By John RittenhouseThe Luverne baseball team played one solid game and a sloppy contest during the second week of the 2004 season.The Cardinals posted their third win of the year when they defeated Buffalo by seven runs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis Friday. Luverne’s three-game winning streak came to an end with a one-run loss in Windom Tuesday.Luverne, 3-1 overall, plays a doubleheader in Redwood Falls today before hosting Murray County Central Monday.Windom 10, Luverne 9Luverne’s perfect start to the season came to an end with a sub-par performance in Windom Tuesday.Cardinal pitchers issued eight walks and Luverne made 11 errors in the field to make things easy for Windom, which was limited to four hits in the game.Luverne sported 3-0 and 5-1 leads early in the game, but Windom scored eight runs in the bottom of the third inning to open a 9-5 lead. The Cards battled back to tie the game at nine in the top of the fifth before allowing one unearned run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh that settled the issue.The Cards moved in front 3-0 in the top of the first inning before settling for a 3-1 edge when Windom scored once in the bottom of the frame.Taylor Graphenteen singled and Jared Pick reached base on a fielder’s choice before Graphenteen scored on a ground out by Adam Kurtz later in the frame. Mark Remme singled home Pick and scored moments later on a Windom error to make it 3-0.Pick was hit by a pitch and Remme reached base on a fielder’s choice before both runners scored on a single by Rob Fodness in the top of the third. Luverne’s 5-1 lead after the rally was erased when the Eagles scored eight runs in the bottom of the third.The Cards bounced back to tie the score at nine with a four-run rally in the fifth.Zach Wysong doubled and scored when Tim Boen doubled. After Graphenteen reached base on an error, Pick slapped a two-run double to make it a 9-8 difference. Kurtz singled home Pick to knot the score at nine.Brad Herman pitched the first two innings and left the hill after allowing four runs, four walks and two hits. J.T. Bruynes tossed the next four frames and was tagged with the loss after surrending six runs and four walks. Wysong recorded two outs in the seventh inning before Windom scored the winning run on a throwing error.Box score AB R H BIGraphenteen 2 2 1 0Pick 4 3 1 2Kurtz 3 0 2 2Remme 4 2 1 1Fodness 4 0 1 2Wysong 3 1 2 0Reisch 3 0 0 0Boen 3 1 1 1Herman 1 0 0 0Bruynes 2 0 0 0Luverne 10, Buffalo 3The Cardinals ran their record to 3-0 after rolling to a seven-run victory over Buffalo Friday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.Four different LHS pitchers limited the Bison to three unearned runs during a game in which the Cardinals never trailed.Fodness drove in four runs in the contest and teammates Pick, Remme and Wysong added two RBIs each during a 10-run offensive outburst.Luverne assumed control of the contest by scoring three runs in first and second innings to open a 6-0 lead.Pick and Kurtz slapped one-out singles in the top of the first before Remme opened the scoring with an RBI single. Wysong added a two-run single to cap the scoring in the first inning.Herman and Graphenteen reached base on an error to get things rolling in the second inning. Pick singled home Herman before Kurtz drew a walk to load the bases. Remme was hit by a pitch to force home the second run of the frame, and a fielder’s choice by Fodness chased home the third run.Buffalo managed to score three unearned runs against Luverne starting pitcher Pick in the bottom of the third to make it 6-3.Luverne, however, plated a single run in the fourth inning before adding three more in the fifth to put the game away.Kurtz walked and scored on a sacrifice fly by Fodness in the fourth inning to give the Cards a 7-3 lead.Herman doubled and scored when Pick singled in the fifth. After Kurtz walked and Remme singled to load the sacks, Fodness capped his four-RBI effort with a two-run single.Pick worked the first three innings of the game without gaining a decision. He fanned three batters, walked two and allowed three hits.Bruynes, who pitched scoreless fourth and fifth innings, collected the win. He recorded two strikeouts and surrendered one hit. Wysong and Kurtz fanned two batters while tossing scoreless sixth and seventh innings respectively.Box score AB R H BIGraphenteen 5 1 1 0J.Pick 5 1 2 2Kurtz 1 4 1 0Remme 4 2 3 2Fodness 4 0 1 4Wysong 5 0 2 2Boen 2 0 0 0Reisch 3 0 0 0Herman 3 2 2 0
