Linn-Mar Baseball

Lions split with No.7 IC West

IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar Lions split a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader with No.7 Iowa City West in Iowa City Monday night.

Iowa City West won the first game, 5-2.

Linn-Mar took the nightcap, 8-4. Ben Larson drove in two runs for the Lions in the victory. Manny Jeffery and Austin McCulloh had two hits.

Larson pitched 6.2 innings for the victory. Ryan Wyant got the final out.

Game 1

Linn-Mar       000 200 0 - 2 5 2

Iowa City West 203 000 x - 5 5 1

W - Gallagher. L - Hilsenbeck.

Game 2

Linn-Mar       030 023 0 - 8 9 1

Iowa City West 000 001 3 - 4 4 5

W - Larson. L - Spiess.

Jacobs helps Lions top PV

Jackson Jacobs collected five RBIs Saturday as the Linn-Mar Lions rallied for an 8-7 victory over Pleasant Valley in a prep baseball game at the Linn-Mar complex.

The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was rained out.

The first game was tied, 5-5, after seven innings. Pleasant Valley scored twice in the top of the eighth for a 7-5 lead, but Linn-Mar rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth for the 8-7 victory.

Jacobs went 3-for-5 with five RBIs. Manny Jeffery was 3-for-4 witih two runs and two RBIs. Adam Stolley was 2-for-4 with two runs. Ben Larson also scored twice.

Andrew Gassman picked up the victory in relief.

Pleasant Valley   000 113 02 - 7 10 1
Linn-Mar            201 020 03 - 8 13 5

W - Gassmann. L - Clifton. 2B - Morrissey, Spelhaug, Mortensen. HR - Geisler. SB - Larson 2, Stolley 3, Jeffery 3, Gassmann.

Linn-Mar belted twice by Rams

DUBUQUE - Dubuque Senior scored 21 runs Friday and swept a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball doubleheader from Linn-Mar, 12-2 and 9-1, in Dubuque.

All-state catcher Brandt Ollinger did not play in either game for the Lions.

Linn-Mar collected only nine hits in the twinbill. Andrew Gassman had two hits in the second game.

Game 1

Linn-Mar              000 010 0 - 1 5 3
Dubuque Senior   240 300 x - 9 9 1

W - Noel. L - Wyant. 2B - Stolley, Jeffery, Grant, Jaeger. HR - Noel.

Game 2

Linn-Mar              020 000 -   2  4  4
Dubuque Senior   202 233 - 12 11 2

W - Troy. L - Bogert. 2B - Jacobs, Gassmann, Mai. HR - Janes.

Keller fans 10, Saints sweep Lions

Mitch Keller struck out 10 batters in four innings Monday as the Xavier Saints topped Linn-Mar, 5-3, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Linn-Mar.

The Saints also won the second game, 12-4.

Keller (1-1) walked three batters, allowed two hits and one unearned run. Bryce Grimm pitched the final three innings for Xavier.

Nolan Arp went 2-for-2 with two RBIs for the Saints. Grimm also had two hits. Manny Jeffery went 3-for-4 for Linn-Mar and scored twice.

Grimm went 3-for-5 for Xavier in the second game with a triple, home run and three RBIs. Logan Clarahan scored three runs. Ryan Flaherty drove in two runs and Max Hammerberg had two hits.

Adam Bradley went 3-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs for Linn-Mar in the nightcap. Brandt Ollinger had two hits.

Adam Pick struck out nine batters in 3.2 innings for the Saints, but also walked six batters in the second game.

Game 1

Xavier       031 000 1 - 5 6 1
Linn-Mar    100 020 0 - 3 6 1

Keller, Grimm (5). Hilsenbeck, Jeffery (5), Wyant (7). W - Keller. L - Hilsenbeck. 2B - Grimm, Jeffery, Jacobs. 3B - Yoke. SB - Jeffery, Gassmann.

Game 2

Xavier       003 701 1 - 12 11 0
Linn-Mar    000 130 0 -  4  8  2

Pick, Even (4), Hammerberg (5). Larson, Bogert (4), Gassmann (5), Crawford (7), Ollinger (7). W - Pick. L - Larson. 2B - Ollinger, Bradley 3. 3B -Grimm. HR - Grimm. SB - Keller, Jeffery 2, Larson, Allaman.