Linn-Mar Baseball

Linn-Mar baseball drops twinbill

IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar baseball team jumped into the Class 4A rankings Monday, but it was not an entirely happy day for the Lions.

Iowa City West swept the ninth-ranked Lions, 9-2 and 5-4 in 10 innings, in Iowa City.

The losses dropped Linn-Mar to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Iowa City West raised its records to 9-4 overall and 5-1 in the league.

Adam Stolley had two hits for Linn-Mar in the opener. Manny Jeffery had two hits for the Lions in the nightcap.

GAME 1

Linn-Mar        100 100 0 - 2 5 4
Iowa City West  142 200 x - 9 7 1

W - Ono-Fullard. L - Jeffery.

GAME 2

Linn-Mar        000 000 310 0 - 4 7 3
Iowa City West  000 200 110 1 - 5 10 1

W - Millmeyer. L - Brandt.

Linn-Mar jumps into prep baseball poll

The Linn-Mar Lions, unranked when the season began, climbed into the No. 9 spot in the Class 4A poll Monday by the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association.

The Lions were riding a nine-game winning streak until they lost the second game of a doubleheader at Pleasant Valley Saturday.

The Kennedy Cougars, ranked No. 1 when the season began, fell to the No. 4 spot in the 4A poll after beginning the year with a 6-3 record.

The Jefferson J-Hawks, ranked No. 9 when the year began, climbed three rungs to the No. 6 spot in Class 4A.

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Linn-Mar baseball splits at PV

BETTENDORF - The Linn-Mar baseball team split a doubleheader at Pleasant Valley Saturday.

The Lions won the first game, 4-3, in eight innings, but the Spartans snapped Linn-Mar's nine-game winning streak with a 7-2 victory in the second game.

Brandt Ollinger had a two-out RBI in the top of the seventh inning of the first game to tie the contest at 3-3, then Scott Mortensen collected an RBI in the eighth for a 4-3 lead. Ollinger went 2-for-4 with two doubles and Mortensen was 2-for-3.

Andrew Kraus got the victory for Linn-Mar. He pitched 2 2/3 innings in relief and did not allow a run.

Austin McCulloh and Manny Jeffery had two hits for the Lions in the second game.

The split left Linn-Mar with a 9-2 record.

GAME 1

Linn-Mar         000 200 11 - 4 9 4
Pleasant Valley  001 002 00 - 3 5 2

W - Kraus. L - Morrissey.

GAME 2

Linn-Mar         100 001 0 - 2 8 0
Pleasant Valley  212 011 x - 7 11 0

W - Christopherson. L - Annis.

Lions riding 8-game winning streak

The Linn-Mar baseball team swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Dubuque Senior on Friday at the Linn-Mar field, 3-2 in nine innings and 5-3.

The Lions are riding an eight-game winning streak, raising their records to 8-1 overall and 4-0 in the MVC.

Andrew Gassmann picked up the wins in both games for Linn-Mar in relief. He pitched the ninth inning in the opener and tossed three shutout innings in the nightcap.

Sam Crawford, Adam Stolley, Manny Jeffery and Brandt Ollinger had two hits for the Lions in the first game. Crawford collected a double and triple.

Jeffery and Ryan Wyant had two hits in the nightcap.

Dubuque Senior fell to 5-4 overall and 2-2 in the league.