By John Rittenhouse
The Hills Thunder capped a 2-15 regular season by dropping a pair of road games since Wednesday, July 11.
The Hills amateurs lost a five-run decision in Luverne July 11 before falling by seven runs in Hadley Sunday.
Luverne scored all six of its runs before the Thunder came up with its lone run in a 6-1 game played at Redbird Field July 11.
The Redbirds plated two runs in the second, fifth and sixth innings before Hills broke through for a run in the top of the seventh.
Matt Funke singled and scored for Hills when Kurt Bly delivered an RBI double.
Chad Rauk was touched for six runs in the first six innings and took the pitching loss for Hills.
Chris Putnam pitched two innings of scoreless relief.
Bly was the lone Thunder player to have a multiple-hit game, going two-for-three at the plate.
Hills had a 1-0 lead early in Sunday's game in Hadley before falling 8-1 at game's end.
The Thunder struck for a run in the top of the second, but the Buttermakers scored the next eight counters to prevail by seven.
Rauk singled and scored Hills' run in the second on a passed ball.
Hadley tied the game at one in the bottom of the third before winning it with six runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth.
Jarud Lang worked the first three and two-thirds innings on the mound for Hills. He was saddled with the loss.
Matt Carroll pitched the final two and one-third innings.
Rauk's single in the second was one of five safeties produced by Hills in the game. Eric Harnack, Lang, Funke and Bly had one hit each.