The Luverne softball team wrapped up the regular season on Thursday, May 27, with a pair of home games against the Marshall Tigers.
The Tigers won the first game of the doubleheader 9-2. Marshall won the second game 10-0.
Luverne’s starting pitcher, Roz Oye struck out the first batter she faced to open the game.
Billi Connell led off the bottom of the first by drawing a walk. Oye drew a walk two batters later. With runners on the corners and two outs in the inning, Connell was tagged out at home.
The Tigers scored one run in the top of the second to take a 1-0 lead.
Marshall set down the Cardinals in order in the bottom of the second.
In the top of the third, the Tigers scored one more run to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
Reghan Bork drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the third. Connell drove in Bork on an RBI double to trim Marshall’s lead to 2-1.
Luverne’s Carly Olson tied the game on a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the third.
Marshall scored five runs in the top of the fourth to make it a 7-2 ballgame.
The Cardinals set down the Tigers in order in the top of the fifth and in the top of the sixth.
In the top of the seventh inning the Tigers scored a pair of insurance runs to make it a 9-2 ballgame.
The Cardinals were set down in order in the bottom of the seventh.
The Tigers defeated the Cardinals 10-0 in six innings in game two of the doubleheader.
With the pair of losses the Cardinals finished the regular season with a 9-11 record.
Luverne will open the section tournament on Tuesday, June 1, in Pipestone against Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.
The Panthers finished the regular season with an overall record of 15-5.
The winner between TMB and Luverne will play the top seeded Pipestone Arrows, immediately following the matchup.