The Luverne baseball team added three more wins this week before falling to the Marshall Tigers Monday.
The Cardinals, now 9-5 on the season, defeated Pipestone Area 13-7 and swept a doubleheader against St. James 6-0 and 7-0 on Thursday before losing to the Marshall Tigers Monday.
LHS is scheduled to travel to Jackson for a doubleheader against the Huskies today (Thursday) before hosting Adrian and Worthington at Redbird Field on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
Luverne 13, Pipestone Area 7
The LHS Cardinals took on their rivals, the Pipestone Arrows, Tuesday, May 3, in a Big South Conference contest.
Luverne came away with a 13-7 victory over the Arrows.
Pipestone scored first and led 1-0 until the top of the fourth inning when Luverne scored four runs to take a lead the Cards would hold on to for the remainder of the game.
After the Cardinals scored seven runs in the top of the seventh (scheduled to be final) inning, LHS had a 13-1 lead.
The Arrows made it interesting, scoring six runs in the bottom of the final stanza, but it would not be enough as Luverne left town with a 13-7 win.
Kaden Anderson had a stellar game for the Cardinals, pitching 6 1/3 innings and giving up three hits, three runs, and striking out two Arrows.
Anderson also had four hits, scored twice and batted in another Cardinal.
Casey Sehr scored three runs for LHS and had three hits and one RBI.
Connor Connell had three RBIs and scored two runs for the victors.
Jacob Stroh replaced Anderson on the mound after Anderson neared the maximum pitch count. Stroh pitched two-thirds of the final inning.
Luverne 0 0 0 4 2 0 7 13
Pipestone 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 7
AB R H BI
B Ripka 3 1 0 0
K Anderson 4 2 4 1
Casey Sehr 5 3 3 1
C Connell 3 2 1 3
C Overgaard 3 0 0 0
W Serie 1 1 0 0
J Stroh 4 1 2 3
Z DeBoer 3 1 0 0
R Sneller 3 0 0 1
E Domagala 0 1 0 0
Carter Sehr 0 0 0 0
A Halverson 1 0 0 0
N Cole-Kraty 1 1 1 1
Luverne 6, St. James Area 0
LHS hosted St. James Area for a doubleheader at Redbird Field on Thursday, May 5.
The Cardinals came away with two shutout wins over the Saints.
Luverne won the first game 6-0.
Connell pitched a complete game for the Cardinals, giving up only two hits , no walks and striking out 10 St. James batters.
Luverne had a balanced offensive attack with eight batters tallying one hit each and six players scoring runs.
The Cardinals plated two runs in the second inning, one in the third, two in the fourth and one in the sixth inning.
St. James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luverne 0 2 1 2 0 2 x 6
AB R H BI
B Ripka 3 1 1 1
K Anderson 4 1 1 1
Casey Sehr 2 1 1 0
C Connell 3 0 1 1
C Overgaard 2 1 1 1
W Serie 3 0 1 1
J Stroh 3 0 0 0
N Cole-Kraty 3 1 1 1
R Sneller 3 0 1 0
K Buss 1 0 0 0
A Ossefoort 0 1 0 0
Z DeBoer 0 0 0 0
Luverne 7, St. James Area 0
Casey Sehr led the charge for the Cardinals in his team's second win of the day over St. James Area Thursday night at Redbird Field.
The LHS senior pitched a complete game, giving up only three hits and no runs.
“I was able to get ahead of most of the hitters and my off-speed pitches were effective,” Sehr said. “The defense did a nice job of making plays behind me so it made for a fun day on the mound.”
At the plate, Sehr had four hits and three RBIs and scored one run.
“It was one of those days that I was seeing the ball well and got some good pitches that hit,” Sehr said.
Riley Sneller collected three hits, including a double, for LHS and also scored one run.
Carter Sehr had two RBIs and one hit.
In all, six Cardinals tallied 11 total hits in the balanced victory.
The win over the Saints was Luverne’s ninth consecutive victory after losing their first four contests of the season.
Luverne 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 7
St James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AB R H BI
B Ripka 5 1 1 0
K Anderson 4 1 1 0
Casey Sehr 5 1 4 3
C Connell 2 0 0 0
C Overgaard 3 2 0 0
W Serie 1 0 0 0
J Stroh 4 0 0 0
N Cole-Kraty 3 1 1 1
R Sneller 4 1 3 0
Carter Sehr 2 0 1 2
Marshall 6, Luverne 4
The Luverne Cardinals lost their first game in 10 outings on a beautiful night for baseball at Redbird Field Monday.
The Cards came up short against the Marshall Tigers, 6-4, to move to 9-5 on the season.
Luverne held a 3-1 lead after the third inning, but Marshall scored five more runs in the next two innings to take the lead for good in the competitive game.
LHS made it interesting in the bottom of the seventh (final) inning. Down 6-4, the Cards loaded the bases but were unable to score.
Ripka, Anderson and Overgaard had two hits each for the Cardinals. Ripka, Connell and Nathaniel Cole-Kraty each hit doubles in the game.
Anderson was Luverne's starting pitcher and spent three innings on the mound. He gave up three hits and one run and struck out four Tiger batters.
Casey Sehr replaced him and pitched 1 2/3 innings. He also gave up three hits and five runs (one earned) and struck out one. Connell threw the final 2 1/3 innings and gave up two hits and no runs and struck out four.
Marshall 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 6
Luverne 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4
AB R H BI
B Ripka 3 1 2 1
K Anderson 4 1 2 1
Casey Sehr 3 0 1 1
C Connell 3 0 1 0
C Overgaard 4 0 2 0
W Serie 3 0 0 1
J Stroh 3 0 0 0
N Cole-Kraty 2 1 1 0
Z DeBoer 0 0 0 0
R Sneller 3 1 1 0