By John RittenhouseThe Luverne VFW baseball team went 1-2 against league foes in games played since Thursday.The Cardinals lost a one-run home decision to Edgerton Thursday. Luverne lost a four-run game to Pipestone Monday before rallying to post a five-run victory in the second game.Luverne, 9-14 overall and 3-6 in league play, hosts Jackson tonight before opening the Sub-District Tournament at a site to be determined Monday.Pipestone 13,Luverne 9The Cardinals let a seven-run lead slip away during Monday’s first game in Pipestone.Luverne erupted for seven runs in the top half of the first inning, but the hosts scored eight times in the bottom half of the frame and went on to prevail by four runs.The Arrows plated a single run in the bottom of the fourth before scoring four times in the fifth to open a 13-7 cushion. Luverne capped the scoring with a two-run sixth inning.Jared Pick slapped a two-run double and Taylor Graphenteen added a two-run single to highlight Luverne’s seven-run first inning. Kelsey Petersen, Brian Deutsch and John Tofteland added one RBI single each to the rally.Tofteland singled home a run and Petersen drew a bases-loaded walk to account for Luverne’s runs in the seventh.Petersen walked four batters without recording an out before being removed as the starting pitcher. Graphenteen pitched five and two-thirds innings of relief and took the loss. Brett Lundgren worked the final inning and one-third.Box score AB R H BIGraphenteen 3 2 3 2Tofteland 4 1 3 2Pick 4 1 1 2Johnson 2 1 0 0Petersen 3 1 1 2Nath 4 0 0 0Richters 3 1 0 0Deutsch 1 1 1 1Oeding 2 0 0 0Ward 2 0 0 0Lundgren 1 1 0 0Luverne 7, Pipestone 2The Cardinals scored seven runs in the second inning and protected their lead during a five-run win in Game 2.Petersen and Derek Johnson supplied crucial blows in the second by rapping two-run singles. Deutsch, Graphenteen and Ben Nath added one RBI single each to the rally.Pipestone managed to score single runs in the second and third innings against Luverne starting pitcher Tofteland.Tofteland, however, pitched all five innings and limited the hosts to two hits.Box score AB R H BIGraphenteen 3 1 1 1Tofteland 3 1 1 0Pick 2 1 1 2Johnson 3 1 2 2Ward 2 0 0 0Deutsch 2 1 1 1Lundgren 1 1 0 0Nath 2 1 1 1Edgerton 4, Luverne 3A late-game rally by visiting Edgerton saddled the Cardinals with their second straight league loss Thursday at Redbird Field.Luverne erased a 2-0 deficit by scoring three runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning.The 3-2 advantage looked like it might stand as the teams played four straight scoreless innings before Edgerton plated single runs in the sixth and seventh frames to win by one.Jared Pick, who led the Cards with three hits and two RBIs at plate, went the distance on the hill and took the loss.Pick supplied the key blow in the first when he singled home Taylor Graphenteen and Derek Johnson, who reached base with a walk and a single respectively to start the rally.Ben Nath chased home Pick with a single.Box score AB R H BIGraphenteen 2 1 0 0Johnson 3 1 1 0Pick 3 1 3 2Cote 2 0 0 0Petersen 3 0 0 0Nath 3 0 1 1Tofteland 2 0 0 0Oeding 3 0 1 0Richters 3 0 0 0
