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The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team added two more wins by defeating Jackson 10-3 at home on June 14 and Slayton 9-1 on the road June 16.
Luverne was scheduled to play in Ruthton June 20 and to host Pipestone June 22. Those games will be reported in a future edition of the Star Herald along with results from the Marshall tournament this weekend.
Luverne 10, Jackson 3
Luverne hosted the Jackson Senior Legion team on a beautiful night for baseball at Redbird Field June 14 and earned a solid 10-3 victory.
Kaden Anderson pitched all seven innings for the home team. He gave up three runs off 10 hits while striking out eight and walking one.
Braydon Ripka led the offense for Luverne. The lead-off hitter went three for four at the plate, including a double, and scored two runs.
Anderson helped himself at the plate by hitting two doubles, scoring two runs and adding an RBI.
Ethan Beyer hit a two-RBI double, tallying three total RBIs along with two hits and one run.
Riley Sneller recorded two hits, two runs and two RBIs to help the balanced Luverne offense.
Elliot Domagala also scored twice in the game.
“This game was a great improvement from the Worthington game the night before,” said Luverne coach Codie Zeutenhorst. “We had better swings and made better contact with the ball.”
“And Kaden had seven strong innings on the mound,” Zeutenhorst said. “All that led to a good result.”
Jackson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Luverne 3 0 1 1 2 3 x 10
AB R H BI
B Ripka 4 2 3 0
K Anderson 5 2 2 1
E Beyer 3 1 2 3
C Overgaard 3 0 1 0
R Sneller 4 2 2 2
W Serie 3 0 1 0
J Stroh 3 1 2 1
A Halverson 2 0 0 0
E Domagala 2 2 2 0
Z DeBoer 2 0 0 0
K Buss 1 0 0 0
Luverne 9, Slayton 1
Luverne traveled to Slayton Thursday, June 16, and came home with a quick, five-inning 9-1 win.
The visitors started the scoring early by plating four runs in the top of the first inning, including a two-RBI double by Connor Overgaard.
Luverne added one more run in each of the second, third, and fourth innings before scoring two runs in the fifth.
Beyer hit a triple in the fifth inning. He was two for three in the game, scoring two runs and adding two RBIs.
Anderson was three for three at the plate and scored one run.
Overgaard tallied two hits, scored twice and batted in two.
Will Serie also had two RBIs in the game.
Kai Buss was on the mound for the first four innings. He gave up just one hit and struck out three Slayton batters.
Ripka pitched in relief and gave up one run while walking two and striking out one.
Luverne 4 1 1 1 2 9
Slayton 0 0 0 0 1 1
AB R H BI
E Beyer 3 2 2 2
B Ripka 3 1 1 0
K Anderson 3 1 3 0
C Overgaard 3 2 2 2
R Sneller 3 1 2 0
A Halverson 1 0 0 0
W Serie 2 0 1 2
E Domagala 2 1 1 0
J Stroh 2 0 0 0
K Buss 2 1 0 0