The Luverne baseball team played five games this past week and improved their record to 16-4 for the season.
The Cardinals beat Worthington 14-4 away May 16, they blanked Windom 9-0 on the road May 18, lost to Fairmont 5-1 in the Big South Championship in Fairmont May 20, and took down Adrian/Ellsworth 1-0 and Edgerton 7-2 at Redbird Field May 22.
The Cardinals were scheduled to play Murray County Central at home Tuesday, May 23.
Seeding for Section 3AA baseball took place Wednesday, May 24.
LHS 14, Worthington 4
Luverne started out strong against Worthington and took home a 14-4 win in Worthington May 16.
In the first inning LHS fired up the offense, scoring six runs.
Sophomore Carter Sehr started off the drive, stealing home from third .
Senior Riley Sneller scored on a fly ball by junior Will Serie to left field.
Junior Conner Connell scored, stealing home.
Sophomore Alex Schlosser doubled and scored Serie.
Senior Zach DeBoer scored from third on an error by the pitcher.
Schlosser scored on an error by the Trojans right fielder.
Luverne ended the first inning with a 6-1 lead.
In the second inning LHS added two more runs from Sneller and junior Jacob Stroh.
In the third inning the Cardinals scored four more runs.
Sneller tripled, scoring Sehr.
Serie singled to center, scoring Sneller and Stroh, and Connell scored on a wild pitch.
The Trojans rallied in the bottom of the third, scoring three, and cut the lead to 12-4 in the Cardinals’ favor.
In the fifth inning Luverne added two more runs with Stroh scoring when junior Kai Buss got hit by a pitch.
Connell scored after tagging up on a Schlosser fly ball to center field.
Buss got the win, pitching two innings, surrendering zero runs on no hits, striking out two and walking one.
BOX Score
LHS 6 2 4 0 2 x x 14
WRTH 1 0 3 0 0 x x 4
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 2 2 0 0
Ahrendt 0 0 0 0
Sneller 3 3 3 1
Vortherms 1 0 0 0
Stroh 3 3 2 1
Connell 2 3 1 0
Serie 3 1 2 3
Miller 0 0 0 0
Domagala 4 0 1 1
DeBoer 2 1 0 0
Buss 0 0 0 1
Schlosser 4 1 1 2
Kroski 3 0 1 0
Left On Base: 7
2B: Domagala, Schlosser, Serie, Stroh
3B: Sneller 2
TB: Connell, Domagala 2, Kroski, Schlosser 2, Serie 3, Sneller 7, Stroh 3
SB: Connell 2, Kroski, Sehr, Sneller 2, Stroh
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Sehr 2.1 2 2 1 2
Ahrendt .2 2 2 2 1
Buss 2 0 0 0 2
Win: Buss
Pitches-Strikes: Sehr 46-27, Ahrendt 24-12, Buss 31-17
LHS 9, Windom 0
The Cardinals held the Eagles scoreless, winning 9-0 on the road May 18.
LHS opened the first inning with four runs on a Sneller triple, scoring Sehr. Sneller scored on a Stroh single, and Connell parked one over the fence and drove in Stroh from first base.
In the second inning Sehr singled on a fly ball to center, scoring Schlosser.
After two innings LHS went up 5-0.
In the fifth inning the Cardinals added two more runs. Sneller scored, tagging up from third on a Connell drive to center field, and Stroh scored on a Domagala single.
In the sixth inning Vortherms scored when Connell was hit by a pitch, and Sneller scored on a wild pitch.
Connell played a solid game, scoring once on two hits, and one home run. He also had four RBIs and had six total bases in the game.
Sneller finished the game with three runs, one RBI, one triple and covered three total bases.
DeBoer pitched a full game, surrendering zero runs on two hits, striking out five and walking one.
BOX Score
LHS 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 9
WHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 4 1 2 1
Sneller 2 3 1 1
Stroh 3 2 2 1
Buss 1 0 0 0
Connell 3 1 2 4
Serie 3 0 0 0
Miller 1 0 0 0
Domagala 2 0 1 1
Vortherms 0 1 0 0
DeBoer 3 0 0 0
Schlosser 3 1 1 0
Kroski 1 0 0 0
Ahrendt 3 0 0 0
Left On base: 9
2B: Connell, Schlosser
3B: Sneller
HR: Connell
TB: Connell 6, Domagala, Schlosser 2, Sehr 2, Sneller 3, Stroh 2
SB: Sehr
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
DeBoer 7 2 0 0 5
Win: DeBoer
Pitches-Strikes: DeBoer 75-51
Fairmont 5, LHS 1
Luverne traveled to Fairmont for the Big South Championship May 20.
