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The Redbirds picked up three more wins over the past week, raising their season record to 16-1.
The Redbirds beat Worthington 10-1 at home July 5. They also outfoxed Fox Lake 13-2 July 9 and beat Pipestone 19-1 the same day in a doubleheader at Redbird Field.
Luverne is scheduled to host Hadley Wednesday, July 12, and travel to Sioux Falls Friday, July 14, to take on the Brewers.
Redbirds 10, Worthington 1
Ben Serie’s clutch hitting helped the Luverne Redbirds topple Worthington 10-0 Wednesday, July 5, at home.
Serie drove in five runs against the Cubs. Two of his RBIs were courtesy of a home run smack over the wall in the sixth inning.
Declan Beers was solid at the plate, recording three runs on three hits and two RBIs in the game.
As a team, Luverne posted 12 hits over seven innings with only two strikeouts.
Worthington was held to only one hit and reached first base three times on walks.
Cade Wenninger took the mound for the Redbirds pitching the entire game, allowing zero runs on one hit while striking out 10 batters.
BOX Score
WRTH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RBirds 0 0 2 0 3 3 2
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
S. Wenninger 4 1 2 0
Serie 2 2 1 5
Smith 3 1 2 1
Paquette 2 0 1 1
Johnson 3 0 0 0
Sehr 4 0 1 1
C. Wenninger 3 1 0 0
Lundgren 4 2 2 0
Beers 3 3 3 2
2B: Smith 2, S. Wenninger, Lundgren
HR: Serie
Total Bases: Smith 4, Serie 4, S. Wenninger 3, Lundgren 3, Beers 3, Paquette, Sehr
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R ER SO
C. Wenninger 7 1 0 0 10
Pitches-Strikes: C. Wenninger 89-64
Batters Faced: C. Wenninger 25
Redbirds 13, Fox Lake 2
Phil Paquette and Derek Lundgren both posted home runs in the sixth inning to assure the Redbirds’ win.
Luverne beat Fox Lake 13-2 in six innings at home Sunday, July 9, in their first of two games that day.
Lundgren led the Redbirds with two runs on two hits and five RBIs, with four coming off his grand slam home run.
Paquette had one run on three hits and four RBIs including his home runs in the game.
Serie and Skyler Wenninger both had one run on two hits and one RBI each.
Ethan Beyer pitched six innings for the win, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out seven and walking two batters.
BOX Score
FOXL 0 0 0 0 0 2 x
RBirds 0 0 1 6 0 6 x
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
S. Wenninger 4 1 2 1
Serie 4 1 2 1
Paquette 4 1 3 4
Johnson 2 2 0 0
Sehr 4 1 1 0
C. Wenninger 3 2 1 0
Lundgren 4 2 2 5
Beers 2 2 1 0
Beyer 3 1 0 0
2B: Beers, Paquette
3B: Serie
HR: Paquette, Lundgren
Total Bases: Paquette 7, Lundgren 5, Serie 4, Beers 2, S. Wenninger 2, C. Wenninger, Sehr
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Beyer 6 4 2 2 7
Pitches-Strikes: Beyer 96-64
Batters Faced: Beyer 24
Redbirds 19, Pipestone 1
The Redbirds schooled the Pipestone A’s 19-1 Sunday, July 9, in Luverne’s second game of the day.
Lundgren singled three times, scoring three times and driving in three runs for the Redbirds.
Cade Wenninger added three RBIs and three runs on one hit and two times being hit by the pitcher to get on base.
Serie posted his second home run for the week to scoring two of his three RBIs in the game.
Mark Sterrett, Brooks Maurer, Colby Crabtree and Johnson all scored as pinch runners for the Redbirds.
Luverne had nine team hits and 14 RBIs in the five-inning game.
Serie took the mound going three innings, allowing zero runs on one hit with six strikeouts.
Maurer came in to relieve Serie in the fourth inning, pitching two innings, allowing one run on three hits, and striking out two batters.
BOX Score
PPST 0 0 0 1 0 x x
RBirds 8 3 2 6 x x x
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
S. Wenninger 2 1 1 2
Sterrett 0 1 0 0
Serie 2 1 1 2
Maurer 0 1 0 0
Paquette 1 2 0 0
Crabtree 0 1 0 0
Johnson 0 1 0 0
Ahrens 1 1 0 0
Sehr 2 2 1 1
C. Wenninger 3 3 1 3
Lundgren 3 3 3 3
Beers 3 2 1 2
Ripka 4 0 1 1
HR: Serie
Total Bases: Serie 4, Lundgren 3, S. Wenninger, Ripka, C. Wenninger, Sehr, Beers
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Serie 3 1 0 0 6
Maurer 2 3 1 1 2
Pitches-Strikes: Serie 49-33, Maurer 45-25
Batters Faced: Serie 12, Maurer 11