Next up for Redbirds in Region 13C tournament: Hadley Buttermakers

The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team moves on to the Final Four round of the Region 13C tournament this week.
The Redbirds, now 21-5 on the season, swept the Adrian A’s 15-0 and 7-0 in the first round of the tournament.
Luverne now faces the fourth-seeded Hadley Buttermakers in the best-of-three Final Four round.
Game 1 is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Redbird Field in Luverne.
Game 2 will be in Hadley Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, is in Luverne Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Windom Pirates and Milroy Irish are the other two teams still alive in the Region 13C playoffs.
The top three teams will advance to the Minnesota State Class C Amateur Baseball Tournament in Chaska, Waconia and Hamburg.
A series win this weekend will qualify the Redbirds for the state tournament.
A series loss will send Luverne to the third place series next weekend to play for the third and final invite to the state tournament from Region 13C.
Luverne has faced Hadley in the Final Four series the last two years with the Buttermakers winning both series.
Luverne went on to win the third-place series and qualify for the state tournament each of the last two years.
“Hadley’s a tough team to beat in the playoffs,” said Luverne player-manager Brooks Maurer.
“Even when we beat them during the regular season, they just get fired up and find a way to win in the playoffs.”
In fact, Hadley came from behind in Game 3 of their Round 1 series with Jackson to defeat the Bulls 6-5 Sunday to keep their season alive.
“It’s going to be a tough series,” said Maurer, whose team will have the home-field advantage as the overall No. 1 seed.
Luverne has again drafted Pipestone A’s pitcher Brandon Alfson for the Final Four round.
 
 
2021 Region 13C
Round 1 Results
July 28 – August 1
 
Luverne vs. Adrian    
Luverne 15, Adrian 0 (7 inn.)
Luverne 7, Adrian 0
 
Hadley vs. Jackson   
Jackson 3, Hadley 2
Hadley 9, Jackson 3
Hadley 6, Jackson 5
 
Windom vs. Pipestone  
Windom 4, Pipestone 0
Pipestone 6, Windom 5
Windom 12, Pipestone 1 (7 inn.)
 
Milroy Irish vs. Lakefield
Milroy 13, Lakefield 1
Milroy 13, Lakefield 5
 
 
2021 Region 13C
Final Four Round Schedule
August 4 - 8
 
Luverne vs. Hadley   
Wed, Aug. 4 at 7:30 pm in Luverne
Sat, Aug. 7 at 2:00 pm in Hadley
*Sun, Aug 8 at 2:00 pm in Luverne
 
Windom vs. Milroy    
Wed, Aug. 4 at 7:30 pm in Windom
Fri, Aug. 6 at 7:30 pm at Irish Yard
*Sun, Aug 8 at 2:00 pm in Windom
 
*Game played if necessary