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Wysong, Cards enter title series today

By John RittenhouseZach Wysong and the Luverne High School baseball team earned the right to compete for the Section 3AA Tournament championship today in Granite Falls.The Cardinals won four elimination games in a seven-day span to earn a shot at Pipestone, the event’s lone undefeated team, for the section title. The teams will meet at 5 p.m. in today’s first game. A win by LHS in the opener would set the stage for a championship game later tonight.Wysong, a Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior, made key contributions in all four games played since June 1.Wysong made his presence felt in the field and at the plate during a 4-3 win over Windom in Marshall Tuesday.He tossed three and two-thirds innings of two-hit, two-strikeout, scoreless relief to pick up the pitching win against the Eagles.Wysong, who was 1-3 at the plate and scored one run, was hit by a pitch before scoring the team’s first run in the bottom of the fourth.With one out and runners on first and second in the seventh inning, Wysong hit a ball that was booted by Windom’s shortstop, allowing the tying run to score. Luverne won the game with another unearned run in the bottom of the eighth.The senior slapped four hits, scored three runs and drove in three runs when the Cardinals won a pair of elimination games in Granite Falls Monday.LHS and LQPV played to a scoreless draw through three innings before Wysong ignited a six-run rally in the top of the fourth by delivering a single and scoring the game’s first run.He went 2-3 at the plate during a 7-1 victory over the Eagles.Wysong was even more productive during a 17-8 victory over Montevideo in Monday’s second game. He was 2-4 at the plate, scored two runs and drove in three.The LHS shortstop doubled home two runs and scored during a six-run second inning. Wysong contributed a sacrifice fly to the effort in the third inning and doubled in the seventh, scoring the game’s final run. Wysong had a big game during an 8-3 win over T-M-B in Milroy June 1.He drove in two runs with three hits at the plate, and he picked up the pitching win by tossing three and one-third innings of one-run relief.Wysong tied the game at two when he slapped an RBI single in the top of the second inning.The score remained tied until the sixth, when Luverne scored four times to break the game open. Wysong drove in the first run of the sixth with a single.Luverne will take a 15-9 record into today’s contest against the Arrows.

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