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The Luverne baseball team played its first game of the season Monday, April 10, at Redbird Field against the Fairmont Cardinals.
LHS and Fairmont ended the regulation seven-inning game tied 3-3, and the game remained tied until Fairmont scored five runs in the 11th inning to beat Luverne 8-3.
Head Coach Phil Paquette said he was excited to be able to play the game against Fairmont.
“With the winter like it was and the amount of snow sitting around, it was great to see it all melted on the field,” he said.
Luverne went through five pitchers in the game.
Senior Zach DeBoer started the game throwing two innings. He struck out two batters, walked two and allowed three hits.
Junior Jacob Stroh pitched 1.2 innings. He allowed no hits, walked three batters and struck out one.
Junior Conner Connell pitched 3.1 innings for Luverne, allowing two hits, three walks and struck out eight batters.
Sophomore Carter Sehr pitched three innings, registering five strikeouts and three walks.
Junior Kai Buss finished the game pitching in the 11th inning. He allowed five hits and one walk and struck out one batter.
In the game Luverne lost scoring opportunities by stranding eight runners on base and committing six costly errors.
At the top of the 11th inning Fairmont was able to capitalize on LHS errors and aggressive base-running to score five points for the win.
Scoring for Luverne were senior Riley Sneller and juniors Connell and Stroh.
BOX Score
FHS 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8
LHS 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 5 0 0 0
Sneller 4 1 1 0
Serie 5 0 1 1
Connell 5 1 2 0
Stroh 4 1 2 0
DeBoer 3 0 0 0
Miller 4 0 1 2
Vortherms 1 0 0 0
Domagala 5 0 0 0
Kroski. 2 0 0 0
Schlosser 1 0 1 0