Keaton Blackford went 3-for-3 and pitched a complete game as Linn-Mar topped Dubuque Senior, 6-2, Friday in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Linn-Mar.

Dubuque Senior took the nightcap, 10-7.

Corey Prokop also went 3-for-3 for the Lions (5-4, 2-2) in the opener. Blackford and Michael Redmond had two doubles. Blackford and Austin Stroschein drove in two runs.

Ben Larison went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Linn-Mar in the second game. Redmond also went 3-for-4 with one RBI.

Dubuque Senior is 2-7 overall and 1-3 in the MVC.

GAME 1

DUBUQUE SENIOR (2)
Grant, cf, 3 0 1 0, Jones, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Jantsch, rf, 2 0 0 0, Merritt, 3b, 3 0 1 1, Powers, dh, 3 0 1 0, Capesius, c, 2 0 0 0, Hansen, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Kremer, lf, 3 0 0 0, Anderson, ss, 2 0 0 0, Steines, ph, 1 0 0 0. Totals 25 2 6 1.

LINN-MAR (6)
Hunter, lf, 3 0 1 1, Larison, ss, 4 0 1 0, Redmond, cf, 4 1 2 0, J. Stroschein, rf, 2 1 0 0, Danover, c, 3 0 1 1, Kvach, cr, 0 2 0 0, A. Stroschein, 3b, 3 0 1 2, Stolley, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Prokop, 2b, 3 2 3 0, Blackford, p, 3 0 3 2, Stickney, ph, 1 0 0 0. Totals 29 6 12 6.

Dubuque Senior    000 001 1 – 2 6 4
Linn-Mar               312 000 x – 6 12 3

Sabers and Capesius. Blackford and Danover. W – Blackford. L – Sabers.
2B – Jones, Redmond 2, A. Stroschein, Blackford 2.

GAME 2

DUBUQUE SENIOR (10)
Grant, ss, 4 0 0 0, Jones, 2b, 4 0 1 1, Jantsch, lf, 3 1 0 0, Merritt, 3b, 4 2 2 0, Powers, dh, 2 1 0 0, Capesius, c, 0 2 0 0, Blake, 1b, 2 2 0 0, Kremer, cf, 3 2 2 4, Foley, rf, 3 0 1 2. Totals 25 10 6 7.

LINN-MAR (7)
Hunter, lf, 2 1 0 0, Larison, ss, 4 2 3 2, Redmond, cf, 4 1 3 1, J. Stroschein, rf, 2 1 0 1, Danover, c, 3 0 0 1, A. Stroschein, 3b, 3 0 2 1, Stolley, 1b, 3 1 0 0, Prokop 2b, 3 0 0 1, Kvach, dh, 2 1 0 0. Totals 26 7 8 7.

Dubuque Senior   001 351 0 – 10 6 0
Linn-Mar              100 060 0 – 7 8 2

Anderson and Capesius. Wyant, A. Stroschein (5), J. Stroschein (6) and Danover. W – Anderson. L – Wyant.
2B – Foley, Larison. SB – Grant, J. Stroschein.