By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds snapped a three-game losing skid by posting a three-run home win over Wilmont Sunday.The skid reached three games with a 12-run loss to Renner, S.D., Thursday and a two-run setback from Hadley Wednesday, July 2. Both losses came at Redbird Field.Luverne, 11-8 overall, caps the regular season in Pipestone Sunday.Luverne 3, Wilmont 0The pitching of Jon Jarchow and Mike Wenninger and a clutch hit off the bat of Ben Winkels helped the Redbirds snap their three-game slide against Wilmont in Luverne Sunday.Jarchow and Wenninger pitched a combined two-hit shutout. Jarchow tossed six innings for two-hit, five-strikeout ball to post the win. Wenninger pitched three hitless innings of relief to record a save. He fanned four batters.Winkels came up big in the bottom of the fourth when he snapped a scoreless draw with a two-run single. Eric Edstrom was hit by a pitch and Micky Sehr walked before scoring on Winkels’ safety.Billy Schneider walked and scored on a single by Derek Ohme to give the Redbirds an insurance run in the seventh.Box score AB R H BIOhme 4 0 2 1Edstrom 3 1 0 0J.Sehr 3 0 0 0Weber 3 0 0 0Jarchow 0 0 0 0Wenninger 0 0 0 0M.Sehr 3 1 1 0Fisher 0 0 0 0Winkels 2 0 1 2Sandbulte 3 0 1 0Iveland 3 0 0 0Schneider 2 1 0 0Renner 15, Luverne 3The Redbirds couldn’t keep up with a high-scoring Renner team in Luverne Thursday.The hosts took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Luke Iveland reached base on an error and scored on Brian Weber’s single.Renner, however, outscored Luverne 15-2 the rest of the way to win handily.Renner led 10-1 when Luverne scored its second run in the bottom of the sixth. Ohme walked and scored the counter when Weber bounced into a fielder’s choice.Luverne scored its final run in the seventh when Jarchow walked and scored during the frame.Kyle Kruen gave up five earned runs and six hits in a four-inning stint as Luverne’s starting pitcher. Kreun took the loss.Travis Eernisse, Ohme and Jeff Sehr pitched in relief.Box score AB R H BIOhme 2 1 0 0Iveland 4 1 0 0J.Sehr 4 0 0 0Weber 4 0 1 2Te.Eernisse 2 0 0 0Winkels 2 0 0 0Jarchow 3 1 0 0Fisher 4 0 1 0Arends 4 0 1 0Kreun 1 0 0 0Schmidt 2 0 0 0Hadley 2, Luverne 0The visiting Buttermakers nipped Luverne by two runs at Redbird Field Wednesday, July 2.The teams played to a scoreless draw until Hadley’s Chris Johnson belted a two-run homer in the top of the seventh to settle the issue.Travis Arends took the loss after pitching six complete innings and allowing eight hits and two runs. Edstrom fanned four batters while tossing three innings of scoreless relief.Box score AB R H BIOhme 5 0 2 0Te.Eernisse 5 0 1 0Arends 0 0 0 0Ta.Eernisse 0 0 0 0Wenninger 4 0 1 0M.Sehr 4 0 1 0Edstrom 4 0 1 0Sandbulte 4 0 3 0Fisher 1 0 0 0Reisch 3 0 0 0Iveland 3 0 0 0Winkels 1 0 0 0
