By John RittenhouseThe Luverne American Legion team played nearly .500 baseball during a three-day tournament in Brookings, S.D.The Cardinals beat teams from Cokato and Mayville, N.D. Losses to Pipestone, Coon Rapids and Brookings left Luverne with a 2-3 record during the tournament, which was staged Friday through Sunday.Luverne sports a 10-5 record at event’s end.Brookings 2, Luverne 1In a rare opportunity, Luverne was in a position to win a game while being no-hit during Sunday’s tournament finale in Brookings.Luverne plated one unearned run in the top of the third inning when Jared Pick was hit by a pitch and scored on an error to give the Cards a 1-0 lead.Brookings, however, plated single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to pull out a one-run victory.Pick blanked Brookings during three innings of work as the starting pitcher, allowing two hits and two walks. Zach Wysong took the loss during a four-inning stint on the mound as a relief pitcher. Wysong surrendered seven hits, one walk and two runs.Box score AB R H BIPick 3 1 0 0Bruynes 3 0 0 0Oeding 3 0 0 0Wysong 3 0 0 0Nath 3 0 0 0Lundgren 3 0 0 0Schepel 3 0 0 0Goembel 2 0 0 0Petersen 2 0 0 0Luverne 8, Mayville 7The Cardinals withstood a late challenge from Mayville to post a one-run win during Sunday’s first game.After falling behind 1-0, Luverne scored eight consecutive runs (one in the bottom of the second inning, four in the fourth and three in the seventh) to gain a seven-run cushion at 8-1.Mayville rallied to score six runs in the top of the seventh, but Luverne recorded the final out of the game before yielding a potential tying run.Brett Lundgren, who picked up the pitching win, tied the game at one with an RBI single in the second inning.Kelsey Petersen slapped a two-run single, Pick tripled home a run and J.T. Bruynes delivered a run-scoring single during Luverne’s four-run fourth inning. Craig Oeding doubled home two runs and Wysong slapped an RBI single during a three-run rally in the sixth.Lundgren pitched six and one-third innings of eight-hit, six-run, four-walk and four-strikeout ball during a winning effort. Wysong recorded the final two outs, yielding one run and one hit, to record a save.Box score AB R H BIPick 4 1 1 1J.Bruynes 4 1 2 1Oeding 3 1 1 2Wysong 4 1 1 1Nath 4 0 1 0Schepel 3 1 1 0Lundgren 3 0 1 1Goembel 3 1 0 0Petersen 3 2 2 2CR 14, Luverne 4Coon Rapids disposed of the Cardinals by 10 runs during a tournament game Saturday afternoon.CR took a 6-0 lead after three and one-half innings of play before icing the contest with eight runs in the top of the seventh.After yielding two runs in the third inning and four in the fourth, Luverne put together a four-run rally in the bottom of the fourth to trail by two (6-4).Bruynes singled home two runs, Kelsey Petersen doubled home a run and Seth Goembel delivered an RBI single in the fourth for Luverne.Bruynes, who replaced starting pitcher Pick on the mound when Pick was struck by a batted ball, yielded 12 runs in four innings. He surrendered four hits and five walks. Pick was charged with two runs in three innings as the starter, walking two batters and allowing three hits.Box score AB R H BIPick 1 0 0 0C.Bruynes 2 0 0 0J.Bruynes 3 0 1 2Wysong 3 0 1 0Nath 3 0 0 0Lundgren 4 0 0 0Oeding 4 1 0 0Boler 3 1 0 0Petersen 3 1 1 1Goembel 3 1 2 1Luverne 2, Cokato 0Ben Nath carried the Cardinals to a two-run victory over Cokato in Friday’s second game.Nath tossed a seven-inning shutout and drove in the game-winning run in the top half of the first inning.Nath fanned eight batters and allowed three hits and three walks during his complete game.After Wysong walked and stole second base in the top of the first, Nath slapped an RBI single to give the Cards a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.Marc Boelman was hit by a pitch and scored on a squeeze bunt by Lundgren to account for Luverne’s final run in the third inning.Box score AB R H BIPick 4 0 0 0Wysong 3 1 0 0Boelman 4 1 2 0Nath 3 0 2 1Schepel 4 0 0 0Oeding 4 0 0 0Lundgren 3 0 2 1Goembel 3 0 0 0Petersen 3 0 0 0Pipestone 8, Luverne 0The Cardinals were unable to generate an offense during the tournament opener against Pipestone Friday.Luverne was limited to five singles in the game without scoring a run.After scoring once in the top of the first inning, Pipestone took advantage of three Luverne errors to score seven runs in the third inning to put the game away.Boleman pitched all seven innings for Luverne, surrendering two walks during an eight-strikeout effort.Box score AB R H BIPick 3 0 0 0J.Bruynes 1 0 0 0Fitzer 2 0 0 0Wysong 3 0 1 0Boelman 3 0 1 0Schepel 3 0 1 0Nath 3 0 1 0Oeding 3 0 1 0Lundgren 2 0 0 0Clark 1 0 0 0Goembel 1 0 0 0