WATERLOO - Linn-Mar scored 12 runs in each game and swept past Waterloo East, 12-1 and 12-5, to take over first place in the Valley Division baseball race in the Mississippi Valley Conference.

Austin Stroschein and Michael Bogert combined to throw a one-hitter in the five-inning opener.

Jimmy Roth was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and three runs scored, and Brandt Ollinger was 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBIs. Mitch Stickney also homered for the Lions (19-12, 14-6).

Kyle Mortensen homered and drove in three runs in the nightcap, and Jack Strellner drove in four runs for Linn-Mar. Roth was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Austin Banks had three hits.

Waterloo East (2-26, 1-17) plays a doubleheader at Xavier on Wednesday, the Trojans' third twinbill in as many days.

GAME 1

LINN-MAR (12): Mortensen, cf, 4 1 2 2, Strellner, ss, 3 0 0 0, Bradley, 1 0 1 0, Stickney, rf, 2 1 1 2, Jacobs, 1 0 0 0, Stroschein, p, 3 0 2 0, Niemeyer, 0 2 0 0, Roth, 2b, 2 3 2 2, Gross, 1 0 0 0, Banks, c, 3 0 1 1, Redmond, 1 0 0 0, Ollinger, 3b, 2 2 2 3, Reimer, dh, 2 1 1 0, Kane, 1b, 0 0 0 0, Larson, lf, 2 0 0 1, Bettmann, 0 2 0 0. Totals 27 12 12 11.

WATERLOO EAST (1): Magnuson, ss, 2 0 0 0, Scribbner, p, 0 0 0 0, Snook, p, 2 0 0 0, Lindquist, 2b, 2 1 0 0, Howard, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Schutte, 1b, 2 0 1 1, Merron, rf, 2 0 0 0, Kinnetz, cf, 1 0 0 0, Hanks, c, 1 0 0 0, Galvez, lf, 2 0 0 0, Van Wey, 1 0 0 0. Totals 17 1 1 1.

Linn-Mar           404 40 - 12 12 1
Waterloo East  000 10 -  1  1 1

Stroschein, Bogert (5) and Banks. Scribbner, Snook (1), Merron (5) and Hanks. W-Stroschein. L-Scribbner. 2B-Bradley, Stroschein, Roth, Banks. 3B-Stroschein. HR-Stickney, Ollinger. SB-Mortensen 2, Roth, Lindquist.

GAME 2

LINN-MAR (12): Mortensen, cf, 3 2 2 3, Strellner, ss, 5 1 2 4, Stickney, p, 5 0 0 0, Stroschein, dh, 4 1 1 0, Kane, 1b, 0 0 0 0, Roth, 2b, 3 3 3 2, Banks, c, 5 1 3 1, Ollinger, 3b, 3 1 1 0, Jennings, lf, 1 0 0 1, Bradley, 1 0 0 0, Larson, rf, 1 0 0 0, Wyant, 1 1 0 1, Bettmann, 0 1 0 0, Reimer, 0 1 0 0, Niemeyer, 0 0 0 0. Totals 32 12 12 12.

WATERLOO EAST (5): Magnuson, ss, 3 1 2 0, Scribbner, 2b, 2 2 0 0, Lindquist, c, 3 2 2 1, Howard, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Schutte, p, 3 0 0 1, Merron, 1b, 2 0 0 0, Kinnetz, cf, 4 0 0 0, Snook, rf, 2 0 0 0, Galvez, lf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 25 5 4 2.

Linn-Mar           132 040 2 - 12 12 3
Waterloo East  300 010 1 -  5  4 1

Stickney, Jennings (2), McCullough (5), Bogert (6) and Banks. Schutte and Lindquist. W-Jennings. L-Schutte. 2B-Roth. HR-Mortensen. SB-Mortensen, Scribbner, Lindquist.