The Luverne softball team dropped a pair of games on Tuesday, April 29, against St. James in Luverne.
Luverne lost the first game of the doubleheader 10-4 and then dropped Game 2 by a score of 14-3.
The pair of losses dropped Luverne’s overall record to 2-4.
St. James 10, LHS 4
St. James scored four runs in the first four innings. The visiting team added three more runs in the sixth inning to build a 7-0 lead.
In the top of the seventh inning, St. James scored two runs to take a 10-0 lead.
The Cardinals scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the 10-run deficit was too much to overcome for the home team.
Carly Olson went 3-4 at the plate with a double. Olson also drove in all four runs for the Cardinals.
Roz Oye collected two hits for the Cardinals.
St. James 14, LHS 3
The Cardinals scored one run in the top of the first inning in Game 2 against St. James.
That lead didn’t last long, as St. James scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning.
St. James added five runs in the second inning to build an 8-1 lead.
The visiting team tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the third inning to build a 10-1 lead.
Luverne got two runs back in the top of the fourth inning to trim St. James’ lead to 10-3. St. James added four runs in the bottom half of the inning to open up a 14-3 lead.
Oye picked up two hits and drove in one run for the Cardinals.
Luverne hosts the Adrian Dragons at home Tuesday, April 27.