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The Luverne High School softball team had a busy stretch of games on their home field in the past week, ending up with a 3-5 record so far for the season.
The Cardinals dropped two games to St. James 5-1 and 10-0 in a doubleheader on April 27. On April 28 they fell to Edgerton 13-6, and on Monday they dropped a 6-4 game to Pipestone.
The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday night and will play Redwood Valley in Redwood Falls Thursday, May 4.
St. James 5, LHS 1
Luverne fell behind early in Game 1 of the April 27 doubleheader with St. James, giving up four runs in the first three innings.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, LHS was able to produce one run when Payton Behr scored from third base on a passed ball by the Saints catcher.
“Offensively we hit some balls really hard but have to do a better job manufacturing runs and taking advantage of girls on base,” head coach Brooks Maurer said.
“We also have to do a better job of limiting errors on defense.”
Amira Cowell was the starting pitcher for Luverne. She went seven innings, allowing five runs on six hits and facing 30 total batters.
“I thought that Amira pitched really well in the first game, striking out six and only walking one,” Maurer said.
LHS had five hits in the first game, two by Reisdorfer and Behr and one by Serie.
St. James 10, LHS 0
Luverne batters had a hard time connecting with the ball in the second game with St. James.
LHS had a total of two hits, one by Elizabeth Smidt and the other by Carly Olson.
The Cardinals committed four errors in the game, allowing the Saints to extend scoring chances in the game.
Gracie Nath started at pitcher for Luverne, allowing six runs on three hits over 2 1/3 innings.
In relief Cowell and Reisdorfer came in as pitcher and tried to subdue the Saints’ offense to no avail.
The game ended in the fifth inning when St. James drove in their tenth run of the game.
EHS 13, LHS 6
The Cardinals started off strong against Edgerton on April 28, taking a 6-2 lead into the fourth inning.
From there Edgerton fired up its offensive and pulled away, scoring six runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and four in the seventh.
Gracie Nath took the loss for Luverne. She lasted four innings, allowing 11 hits and eight runs and striking out six.
Luverne had a total of 10 hits in the game and three stolen bases.
PHS 6, LHS 4
Luverne came up short against the Arrows by two runs at home Monday night.
Pipestone started strong, leading Luverne 4-2 after three innings.
Luverne was able to match the Arrows’ runs in the fourth inning, but it wasn’t enough to take the lead.
LHS produced six hits, 12 total bases and one stolen base by Reisdorfer.
The high point of the game was senior Carly Olson’s two home runs.
Olson hit the ball over the fence in the first and third innings. She posted three RBIs, clearing eight total bases in the game.
Cowell took the loss for Luverne. She allowed six hits and six runs over 4 1/3 innings, striking out five batters.
Nath came in as a reliever pitching 2 2/3 innings allowing one hit, no runs and striking our four batters.
BOX Score: St. James 5, LHS 1
LHS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
STJ 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr 4 1 2 0
Smidt 3 0 0 0
Olson 2 0 0 0
Reisdorfer 3 0 2 0
Boll 3 0 0 0
Cowell 3 0 0 0
Serie 3 0 1 0
Franken 2 0 0 0
Nath 1 0 0 0
Mehlhaff 3 0 0 0
Total bases: Reisdorfer 2, Behr 2, Serie 1
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Cowell 7 6 5 1 6
Pitches-strikes: Cowell 106-73
Batters faced: Cowell 3
BOX Score: St. James 10, LHS 0
LHS 0 0 0 0 0 x x 0
STJ 3 0 3 1 3 x x 10
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr 3 0 0 0
Smidt 2 0 1 0
Olson 2 0 1 0
Reisdorfer 2 0 0 0
Boll 2 0 0 0
Cowell 2 0 0 0
Serie 2 0 0 0
Franken 2 0 0 0
Lenz 1 0 0 0
2B: Olson
Total bases: Olson 2, Smidt 1
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Nath 2.1 3 6 3 4
Cowell 1.2 3 1 1 1
Reisdorfer 0.2 2 3 3 0
Pitches-strikes: Nath 68-38, Cowell 32-23, Reisdorfer 30-15
Batters faced: Nath 16, Cowell 8, Reisdorfer 7
BOX Score: EHS 13, LHS 6
LHS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
EHS 1 1 0 6 1 0 4 13
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr 4 1 1 0
Smidt 3 1 3 0
Olson 4 0 0 0
Reisdorfer 4 1 3 2
Boll 3 2 0 0
Serie 3 0 0 0
Franken 2 1 2 2
Lenz 1 0 0 0
Nath 1 0 1 2
Mehlhaff 1 0 0 0
Cowell 3 0 0 0
2B: Reisdorfer
Total bases: Reisdorfer 4, Smidt 3, Franken 2, Behr 1, Nath 1 SB: Smidt 2, Reisdorfer 1
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Nath 4 1 1 8 6
Cowell 3 3 5 1 1
Pitches-strikes: Nath 94-63, Cowell 63-36
Batters faced: Nath 26, Cowell 17
BOX Score: PHS 6, LHS 4
LHS 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
PHS 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 6
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr 4 1 0 0
Smidt 4 0 1 0
Olson 3 2 2 3
Reisdorfer 4 0 1 1
Boll 2 0 0 0
Serie 3 0 0 0
Kindt 1 0 0 0
Franken 1 0 1 0
Nath 1 0 0 0
Lenz 3 1 0 0
Cowell 1 0 1 0
HR: Olson 2
Total bases: Olson 8, Reisdorfer 1, Franken 1, Smidt 1, Cowell 1
SB: Reisdorfer 1
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Cowell 4.1 6 6 2 5
Nath 2.2 1 0 0 4
Pitches-strikes: Cowell 87-46, Nath 28-21
Batters faced: Cowell 27, Nath 9