The Luverne Cardinal baseball team opened the 2022 season with a 3-0 loss in Fairmont Monday night.
Braydon Ripka, Casey Sehr, Riley Sneller and Will Serie had one hit each for the Cardinals.
Fairmont, which had only three total hits in the game, scored one run in the first inning and two runs in the sixth of the seven-inning contest.
Sophomore Conner Connell was the opening pitcher for LHS. He gave up three hits and three runs while striking out eight Fairmont batters during five and two-thirds innings on the mound.
Senior Casey Sehr pitched in relief for Connell in the final one-third of the last inning, striking out one batter.
Luverne (0-1) was scheduled to host Windom at Redbird Field on Tuesday, April 12.
The Cardinals will host Redwood Valley in a double-header on Tuesday, April 19, and travel to Pipestone Area next Thursday, April 21.
Additional details and box score for the Fairmont game were not available at press time.
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