By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds were put to the test of playing five games in a five-day span.Luverne lost a home game to Fairmont Wednesday, June 25, before dropping a doubleheader in Spencer, Iowa, Saturday. Luverne then beat Bancroft, Iowa, in Luverne Sunday before losing a game in Windom later that day.The 10-6 Redbirds host Renner, S.D., tonight and Wilmont Sunday.Windom 4, Luverne 1Windom pulled out a three-run win in the bottom of the 10th inning against Luverne Sunday.The Redbirds scored the game’s first run in the top of the 10th inning, but Windom’s Kole Zimmerman belted a grandslam homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to settle the issue.Derek Ohme, who pitched nine and two-thirds innings of shutout ball before being tagged by Zimmerman, helped the Redbirds plate the go-ahead run in the 10th.Ohme singled home Luke Iveland, who singled and moved to second base on a passed ball, to give Luverne a 1-0 lead that slipped away moments later.Box score AB R H BIOhme 4 0 1 1Sandbulte 4 0 1 0Winkels 3 0 2 0J.Sehr 3 0 0 0M.Sehr 1 0 1 0Weber 4 0 0 0Edstrom 3 0 0 0Fisher 2 0 0 0Iveland 3 1 1 0Te.Eernisse 1 0 0 0Schneider 4 0 0 0Luverne 11,Bancroft 1The Redbirds notched their lone win of the week when they routed Bancroft by 10 runs in Luverne Sunday.Luverne scored seven runs in the first three innings and Travis Eernisse protected the lead by pitching six innings of one-run, six-hit ball.Brian Weber gave the Redbirds a 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the first.Eric Edstrom walked and scored on an error and Jesse Reisch was hit by a pitch and scored in the second to make it 3-0.Billy Schneider delivered a three-run triple and scored on a single by Ohme when Luverne plated four runs in the third to make the difference 7-0.Bancroft plated a run in the top of the fourth before Luverne capped the scoring with one run in the fifth inning and three in the sixth.Terry Eernisse drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth. James Fisher doubled home two runs and scored on an RBI single by Ohme in the seventh.Box score AB R H BIOhme 4 0 3 2Sandbulte 3 0 1 0Arends 0 0 0 0J.Sehr 3 1 1 0Te.Eernisse 0 0 0 1Weber 1 1 1 1M.Sehr 1 0 0 0Winkels 4 0 0 0Edstrom 1 2 0 0Kreun 1 1 1 0Reisch 1 1 1 0Iveland 1 0 1 0Fisher 2 1 1 2Schneider 3 2 2 3Spencer 9, Luverne 7Host Spencer scored eight runs in the second inning and went on to nip the Redbirds by two runs during the first game of Saturday’s twin bill.Luverne chipped away at the lead by scoring two runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings before adding another counter in the seventh.The Redbirds, however, couldn’t complete the comeback.Luke Iveland received an RBI for a fielder’s choice and Edstrom singled home a run in the third to make it an 8-2 game.Terry Eernisse reached base on an error and scored before Jon Jarchow singled and scored to make the difference 8-4 in the top of the fourth.Spencer scored once in the bottom of the fourth to make it 9-4 before the Redbirds scored three late runs.Tony Sandbulte doubled and scored on an error and Jeff Sehr drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth to help Luverne trim the difference to 9-6.Micky Sehr’s RBI single in the seventh capped the scoring.Jeff Sehr yielded six runs in one and one-thirds innings and took the loss. Terry Eernisse pitched five and two-third innings of scoreless relief.Box score AB R H BIOhme 2 0 1 0Shelton 2 0 1 1Iveland 4 0 1 1J.Sehr 3 1 1 1Winkels 4 0 0 0Edstrom 4 0 1 1Sandbulte 4 2 3 0Fisher 3 1 0 0Te.Eernisse 2 0 2 0M.Sehr 1 0 1 1Jarchow 4 2 2 0Spencer 2, Luverne 1Spencer completed a sweep of Saturday’s doubleheader by nipping the Redbirds by one run in the nightcap.Luverne led 1-0 when Ohme singled and scored on Micky Sehr’s single in the first inning, but Spencer rallied to score twice in the third inning and blanked the Redbirds the rest of the way.Jarchow went the distance on the mound, allowing two unearned runs and seven hits while fanning six batters.Box score AB R H BIOhme 4 1 2 0Sandbulte 4 0 1 0J.Sehr 3 0 2 0Winkels 3 0 1 0M.Sehr 3 0 1 1Jarchow 0 0 0 0Iveland 3 0 0 0Edstrom 2 0 1 0Fisher 3 0 0 0Te.Eernisse 3 0 0 0Fairmont 3, Luverne 2Luverne’s busy stretch started with a one-run home loss to Fairmont June 25.Fairmont took a 3-0 lead by scoring one run in the second inning and two in the fourth, and the Redbirds couldn’t produce enough offense to erase the early deficit.Ohme and Jeff Sehr produced RBI doubles in the fifth and seventh innings respectively to account for Luverne’s runs.Travis Arends tossed the first six innings and took the loss after yielding three runs (one was earned). Terry Eernisse tossed three innings of scoreless relief.Box score AB R H BIOhme 3 1 2 1Sandbulte 5 0 0 0J.Sehr 4 0 1 1Wenninger 3 0 0 0Arends 0 0 0 0Weber 4 0 1 0Edstrom 4 0 2 0Winkels 3 1 2 0Iveland 3 0 0 0Fisher 2 0 0 0Jarchow 1 0 0 0
