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The Luverne Junior American Legion baseball season came to an end Monday when the team lost 7-6 to Springfield in the consolation bracket of the sub-state tournament.
Luverne opened the sub-state tournament Sunday morning with an 11-3 victory over Madelia.
On Sunday afternoon, the team moved to the consolation bracket of the tournament when Luverne lost to Sleepy Eye 13-0.
The Junior Legion squad ended the season with an 8-11 record.
“It was a good summer overall and a good group of kids,” said Luverne coach Jared Pick.
“Maybe not the record we hoped for, but we saw a lot of good baseball this summer and I expect these guys to have a lot of success in high school ball and in Legion ball in the future,” Pick said.
Luverne 11, Madelia 3
Luverne opened play in the sub-state tournament with an 11-3 victory over Madelia Sunday morning in Pipestone.
Jacob Stroh pitched six solid innings for Luverne. He struck out eight batters and gave up only three runs.
“Stroh pitched really well for us,” Pick said, “We needed a good outing from him and he came through.”
Patrick Kroski came to the mound for the final inning, striking out one and giving up no runs.
Luverne batters took advantage of many walks offered by Madelia pitchers.
In all, nine Luverne players scored in the game. Carter Sehr and Marcus Vortherms scored twice.
Sehr, who led off the game with a double, and Stroh had two hits each.
Luverne 1 0 5 2 1 2 0 11
Madelia 0 0 0 3 0 0 x 3
AB R H
C Sehr 4 2 2
M Vortherms 2 2 1
W Serie 3 1 0
L Miller 2 1 0
E Domagala 1 1 0
P Kroski 0 1 0
J Stroh 4 1 2
L Ahrendt 3 1 0
G Reisch 3 1 0
J Aning 1 0 0
K Buss 2 0 1
C Kruger 1 0 0
Sleepy Eye 13, Luverne 0
Luverne ran into some especially tough competition Sunday afternoon when they were shut out by Sleepy Eye 13-0.
“Sleepy Eye is the best team in the tournament and I’d say the best team we faced all year,” Pick said, “I expect them to make it to state from our sub-state.”
Stroh and Caden Kruger collected Luverne’s only two hits in the game.
Alex Schlosser pitched the first 1 1/3 innings for Luverne.
Kroski replaced Schlosser on the mound for the remainder of the five-inning contest shortened by the ten-run rule.
Kroski struck out four and gave up only two runs.
Sleepy Eye 3 8 0 2 0 x x 13
Luverne 0 0 0 0 0 x x 0
AB R H
C Sehr 2 0 0
Z Overgaard 1 0 0
E Domagala 2 0 0
L Miller 3 0 0
W Serie 3 0 0
J Stroh 2 0 1
T DeBates 1 0 0
L Ahrendt 3 0 0
M Vortherms 2 0 0
G Reisch 2 0 0
J Aning 1 0 0
K Buss 2 0 0
C Kruger 1 0 1
Springfield 7, Luverne 6
In a close contest in Pipestone Monday night, Luverne came up just short to Springfield 7-6.
The loss ended the Junior Legion team’s season.
In the top of the seventh inning and trailing by one run, Luverne’s Will Serie earned a two-out walk to reach base.
When Layke Miller grounded out, the game came to an end.
Conner Connell led the offense with two hits.
Kai Buss hit a solo homerun in the fifth inning.
Sehr pitched a complete game. He struck out ten batters during six innings on the mound.
Luverne 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 7
Springfield 4 0 1 0 0 2 x 6
AB R H
C Sehr 4 1 1
E Domagala 4 1 1
W Serie 3 0 1
L Miller 3 1 0
C Connell 3 0 2
L Ahrendt 3 1 0
G Reisch 2 1 1
T DeBates 2 0 0
K Buss 3 1 1