By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds experienced a rough week in amateur baseball play.The Redbirds lost a three-run home decision to Pipestone Wednesday, June 23. Luverne split games Sunday, beating Truman by 10 runs in Luverne before losing a night game by eight runs in Jackson.Luverne, 7-4 overall, will not play over the weekend. The Redbirds hosted Windom Wednesday, June 30.Jackson 8, Luverne 0The Redbirds lost their fourth game of the season when they traveled to Jackson for a night clash Sunday.Jackson blanked the Redbirds throughout the seven-inning game, limiting Luverne to five hits.Jon Jarchow picked up hits in the second and fourth innings for Luverne. Mike Wenninger, Brian Weber and Joey Pick delivered singles in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings respectively.Jesse Kuhlman tossed six innings and took the loss. He allowed six earned runs.Box score AB R H BIBoen 4 0 0 0Edstrom 3 0 0 0Wenninger 4 0 1 0Weber 3 0 1 0Sehr 3 0 0 0Jarchow 3 0 2 0Studer 3 0 0 0Fisher 3 0 0 0Pick 3 0 1 0Luverne 10, Truman 0The Redbirds snapped a two-game losing skid when they beat Truman by 10 runs in Luverne Sunday afternoon.Joel Nath pitched a five-hit shutout for the Redbirds, who scored all 10 of their runs in the first four innings.James Fisher doubled and scored the first run of the game when Jarchow delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the second.Jarchow doubled home two runs to highlight a five-run third inning that left the Redbirds sporting a 6-0 cushion. Ben Winkels and Jake Studer contributed RBI singles to the rally. Fisher received an RBI fielder’s choice.Luverne won the game by the 10-run rule after plating two runs in the fourth and fifth innings.Mike Boen tripled and scored the first run in the fourth when Jeff Sehr grounded out. Weber belted an RBI double as the inning progressed.Kuhlman singled and scored on an error before Eric Edstrom ended the game in the bottom of the fifth with a run-scoring single.Box score AB R H BIBoen 3 2 1 0Edstrom 3 0 1 1Sehr 2 1 0 1Winkels 2 2 1 1Weber 3 0 1 1Fisher 3 2 1 1Jarchow 3 1 1 3Studer 1 0 1 0Kuhlman 1 1 1 0Pick 2 1 1 0Pipestone 6, Luverne 3The visiting A’s scored the final six runs of the game to best the Redbirds by three runs during a June 23rd game played in Luverne.The Redbirds scored two runs in the first inning and one in the second to gain a 3-0 lead.Pipestone tied the game with single runs in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings before winning the contest with a three-run ninth frame.Boen tripled and scored Luverne’s first run in the bottom of the first when Tony Sandbulte recorded his first of two sacrifice flies. Wenninger singled and scored on a single by Sehr to make it 2-0 before the inning was complete.Fisher singled and scored Luverne’s final run of the game in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Sandbulte.Sehr tossed the first six innings and limited the A’s to two runs. Wenninger surrendered four runs in the final three innings and was saddled with the loss.Box score AB R H BIBoen 5 1 3 0Sandbulte 3 0 1 2Wenninger 5 1 1 0Weber 5 0 1 0Sehr 4 0 2 1Winkels 3 0 0 0Edstrom 4 0 2 0Fisher 4 1 1 0Iveland 3 0 0 0Jarchow 1 0 0 0
