By John RittenhouseThe Luverne American Legion baseball team split games against area foes June 25 and Tuesday.The Cardinals posted a 12-run win in Adrian June 25 before losing a two-run home decision against Pipestone Tuesday.Luverne had a scheduled game against Slayton rained out Friday.The 3-3 Cardinals play at the Brookings, S.D., tournament Friday through Sunday before hosting Edgerton Tuesday.Pipestone 6, Luverne 4Pipestone scored a pair of late runs to nip the Cardinals during Tuesday’s game in Luverne.Luverne tied the game at four by scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, but the visitors plated single runs in the sixth and seventh frames to prevail by two.The Cardinals led 2-0 when Adam Reisch was hit by a pitch and Jesse Kuhlman reached base on an error before both runners scored on an error in the bottom of the second.Pipestone battled back to take a 4-2 lead by scoring single runs in the third and fourth innings before adding two in the fifth, but the Cards rallied to knot the score at four in the bottom of the fifth.Joey Pick and Reisch drew bases-loaded walks to account for Luverne’s fifth-inning runs.Devan Goembel tossed the first five innings and took the loss after surrendering five runs and four hits. Rob Fodness allowed one run in two innings of relief.Box score AB R H BISchmidt 4 1 0 0Studer 3 0 1 0Kurtz 4 0 0 0Pick 3 0 1 1Reisch 2 1 0 1Kuhlman 3 1 0 0Fodness 3 0 0 0Wysong 2 0 0 0Goembel 2 1 1 0Kopp 1 0 0 0Luverne 12, Adrian 0The Cardinals opened the 2003 summer season by posting a five-inning, 12-run victory in Adrian Wednesday, June 25.Jesse Kuhlman tossed a one-hit shutout and four Luverne batters drove in two or more runs to highlight the win.Luverne assumed control of the game by scoring 12 runs in the first four innings.The Cardinals opened a 5-0 lead in the top of the first.Aaron Schmidt singled, Jake Studer walked and Adam Kurtz was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Mark Remme forced home the first run when he was hit by a pitch. Joey Pick slapped an RBI single before Kuhlman chased home two more runs with a single. Adam Reisch received an RBI for a ground out to cap the rally.The Cards score four more runs in the second to make it 9-0.Studer and Kurtz walked before scoring on an outfield error by Adrian. Pick and Reisch slapped RBI singles as the inning progressed.Luverne made it 11-0 when Kurtz doubled home a run and Pick capped a three-RBI game with a run-scoring single in the third.A two-out single by Rob Fodness was followed by an RBI single from Remme when Luverne scored its final run in the top of the fourth.Kuhlman walked five batters and fanned three during his five-inning stint on the hill. A one-out single in the fourth inning kept Kuhlman from pitching a no-hitter.Box score AB R H BISchmidt 3 2 2 0Kopp 2 0 0 0Studer 1 3 1 0Fodness 1 1 1 0Kurtz 1 2 1 1Remme 3 2 2 2Pick 4 2 3 3Kuhlman 4 0 3 2Reisch 4 0 3 2Boen 3 0 1 0Wysong