Fairmont (15-1), the winner of the conference’s Big School Division, hosted Luverne (14-3), the winner of the Small School Division, and won the game 5-1.
LHS was unable to get things going and fell behind Fairmont 3-1 through five innings.
In the sixth inning the Cardinals were finally able to score when Connell singled to left field, scoring Sehr.
The Cardinals produced one run on three team hits and left seven on base in the game while committing seven errors.
Connell, Sehr and Sneller each had one stolen base against Fairmont.
Connell started on the mound for LHS, pitching 5 1/3 innings. He surrendered five runs on five hits, striking out six batters.
BOX Score
LHS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
FHS 0 1 0 0 2 2 x 5
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 3 1 0 0
Sneller 3 0 0 0
Stroh 2 0 0 0
Connell 3 0 1 1
Serie 2 0 0 0
Domagala 3 0 1 0
DeBoer 3 0 0 0
Schlosser 3 0 1 0
Kroski 2 0 0 0
Miller 0 0 0 0
Left On Base: 7
TB: Connell, Domagala, Schlosser
SB: Connell, Sehr, Sneller
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Connell 5.1 5 5 2 6
Sehr .2 0 0 0 0
Pitches-Strikes: Connell 93-59, Sehr 5-3
LHS 1, Adrian/Ellsworth o
The Luverne baseball team played a tight game against Adrian/Ellsworth at Redbird Field May 22.
The Cardinals pulled off the 1-0 win in the seventh inning when DeBoer singled on a ground ball to center field, scoring Vortherms from second base.
Luverne had six hits in the game and left four on base.
Adrian/Ellsworth had one hit and left one on base.
Sehr started on the mound for LHS, going six innings, giving up zero runs on one hit, striking out five, and walking one.
Kroski came in to relieve in the seventh inning, allowing zero hits and zero runs, striking out one and no walks.
BOX Score
AHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 3 0 1 0
Sneller 2 0 0 0
Stroh 2 0 0 0
Connell 3 0 0 0
Serie 2 0 0 0
Vortherms 0 1 0 0
Domagala 3 0 2 0
DeBoer 3 0 2 1
Miller 3 0 0 0
Schlosser 2 0 1 0
Left On base: 4
TB: DeBoer 2, Domagala 2, Schlosser, Sehr
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Sehr 6 1 0 0 5
Kroski 1 0 0 0 1
Pitches-Strikes: Sehr 67-48, Kroski 10-7
LHS 7, Edgerton 2
Luverne hosted Edgerton in a second game after the Adrian/Ellsworth game May 22.
The Cardinals beat the Flying Dutchmen 7-2 with a huge third inning run.
Edgerton struck first in the second inning, scoring one, and added one more in the top of the third.
In the bottom of the third inning Luverne came alive, scoring seven runs of their own.
DeBoer started the scoring by crossing home plate from second base on a Sehr fly ball to left field.
LHS added two more on the next batter. Sneller doubled to left, scoring Schlosser and Sehr.
With two outs on the board, Connell sent one over the fence, driving in Sneller and adding one run himself.
Serie got hit by a pitch on the next at bat and took over first base, then advanced to second on an error by the catcher.
Domagala singled on a fly ball to second and Serie scored on the play.
Domagala reached third on a passed ball and scored on an error by the catcher.
Luverne finished the third inning with a 7-2 lead, and that is where the score stood for the rest of the game.
Stroh started on the mound for Luverne, throwing four innings, allowing two runs on one hit and an error, and striking out eight batters.
Buss came in to relieve Stroh in the fifth inning, finishing the game without allowing a hit or run.
BOX Score
EDGR 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
LHS 0 0 7 0 0 0 x 7
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 4 1 2 1
Sneller 4 1 2 2
Stroh 3 0 0 0
Connell 3 1 1 2
Serie 2 1 0 0
Domagala 2 1 1 1
Miller 2 0 0 0
DeBoer 2 1 0 0
Schlosser 3 1 1 0
Left On base: 4
2B: Sehr 2, Sneller
HR: Connell
TB: Connell 4, Domagala, Schlosser, Sehr 4, Sneller 3
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER SO
Stroh 4 1 2 1 8
Buss 3 0 0 0 0
Pitches-Strikes: Stroh 73-41, Buss 39-21
LHS baseball team takes four wins, loses one
By
Greg Hoogeveen