By John RittenhouseThe Luverne softball team raised its record to 2-0 after posting a 9-5 win in Edgerton Friday.Playing the Flying Dutchmen during a game played under extremely windy conditions, the Cardinals scored four early runs during a contest that ended with a four-run margin of victory.With Natalie Morgan slapping a two-run single and Sarah Ailts adding a two-run double, Luverne took a 4-0 lead in the first inning.The Cards led 6-1 when Sarah Wynia tripled home a run and scored on Natalie Domagala’s RBI single in the top of the fourth, but Edgerton trimmed the difference to three runs (6-3) by scoring twice in the bottom of the fourth.Luverne scored one run in the fifth inning and two in the sixth to put the game away. Edgerton plated single runs in the sixth and seventh frames to cap the scoring.Ailts led the Cards with three hits, while Morgan turned in a two-hit, three-RBI performance. Domagala and Wynia added two hits each to the winning cause.Wynia tossed all seven innings to pick up the win. She limited Edgerton to one hit, and all five runs Wynia was charged with were unearned. Wynia fanned seven batters and walked four.Luverne opens Southwest Conference play by hosting Redwood Valley for a double-header today. The Cards play at the Martin County West Tournament Saturday.
