By John RittenhouseZach Wysong and the Luverne High School baseball team split four Southwest Conference games since last Thursday.The Cardinals split a league doubleheader in Marshall Tuesday.Luverne won a single game in Worthington Saturday before losing a home contest to Pipestone Tuesday.Wysong, an H-BC sophomore, made positive impacts in every game.Wysong drove in a run with one of Luverne’s three hits during a 7-3 loss to Pipestone in Luverne Tuesday.Starting at shortstop in the game, Wysong chased home Luverne’s second run of the contest with a single in the bottom of the sixth inning.Wysong was one-for-two at the plate in the contest.Wysong played an outstanding game during Saturday’s 16-10 victory in Worthington.The H-BC junior tossed seven innings of relief to get the win and drove in three runs with a team-high four hits at the plate.Wysong, who also scored two runs in the contest, gave the Cards a 4-3 edge when he delivered a three-run double in the top of the third inning.He singled and scored in the fifth inning, and drew a walk and scored one of six runs in the top of the 11th inning that broke a deadlock at 10.Wysong restored some order to the game when he took over on the mound in the bottom of the fifth inning. He did yield a pair of earned runs in the fifth, but he blanked the Trojans the rest of the way while striking out six batters, yielding six hits and one walk.Wysong played a key role in helping the Cardinals split a doubleheader with Marshall Thursday in Luverne.The starting shortstop drove in four runs with two hits during a 7-1 victory in the opener. He was hitless in three trips to the plate during a 5-0 loss in the nightcap.Wysong provided what proved to be the game-winning runs when he stepped to the plate in a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the first inning in Game 1. His three-run double to left-center field gave the Cardinals a 4-1 lead they wouldn’t relinquish.Wysong also slapped an RBI single during a three-run rally that capped the scoring in the third inning.The 8-3 Cardinals will play a doubleheader in Jackson May 6.
