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The Luverne Senior American Legion baseball team opened the 2022 season with a very busy week and a half.
Luverne played six straight games at home, including four as part of their home weekend tournament, and went 4-2 during the opening stretch.
The team was scheduled to host Jackson Tuesday, June 14, after this edition of the Star Herald went to press.
Luverne will travel to Slayton tonight (Thursday) and to Ruthton on Monday.
The Senior Legion team will then play the middle game of a Pipestone at Luverne triple-header on Wednesday.
The Junior Legion teams will play at 3:30 p.m., the Senior Legion at 5:30 p.m. and the A’s and Redbirds will play at 7:30 p.m., all at Redbird Field.
Luverne 7, Adrian 0
It was a 7-0 opening night victory over Adrian June 6 at Redbird Field for the Luverne Senior American Legion baseball team.
Luverne scored three runs as a result of walks and passed balls in the first inning.
The hosts then doubled their lead in the fifth inning when Conner Connell hit a two-run double followed by an RBI single by Connor Overgaard.
Zach DeBoer pitched the first five innings for Luverne. He struck out five Adrian batters and gave up two hits, no runs and no walks.
Casey Sehr and Jacob Stroh pitched one inning each of relief, giving up no hits and no runs. Stroh struck out two.
Adrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luverne 3 0 0 0 3 1 x 7
AB R H BI
B Ripka 2 2 0 1
K Anderson 4 1 1 0
E Beyer 3 1 1 0
Casey Sehr 3 2 0 0
C Connell 3 1 1 2
C Overgaard 2 0 1 1
R Sneller 2 0 0 1
G Reisch 1 0 0 0
Z DeBoer 3 0 1 0
Luverne 5, Renner 4
Luverne opened its home American Legion baseball tournament Friday night with a 5-4 victory over Renner, South Dakota, at Redbird Field.
Luverne led 2-1 after the first inning, which included an RBI double by Connell, and added a third run in the third inning.
Renner scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 4-3 lead.
Luverne tied the game 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning before Riley Sneller hit a walk-off single that scored Connell to win the game.
Connell was two for three at the plate with two runs scored and one RBI.
Casey Sehr tallied two hits, scored two runs and added an RBI in the game.
Sneller was two for two with an RBI.
Kaden Anderson was on the mound for the first five innings for Luverne. He struck out ten hitters and gave up one hit, one run and one walk.
Kai Buss came in to pitch at the start of the sixth inning. He gave up two hits, three runs and one walk.
Casey Sehr replaced Buss on the mound in the sixth. He gave up one hit, two walks, and struck out two.
Renner 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4
Luverne 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
AB R H BI
B Ripka 2 1 0 0
K Anderson 3 1 0 0
Casey Sehr 4 1 2 1
C Connell 3 2 2 1
C Overgaard 3 0 1 1
W Serie 4 0 1 1
R Sneller 2 0 2 1
Z DeBoer 2 0 0 0
K Buss 1 0 0 0
J Stroh 3 0 1 0
Luverne 10, Colton 0
In the second game of their home tournament, the Luverne Senior Legion team shut out Colton, South Dakota, 10-0 Saturday morning at Redbird Field.
The hosts used a very balanced offense to score two runs in each of the first three innings before adding three runs in the fourth stanza.
With a 9-0 lead entering the bottom of the fifth inning, DeBoer hit a walk-off single to score Patrick Kroski that put the ten-run rule into effect to end the game after five innings.
Casey Sehr was two for three at the plate, scored two runs and added two RBIs.
Braydon Ripka also had two hits and scored twice for Luverne.
Sneller scored two runs and had a double in the fourth inning.
Connell hit a two-RBI double in the first inning.
Casey Sehr was on the mound for the first three innings. He walked one, struck out five and gave up no hits and no runs.
His younger brother Carter pitched the fourth inning, giving up no hits, no runs, no walks and striking out two.
Kroski threw the fifth and final inning. He gave up one hit and struck out two.
