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Lewis Family Drug captures Major League season, tournament titles

By John RittenhouseLewis Family Drug proved to be the cream of the crop during the 2006 Luverne Community Education Major League baseball season.After winning the regular season title with a 4-1-3 record, LFD solidified the fact it earned the No. 1 seed for the postseason tournament by winning the event with two straight victories last week.The tournament opened Wednesday, July 19, when Gold’n Plump and AgriEnergy squared off in a game pitting the field’s fourth and fifth seeds against each other.With Gold’n Plump winning the opener, it earned the right to face LFD during the semifinals on Monday, July 24.Mother Nature made an impact during both semifinal games.After LFD took a 5-0 lead two innings into the game, GP scored three runs in the top of the third to make it a two-run difference.GP seemed to be energized when outfielder Steven Verhey robbed LFD’s Brady Dinger of a home run in the bottom of the third, but GP never received the opportunity to use the momentum. With a threatening cloud spitting out lightning to the west, officials stopped play and ruled LFD to be the winners as three innings were complete.The same weather influenced a semifinal game between second-seeded KQAD and third-seeded McClure Electric.With the score knotted at four after three innings of play, the teams were asked to complete the game on Wednesday, July 26.KQAD outscored ME 4-1 over the final three innings to win 8-5 and advance to the championship game later that night.With Dinger driving in five runs and pitching three innings of one unearned run ball and Nick Rittenhouse tossing three innings of shutout ball and chasing home three runs, LFD controlled the championship game.The champions opened a 6-0 lead early and scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth to clinch an 11-1 victory.

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