By John RittenhouseThe Luverne baseball team split two games early this week.After falling by one run in Fairmont Monday, the Cardinals defeated Windom by four runs in Luverne Tuesday.The 3-8 Cards play in Pipestone today and compete at the Lac qui Parle Valley Tournament in Madison Saturday before hosting Murray County Central Monday.Luverne 6, Windom 2The Cardinals notched their third Southwest Conference win of the season when they clipped the Eagles by four runs Tuesday in Luverne.Andrew DeBoer tossed a complete game to pick up the win. DeBoer fanned nine batters and surrendered five hits, two walks and two runs (one was earned) during his seven-inning stint on the mound.DeBoer blanked Windom through the first five innings, allowing his teammates to build a 5-0 lead.Marc Boelman singled home runs in the first and third innings, and Chris Fitzer added a two-run double in the third to make it a 4-0 game.Boelman reached base on a fielder’s choice and scored when Ben Nath singled in the fifth to give the hosts a five-run lead.Windom plated single runs in the sixth and seventh innings.Luverne’s final run came in the bottom of the sixth, when Micah Boomgaarden came through with a sacrifice fly.Box score AB R H BIClark 3 1 1 0Boomgaarden 1 1 0 1Fitzer 4 1 2 2Boelman 3 1 2 2Reisch 3 0 0 0Nath 3 0 2 1DeBoer 3 0 0 0Lundgren 2 0 1 0Elbers 2 2 1 0Fairmont 2, Luverne 1The Cardinals came up on the short end of a one-run decision when they traveled to Fairmont for a non-conference tilt Monday.The teams battled to a scoreless draw through five innings before LHS broke through in the top of the sixth. Jake Clark singled and scored on a fielder’s choice to give LHS a lead.Fairmont countered with a two-run rally in the bottom of the sixth before blanking LHS in the seventh to win by one.Ben Nath tossed three and two-thirds innings of shutout ball before giving way to Chris Fitzer, who was charged with the loss after yielding two runs in two innings. Nathan Boler recorded the final out of the sixth inning for LHS.Box score AB R H BIClark 3 1 1 0Boomgaarden 2 0 0 0Boelman 3 0 0 0Reisch 3 0 1 1Fitzer 1 0 0 0Nath 3 0 0 0DeBoer 3 0 0 0Lundgren 3 0 0 0Oeding 0 0 0 0