Luverne senior catcher Joey Pick slides safely home while the Pipestone catcher tries to tag him out without the ball in his possession during Monday’s Southwest Conference baseball doubleheader in Luverne. The Cardinals swept the Arrows to extend their winning streak to seven straight games.By John RittenhouseLuverne ran its baseball winning streak to seven games by posting three victories since Friday.The Cardinals recorded a 10-run win over Murray County Central in Slayton Friday before sweeping a Southwest Conference doubleheader from Pipestone Monday in Luverne.Luverne, 7-1 overall and 4-0 in SWC play, travels to Worthington for a twin bill today before hosting Adrian Tuesday.Luverne 8, Pipestone 4A three-RBI effort from Adam Kurtz helped the Cardinals rally to best the Arrows by four runs during Monday’s first game in Luverne.LHS trailed 4-2 when Pipestone scored three runs in the top of the third and one in the fourth, but the Cards scored six runs in the fifth and sixth innings to erase the deficit.Kurtz tied the game at four in the bottom of the fifth with a double that scored Aaron Schmidt and Jake Studer, who drew walks.Schmidt put the Cards in front 6-4 with a two-run double in the sixth. Studer and Nick DeWispelaere singled home runs as the inning progressed to cap the scoring.Luverne plated single runs in the second and third innings. Canaan Petersen slapped a run-scoring single to give the Cards a 1-0 lead in the second. Kurtz singled home a run in the third.Jared Pick pitched the first six innings to pick up the win. He allowed six hits and fanned six batters. Three of the four runs Pick was charged with were unearned.Jesse Kuhlman pitched a scoreless seventh inning.Box score AB R H BIJo.Pick 2 2 1 0Schmidt 3 2 2 2Studer 3 2 2 1Kurtz 4 0 2 3Johnson 3 1 0 0DeWispelaere 1 0 1 1Remme 3 0 1 0Reisch 1 0 0 0Uilk 0 0 0 0Boelman 1 0 0 0Boen 2 0 0 0Petersen 1 1 1 1Wysong 1 0 0 0Goembel 2 0 0 0Luverne 4, Pipestone 2Four early runs in Game 2 proved to be enough for the Cardinals to complete their sweep of the Arrows Monday.Luverne scored three runs in the first inning and one in the second to gain a 4-0 lead. Pitchers Kurtz, Rob Fodness and Kuhlman made the runs stand up by blanking the Arrows in five of the game’s seven innings.Joey Pick doubled and Studer drew a one-out walk to set up Luverne’s first-inning surge. Kurtz singled home Pick, and Adam Riesch chased home Studer with a ground out. Kurtz scored the third run on a wild pitch.Petersen singled and scored the second-inning run when Studer produced a sacrifice fly.Kurtz pitched the first four innings to earn the win. Fodness pitched one and one-third innings, and Kuhlman tossed one and two-third innings to record a save.Box score AB R H BIJo.Pick 3 1 1 0Schmidt 5 0 1 0Studer 3 1 2 1Kurtz 3 1 2 1Reisch 4 0 0 1Remme 1 0 0 0Goembel 1 0 0 0Johnson 0 0 0 0Kuhlman 1 0 0 0Uilk 3 0 0 0Boen 1 0 1 0Petersen 1 1 1 0Luverne 10, MCC 0The Cardinals racked up their fifth consecutive victory when they toppled the Rebels in a game that ended by the 10-run rule after six innings of play in Slayton Friday.Six LHS players drove in runs in the game, led by two-RBI efforts from Schmidt and Studer.Three Cardinals pitched two innings each, tossing a combined three-hit shutout.Luverne opened the scoring in the top of the first. Studer doubled home a run and Reisch added an RBI single to give the Cards a 2-0 cushion.After Schmidt slapped an RBI double to make it 3-0 in the second, LHS erupted for five runs in the fourth to gain an 8-0 advantage.Tim Boen and Zach Wysong doubled home one run each in the fourth, and Kurtz added an RBI single before scoring on an error. Studer contributed a sacrifice fly to the rally.Single runs in the fifth and sixth innings capped the scoring for LHS.Schmidt singled home a counter in the fifth. Scott Boelman produced an RBI double in the sixth.Kuhlman, Jared Pick and Fodness pitched two innings each.Kuhlman allowed one hit in two innings as the starting pitcher, and Pick tossed hitless ball in the third and fourth innings to pick up the win. He recorded four strikeouts. Fodness fanned three batters and surrendered a pair of hits in the fifth and sixth innings.Box score AB R H BIJo.Pick 2 1 1 0Schmidt 4 1 2 2Studer 3 1 1 2Kurtz 3 1 2 1S.Pick 1 0 0 0Reisch 2 0 1 1Jr.Pick 1 0 0 0Johnson 0 1 0 0Goembel 3 0 0 0Uilk 2 1 0 0Boelman 2 0 1 1Boen 1 2 1 1Fodness 1 1 0 0Wysong 3 1 1 1
