WATERLOO - The Linn-Mar Lions lived dangerously Monday but managed to sweep a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball doubleheader at Waterloo East.

The Lions won the first game, 10-3, after falling behind 2-0 in the first inning. They won the nightcap, 13-9, despite trailing 9-4 after two innings.

Jordan Stroschein went 3-for-4 with a triple and drove in three runs for Linn-Mar in the opener. Ben Larison and Austin Stroschein had two hits.

Larison went 4-for-5 in the second game and drove in three runs. Michael Redmond was 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Jordan Stroschein, Jeremy Danover and Travis Kvach had two hits.

Larison went 6-for-9 in the doubleheader with four runs, four RBIs and three stolen bases.

Linn-Mar raised its records to 15-10 overall and 10-8 in the conference. Waterloo East fell to 5-24 and 2-16.

Game 1

LINN-MAR (10)
Hunter, lf, 3 2 1 1, Larison, ss, 4 2 2 1, Redmond, cf, 4 0 0 1, J. Stroschein, rf/p, 4 1 3 3, Danover, c, 4 0 0 0, Sturenfeldt, cr, 0 2 0 0, Greve, dh, 1 0 0 0, Brown, 0 0 0 0, Bogert, rf, 1 1 1 0, Blackford, 1b, 3 1 1 1, Prokop, 2b, 4 1 1 1, A. Stroschein, 3b, 4 0 2 1. Totals 32 10 11 9.

WATERLOO EAST (3)
Frost, lf/p, 3 0 0 0, Wilson, 2b, 2 1 1 0, Rathe, 3b, 2 1 1 0, Sahr, c, 2 0 0 1, Magnuson, ss, 3 1 2 0, Billings, cf, 3 0 1 0, Johnson, rf, 2 0 0 0, Berry, dh, 2 0 1 1, Boehmer, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 19 3 6 2.

Linn-Mar            012 007 0 – 10 11 0
Waterloo East    200 000 1 – 3 6 3

Brown, J. Stroschein (5) and Danover. Boehmer, Frost (7) and Sahr. W – Brown. L – Boehmer. 2B – Magnuson 2. 3B – J. Stroschein. SB – Hunter, Larison, Wilson, Rathe.

Game 2

LINN-MAR (13)
Hunter, lf, 5 0 1 0, Larison, ss/p, 5 2 4 3, Redmond, cf, 5 1 2 3, J. Stroschein, rf, 5 0 2 1, Danover, c, 4 0 2 0, Sturenfeldt, cr, 0 2 0 0, Kvach, 2b, 3 3 2 0, Stickney, dh, 2 2 1 0, Johnson, p, 0 0 0 0, Prokop, 3b, 0 0 0 0, A. Stroschein, 3b/p, 2 0 1 1, Bogert, cr, 0 1 0 0, Stolley, 1b, 3 1 0 0. Totals 34 13 15 8.

WATERLOO EAST (9)
Frost, lf, 4 1 1 1, Wilson, 2b/p, 2 1 0 0, Rathe, dh, 2 1 1 0, Andreason, p, 0 0 0 0, Sahr, c, 3 1 2 2, Magnuson, ss, 4 0 1 0, Mayer, 1b, 4 0 2 3, Billings, cf/p, 4 0 0 0, Johnson, rf, 2 1 0 0, Boehmer, 3b, 3 0 1 0. Totals 28 9 8 6.

Linn-Mar            042 140 2 – 13 15 2
Waterloo East    360 000 0 –  9   8 5

Johnson, Larison (2), A. Stroschein (3) and Danover. Andreason, Wilson (2), Billings (5) and Sahr. W – A. Stroschein. L – Billings. 2B – Larison, Danover, Sahr, Mayer. HR – Mayer. SB – Larison 2, Kvach, Johnson.