The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team lived up to their No. 1 seed by sweeping the eighth-seeded Adrian A’s 15-0 and 7-0 Wednesday and Saturday in Round 1 of the Region 13C tournament.
Luverne, now 21-5 on the season, faces the Hadley Buttermakers in the Final Four round of the tournament this weekend (see related story).
Luverne 15, Adrian 0
Luverne opened play in the Region 13C tournament in grand fashion by defeating Adrian 15-0 in seven innings at Redbird Field in Luverne July 28.
The Redbirds scored early and often in the game, plating two runs in the first inning and three more in the second before exploding for seven runs in the third inning.
Skyler Wenninger had a banner night at the plate, blasting a three-run home run in the third inning and a solo home run in the fourth.
Wenninger had two hits, scored three runs and totaled four RBIs in the game.
Ben Serie tallied three hits and two RBIs while Jake Haugen had two hits and three RBIs.
Phil Paquette, Newt Johnson and Gaige Nath each scored twice for the Redbirds.
Haugen was the winning pitcher. He struck out 12 Adrian batters while giving up no runs and only one hit and one run during six innings on the mound.
Derek Lundgren came in to relieve Haugen. He pitched one inning and gave up no hits or runs and walked one batter.
Box Score
Adrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luverne 2 3 7 1 0 2 x 15
AB R H BI
Lundgren 6 1 2 1
Paquette 5 2 2 0
Johnson 3 2 1 2
S. Wenninger 2 3 2 4
Zeutenhorst 0 1 0 0
Serie 5 1 3 2
Haugen 5 1 2 3
Meyer 4 1 1 0
Nath 2 2 0 0
Reisdorfer 1 1 1 0
C. Wenninger 2 0 0 0
Luverne 7, Adrian 0
The Redbirds ended their best-of-three, first round series Saturday when they defeated Adrian 7-0 in the second game of the series.
Playing in Adrian, the two teams were scoreless through the first four innings.
Luverne scored four runs in the fifth inning and three in the seventh while holding the A’s scoreless the entire game.
Isaiah Bartels pitched seven strong innings, striking out 10 batters and giving up four hits, no walks and no runs.
Lundgren earned the save, pitching the final two innings and giving up just two hits.
Haugen tallied three hits, two RBIs and one run in the victory.
Serie scored twice off two hits and added two RBIs, including an RBI double in the seventh inning.
Paquette, with two hits, one run and one RBI, also hit an RBI double in the fifth inning.
Box Score
Luverne 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 7
Adrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AB R H BI
Lundgren 6 1 2 0
Nath 6 0 0 0
Paquette 5 1 2 1
S. Wenninger 3 2 1 0
Serie 5 2 2 2
Haugen 4 1 3 2
Norman 4 0 2 1
Bartels 5 0 1 0
Meyer 5 0 3 0
Reisdorfer 1 0 0 0