19U suffers two setbacks

The Luverne 19-and-under (19U) baseball team returned to action this week with games in Worthington July 9 and in Marshall Monday night.
The team came up short in both games, losing by three runs in each game.
Luverne, now 2-3 on the delayed season, has a busy week ahead.
The team will host Tracy at Redbird Field Thursday (July 16), play in the Garretson tournament this weekend, and will host Minneota Monday night.
 
Worthington 4, Luverne 1
Luverne played its first game since June 21 when the team traveled to Worthington July 9.  
The Cardinals struggled to get going offensively and lost the game 4-1.
“We just couldn’t get a rally going,” said Luverne coach Codie Zeutenhorst.
Luverne was down 4-0 at the start of the fifth inning but was only able to score one run by Ethan Beyer.
Beyer, Jacob Van Dam, Quinn Buss and Riley Anderson each had one hit for Luverne.
Beyer started the game on the mound and went 4 2/3 innings, striking out eight Worthington batters.
Isaiah Bartels then pitched the remainder of the game and struck out three.
 
Box score
Luverne                0 0 0 0 1 0 0     1
Worthington        0 1 3 0 0 0        4
 
                                  AB  R  H  BI
Beyer                        3     1   1   0
Wenninger                4     0   0   0
Crabtree                    2     0   0   0
Bartels                      3     0   0   0
Van Dam                   2     0   1   0
Buss                          2     0   1   0
Cowell                       3     0   0   0
Nekali                        1     0   0   0
Anderson                  3     0   1   0
 
Marshall 7, Luverne 4
Luverne’s 19U baseball team traveled to American Legion Field in Marshall Monday night. Marshall came out on top 7-4.
Marshall took a 4-0 lead after three innings before Luverne scored its first two runs off a two-run homerun by Colby Crabtree in the top of the fourth.
Marshall had a slim 4-3 lead entering the bottom of the sixth inning.
They were able to extend their lead by scoring three runs in the inning when two balls hit high in the air were lost in the lights by Luverne fielders and dropped.
Luverne had a chance for a rally when the bases were loaded in the top of the seventh inning.
The Cardinals were able to score one run when Crabtree hit a sacrifice fly, but it was not enough, and the game ended 7-4.
Ethan Beyer led the Luverne offense with three hits and one RBI. Crabtree tallied 3 RBIs in the game.
Cade Wenninger and Quinn Buss had two hits each and Jacob VonTersch scored two runs for Luverne.
Isaiah Bartels pitched the first four innings for Luverne. Bartels struck out four Marshall batters and walked three while giving up five runs and four walks.
Wenninger threw the final two innings. He struck out four and gave up four hits and three runs.
 
Box score
Luverne                 0 0 0 2 1 0 1     4
Marshall                       0 1 3 0 0 3        7
 
                                  AB  R  H  BI
Beyer                        4     0   3   1
Cowell                       3     1   1   0
Crabtree                    3     1   1   3
Bartels                      4     0   0   0
Wenninger                3     0   2   0
Buss                          3     0   2   0
Knips                         3     0   1   0
Anderson                  2     0   0   0
Sehr                          1     0   0   0
VonTersch                3     2   1   0