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The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team earned their second consecutive playoff series sweep last weekend.
The Redbirds shut out the Adrian A’s 10-0 at home Wednesday, July 27, and 18-0 in Adrian Friday night. Both games were seven-inning contests due to the ten-run rule.
With the wins, Luverne is now 25-2 on the season and has won 19 consecutive games.
The Birds will now play the Fairmont Martins in a best-of-three Final Four round playoff series this weekend (see related story).
Luverne 10, Adrian 0
Luverne opened the first round of the Region 13C playoffs with two commanding shutout victories over the Adrian A’s.
On Wednesday, July 27, at Redbird Field, the Redbirds won 10-0 in Game 1 of the best-of-three series.
Jake Haugen pitched a complete seven-inning shut-out game.
The talented Redbird hurler gave up no runs on only three hits. He struck out 11 while only walking one.
Skyler Wenninger led the offense for the Birds. He tallied three runs on three hits and added an RBI.
Newt Johnson (two hits, two runs, two RBIs) and Ben Serie (two runs, two hits, three RBIs) each hit doubles for Luverne.
Ethan Beyer totaled three RBIs in the game.
All nine Redbirds collected at least one hit, and six different players scored runs in the balanced victory.
Adrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x 0
Luverne 0 0 4 3 0 3 x x x 10
AB R H BI
D Lundgren 5 1 1 0
P Paquette 4 1 2 0
S Wenninger 4 3 3 1
B Serie 4 2 2 3
N Johnson 2 2 2 2
J Haugen 3 1 1 0
C Wenninger 2 0 1 1
E Beyer 3 0 1 3
G Nath 4 0 1 0
Luverne 18, Adrian 0
The Redbirds swept the best-of-three playoff series with the Adrian A’s with a dominant 18-0, seven-inning Game 2 victory in Adrian Friday night.
Luverne started the scoring early when Phil Paquette hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning.
The Redbirds scoring continued in the second inning when Skyler Wenninger hit a two-RBI single, Paquette stole home base and Serie belted a two-run home run for a total of five runs in the frame.
Skyler Wenninger led off the fifth inning with a solo home run before Johnson hit his own solo home run two batters later.
The Redbirds collected 19 total hits and 17 RBIs in 41 total at bats in the game.
Serie was four for six at the plate, including a home run and two doubles, with two runs and four RBIs.
Skyler Wenninger had three hits, scored three runs and tallied three RBIs.
Three pitchers combined for the shut-out win.
Serie was on the mound for the first four innings. The righthander struck out six and gave up only two hits and one walk.
Cade Wenninger pitched the next two innings, striking out four and giving up two hits and one walk.
Brooks Maurer came in for the final inning. The Redbird player-manager struck out two and gave up no hits.
Luverne 2 5 2 3 3 1 2 x x 18
Adrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x x 0
AB R H BI
D Beers 4 2 1 2
P Paquette 4 2 2 3
C Reisch 0 1 0 0
S Wenninger 6 3 3 3
B Serie 6 2 4 4
N Johnson 3 1 1 1
J Haugen 4 2 2 1
M Sterrett 2 0 1 0
C Wenninger 4 2 2 1
C Crabtree 4 2 2 0
G Nath 4 1 1 2