The Luverne Cardinals will be playing at home against the St. James Saints at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Luverne comes in on 12 and St. James on three.
Luverne can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Monday. Everything went their way against Worthington as Luverne made off with a 14-3 win. That's two games straight that Luverne has won by exactly 11 runs.
Jacob Stroh was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Stroh was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Will Serie, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Serie is crushing it when it comes to RBI: he's brought in at least three every time he's taken the field this season. Alex Schlosser was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, St. James has not done well against Jackson County Central recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. St. James came out on top against Jackson County Central by a score of 7-4.
Luverne's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-4. As for St. James, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-6.
Luverne took their victory against St. James in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0. Will Luverne repeat their success, or does St. James have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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