The Luverne Cardinals baseball team remained unbeaten by going 4-0 this past week. With the four wins the Cardinals continued their hot start to the season and improved to 10-0.
In the four victories the Cardinals outscored their opponents 40-9.
Luverne started the week off by defeating Pipestone Area 7-2 on Tuesday, April 27, in Pipestone.
The Cardinals then swept Jackson County Central on Thursday, April 29, in Luverne. The surging Cardinals took the first game of the doubleheader 10-0. Luverne then completed the sweep with a 11-5 victory in the second game.
Luverne wrapped up the week with a 12-2 victory over Windom on Monday, May 3, in Windom.
LHS 7, PAS 2
The Cardinals jumped all over the Arrows by scoring three runs in the opening inning.
Luverne added two more runs to push their lead to 5-0 in the third inning.
The Arrows were able to get a run back in the bottom of the third inning to make it a 5-1 ballgame.
The visiting Cardinals tacked on another run in the top of the fourth inning to push their lead back to five and make it a 6-1 game.
Pipestone scored a run in the bottom half of the frame to get it back within four at 6-2.
In the top of the seventh inning the Cardinals added one more insurance run to make it a 7-2 ballgame.
The Arrows were unable to mount a seventh inning rally and the Cardinals picked up their seventh win of the season with a 7-2 victory over their Big South foe.
Connor Connell collected two hits for the Cardinals and drove in a team-leading three runs.
LHS 10, JCC 0
Cade Wenninger pitched a five-inning shutout against JCC in the first game of the doubleheader. Wenninger gave up one hit and recorded six strikeouts in the winning effort.
The Cardinals scored a run in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second inning Luverne tacked on two more runs to push their lead to 3-0.
Luverne scored three more runs in the third to make it a 6-0 ballgame.
In the bottom of the fourth inning Luverne pushed across four runs to make it a 10-0 ballgame.
One of Luke Bosch’s two hits was a double. Bosch also drove in a pair of runs.
Wenninger recorded two hits and drove in a pair of runs.
Sehr also picked up two hits and drove in a pair of runs for the Cardinals.
LHS 11, JCC 5
The Cardinals scored one run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead into the bottom half of the third inning.
JCC managed to get two runs back in the bottom of the third inning to trim Luverne’s lead to 3-2.
The Huskies tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning.
With the game tied at 3-3, the Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to build a 6-3 lead.
The Cardinals added five more runs in the top of the seventh inning to make it an 11-3 ballgame.
JCC was able to score two runs in the bottom half of the final inning, but were unable to overcome the eight-run deficit.
Anderson hit a pair of doubles for the Cardinals and scored three runs.
Sehr hit a double and drove in two runs.
Wenninger drove in three runs for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals will look to remain undefeated when they welcome Blue Earth to Luverne on Thursday, May 6.