Softball team notches two wins against Eagles

By Stacy Olson
For the Star Herald
The Luverne High School softball team took a pair of wins in Windom on Tuesday, April 12.
The Cardinals won the first game of the doubleheader 13-4 after being down 1-0 after two innings.
In the third inning Billi Connell's bat came alive with a two-run home run to take the lead for LHS.
In the fourth inning the Cardinals had runners in scoring position; however, they couldn’t get anything across the plate.
The Cardinals busted the fifth inning open with five runs off another homerun by Connell and a pair of singles from Reghan Bork and Gracie Nath.
The Cards finished strong in the sixth inning and plated seven more runs with hits from Connell, Behr, Olson, Bork, Boll and Serie. 
Gracie Nath pitched all six innings for the Cardinals. She allowed four hits and four runs. She struck out nine and walked one. 
 
Box score      AB  R   H   RBI 
B Connell      4     3     2      4
P Behr           4     2     1     0
C Olson         4     1     1      1
R Bork           4     2     1      2
B Smidt          2     1     0      1
A Boll             3     2     2      1
G Nath           4     0     0      0
T Serie           4     0     1      1
E Reisdorfer 2     2     0      0
J Smith          1     0     0      0
 
Game 2 was a long battle for the Cardinals, going nine full innings.
The Cardinals secured a 6-5 win with a walk-off single from Jacey Smith.
The Eagles started off the game with a two-run home run in the top of the first inning.
Luverne was unable to score and only had one hit in the first inning from Payton Behr.
Windom scored one more run off one hit and two Luverne errors in the second inning. Luverne was able to get a run back with a hit by Belle Smidt and an RBI single from Smith. 
The third and fourth innings were scoreless by both teams. LHS was able to put one run on the board in the fifth inning with singles from Olson and Bork.
In the sixth inning Windom tacked on two runs to their total.
The Cardinals responded with two runs as well off hits by Reisdorfer, Behr and Olson. The Cardinals went into the seventh inning down by one and were able to score the tying run to keep the game going. A hit by Smidt and an RBI single from Nath put the game into extra innings.
The eighth inning was scoreless by both teams.
The Cardinals remained strong defensively in the ninth and held the Eagles at 5. Luverne was able to score the winning run with singles from Smidt and Nath. Jacey Smith had the final hit to score the winning run. 
Ella Residorfer started on the mound for Game 2. Ella pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and five runs. Reisdorfer struck out three and walked four.
Gracie Nath came in to finish the game and pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief, allowing three hits and no runs. Nath struck out one and walked one. 
The Cardinals were scheduled to take on the Pipestone Arrows in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at home. 
 
Box score    AB R     H    RBI         
B Connell    3     1     0     0       
P Behr         5     0     3     0       
C Olson       5     1     2     1       
R Bork         5     0     1     0       
B Smidt        5     3     3     0       
A Boll           3     0     0     0       
G Nath         5     0     0     1       
J Smith        4     1     2     0       
E Reisdorf   4     1     2     0