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Christine Bjornstal
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Winner Loras LORAS 28-15, 0 A-R-C
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Luther LUTHER 24-17, 0 A-R-C
Winner
Loras LORAS
28-15, 0 A-R-C
13
Final
3
Luther LUTHER
24-17, 0 A-R-C
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Loras LORAS 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 4 13 11 0
Luther LUTHER 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 11 3

W: R. Wohlers (4-1) L: Blum, Harry (5-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Luther falls to Loras in Opening A-R-C Tournament Game


CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – After earning the two seed for the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) tournament the Luther Baseball team faced off with third seed Loras to begin the weekend. The Norse fell to the Duhawks 13-3 and will now have to battle back to the elimination bracket to seek a championship title. Luther is now 24-17 on the season.
 
NORSE STRIKE FIRST BUT NOT ENOUGH
Joshua Matanich (Lake City, Minn. / Lincoln) is in the hitting grove and if he gets a good one, he'll crush it deep over the fence. He lifted Luther to a 1-0 lead with his solo homer to left field in the bottom of the second. However, Loras came right back with three runs in the top of the third to claim the lead for the first time in the ball game.
 
Another Duhawk run would come across in the top of the fifth off of two back-to-back doubles. Luther had to quickly adapt on defense as Loras continued to threaten. But on the fielder's choice play Aiden Michna (Moline, Ill. / Moline) chose to throw it home to Peyton Lindmark (Bettendorf, Iowa / Pleasant Valley) to tag the runner out at the plate for the first out of the inning. A walk issued though gave the Duhawks another run as the Norse continued to trail and the bases loaded. CJ Boudreaux (Humble, Texas / Atascocita) came in relief getting the final two outs of the inning with one fly out and one strikeout. The Norse still trailed 6-1.
 
After six unanswered runs by Loras, Luther finally got two back after Aiden Michna reached on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the sixth. Then Mark Prince (Encinitas, Calif. / La Costa Canyon) hit a double that moved Michna to third. Mantanich put a single into center field earning two RBIs for his efforts. However, there was to be done with the Norse still down by three.
 
Loras kept adding to their total with another three runs in the eighth and four in the ninth to overpower Luther. For the Norse its win or go home with the season on the line with a game against four seed Coe.
 
TOP NORSE
  • Harry Blum (Fridley, Minn. / Fridley) pitched 4.1 innings giving up five hits, six runs with three earned, five walks and four strikeouts in 26 batters faces. He is now 5-3 on the season.
  • CJ Boudreaux (Humble, Texas / Atascocita) gave up one hit in 2.2 innings of relief. He only had one walk and one strikeout.
  • Joshua Matanich (Lake City, Minn. / Lincoln) went 4-4 with one run, four hits including one home run and three RBIs.
UP NEXT
Luther continues the A-R-C tournament on Saturday, May 12th against four seed Coe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. First pitch will be at 3:00 p.m. CT from Veterans Memorial Park.
 
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