Colton 0 0 0 0 0 x x 0
Luverne 2 2 2 3 1 x x 10
AB R H BI
B Ripka 3 2 2 1
K Anderson 3 1 0 1
Z DeBoer 1 0 1 1
Casey Sehr 3 2 2 2
C Connell 1 1 1 2
C Overgaard 3 0 1 0
R Sneller 1 2 1 0
W Serie 2 0 1 1
J Stroh 2 0 0 1
Carter Sehr 2 1 0 1
P Kroski 1 1 1 0
Luverne 13, St. James 2
Luverne earned its second five-inning victory of the day Saturday evening when the home team defeated St. James 13-2 to advance to Sunday morning’s tournament championship game.
After scoring a quick four runs in the first inning, Luverne exploded for nine more runs in the second inning.
Stroh led off the second inning with a double. Casey Sehr then hit a double before Sneller blasted a two-RBI double in the same inning.
Serie then added a tw0-RBI triple to the second-inning offensive eruption.
Kroski also hit a double in the fourth inning.
Carter Sehr pitched the first three innings for Luverne. He gave up two runs off of three hits and struck out two.
Buss pitched 1 1/3 innings, striking out two and giving up no hits and no runs.
Overgaard came to the mound to get the final two outs.
St James 0 0 2 0 0 x x 2
Luverne 4 9 0 0 0 x x 13
AB R H BI
B Ripka 2 1 1 1
K Anderson 2 2 1 1
Z DeBoer 1 0 0 0
Casey Sehr 3 1 2 2
C Connell 1 2 0 0
K Buss 2 0 0 0
C Overgaard 1 2 1 1
A Halverson 1 0 0 0
R Sneller 2 2 1 2
G Reisch 1 0 1 0
E Domagala 2 1 1 1
W Serie 2 1 1 2
Carter Sehr 1 0 0 0
J Stroh 2 1 1 0
P Kroski 1 0 1 0
Worthington 6, Luverne 1
Luverne fell to Worthington 6-1 in the championship game of their home tournament Sunday morning.
Worthington scored two runs in the first, three in the third and one more in the fourth to build a 6-1 advantage before Luverne scored its only run of the game.
A home run by Serie to lead off the fifth inning plated Luverne’s only run.
Ethan Beyer pitched the first four innings for the home team. He gave up ten hits, six runs and one walk while striking out three.
Stroh came in in relief, pitching the final three innings. He offered two hits and struck out one.
“Overall I was happy with the weekend,” Zeutenhorst said, “we just didn’t get that final win.”
“Our pitching was good all tournament,” he said, “that’s a lot of pitching with four games in three days.”
“Worthington was 3-0 in their bracket, too, and really hit the ball well. Sometimes you run into teams like that.”
Wgtn 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 6
Luverne 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
AB R H BI
B Ripka 2 0 0 0
K Anderson 3 0 0 0
E Beyer 3 0 1 0
Casey Sehr 3 0 1 0
C Overgaard 2 0 0 0
Z DeBoer 1 0 0 0
R Sneller 2 0 0 0
W Serie 2 1 1 1
E Domagala 3 0 0 0
J Stroh 3 0 0 0
Worthington 5, Luverne 4
For the second time in two days, Luverne lost to Worthington in Senior Legion baseball at Redbird Field.
After defeating Luverne 6-1 in a tournament championship game Sunday morning, Worthington came back to town Monday night and earned another win, this time a closer 5-4 victory.
The visitors built a 2-0 lead after the first two innings before Luverne scored two runs in the bottom of the third to tie the game.
Luverne had a 4-3 advantage going into the seventh and final inning.
Worthington scored two runs in the top of the final inning.
When Luverne was unable to score in the bottom of the seventh, Worthington won the game.
Anderson led the offense for Luverne. He was two for three at the plate and scored two runs.
Overgaard also had two hits in the game and added two RBIs.
DeBoer pitched the first six innings for Luverne. He gave up eight hits, three runs and one walk while striking out three.
Casey Sehr came in to pitch the final inning. He gave up three hits and two runs, one of which was earned.
Wgtn 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 6
Luverne 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4
AB R H BI
B Ripka 4 0 1 0
K Anderson 3 2 2 0
E Beyer 2 1 0 0
Casey Sehr 3 1 0 1
C Overgaard 3 0 2 2
R Sneller 3 0 1 1
W Serie 4 0 1 0
Z DeBoer 3 0 0 0
E Domagala 3 0 0 0