 0 1 x
 
Hitting: Beyer 1-3; Wenninger 2-4; Crabtree 2-4; Overgaard 1-4; Ripka 2-4; Halverson 1-3;
 
Luverne 6, Albany 5
With the game deadlocked at 0-0, Luverne struck first by scoring one run in the bottom of the third to take a 1-0 lead.
Albany scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead.
Luverne tied the game by scoring two runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Albany broke the tie by scoring two runs in the top of the sixth inning.
Luverne tied the game back up at 5-5 when they scored a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning.
After holding Albany off the board in the top of the seventh inning, Luverne walked it off by scoring a run in the final inning to win 6-5.
 
Albany 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Luverne 0 0 1 0 2 3 1
 
Hitting: Beyer 2-4; Wenninger 2-4; Crabtree 1-3; Overgaard 2-4; Halverson 1-3
 
Luverne 3, RTR 2
Luverne scored one run in each of the first three innings to claim an early 3-0 lead after three innings.
RTR scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning to trim Luverne’s lead to 3-2.
That would be the final movement on the scoreboard as the two teams failed to push across any runs in the final three innings.
With the win, Luverne now owns a 2-2 record on the young season.
 
RTR 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Luverne 1 1 1 0 0 0 x
Hitting: Cowell 2-3; Wenninger 2-3; Anderson 2-3