Luverne 13, Westbrook 11
Luverne lived to play Sunday by beating Westbrook during a loser's bracket clash on Saturday.
The Cards never trailed in the game and led by as many as eight runs at one point. Westbrook, however, put together a pair of five-run innings late in the game to make things interesting.
After a scoreless first frame, Luverne scored six runs in the second and two in the fourth to open an 8-0 cushion.
Kopp, Kurtz, Pick and Studer all doubled home runs in the second. Jesse Kuhlman added an RBI single.
Boen walked and Pick reached base on an error before scoring on passed balls and errors to make it 8-0 in the fourth.
Westbrook scored once in the bottom of the fourth, but the Cards recorded a pair of runs back in the fifth.
Kopp reached base on an error and scored in the fifth when Kuhlman singled. Kurtz, who also reached base on an error, scored on a fielder's choice by Boen to make it 10-1.
Westbrook scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth before Luverne scored three times in the top of the sixth to make the difference 13-6.
Reisch doubled home a run and Kurtz added an RBI single to highlight the sixth inning for Luverne.
Westbrook scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh before Kurtz recorded the final out of the game to pick up a save.
Kuhlman started the game on the mound and earned the win. Justin Johnson also pitched for Luverne.
Box score AB R H BI
Studer 3 1 1 1
Boelman 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1 0 0 0
Pick 5 1 2 1
Schmidt 4 1 1 0
Reisch 5 2 2 1
Kopp 4 3 1 1
Kurtz 4 2 2 2
Kuhlman 4 1 2 2
Fodness 2 1 0 0
Goembel 1 0 0 0
Boen 3 1 0 0
MB 4, Luverne 3
The Cardinals opened the tournament by dropping a one-run decision to Marshall Blue Saturday afternoon.
Luverne had 2-0 and 3-2 leads during the contest, but Blue scored one run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game and won it by scoring another counter in the seventh inning.
The Cards drew first blood by scoring twice in the top of the second, but MB countered with two runs in the bottom of the second to knot the score at two.
Kurtz reached base on an error and scored on Kuhlman’s triple to account for Luverne's first run in the second. Kuhlman scored on a wild pitch.
Studer tripled and scored on a single by Pick to give the Cards a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth, but MB scored the game's final two runs.
Schmidt went the distance on the mound and took the loss for the Cards.
Box score AB R H BI
Studer 3 1 1 0
Pick 4 0 1 1
Schmidt 3 0 0 0
Kopp 3 0 0 0
Reisch 3 0 0 0
Kurtz 3 1 0 0
Kuhlman 3 1 1 1
Fodness 2 0 1 1
Top 3 0 0 0