By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds wrapped up a 10-8 regular season by dropping two of three games since Wednesday, July 14.Luverne secured a two-run home win over Wilmont July 14, but the Redbirds dropped both ends of a doubleheader in Hadley Sunday.The Redbirds opened the Gopher League player last night (July 21) by hosting Worthington. A win against the Cubs would send Luverne to Pipestone Friday, where it would play a 7:30 p.m. game. A loss would send the Redbirds into the loser’s bracket, where they would resume play Sunday at a site and time to be determined.Hadley 10, Luverne 1The Buttermakers had little trouble in disposing of the Redbirds by nine runs during Sunday’s first game in Hadley.Playing as the visiting team in the opener, Hadley scored the game’s first 10 runs before Luverne plated its lone counter in the bottom half of the seventh inning.Hadley scored three runs in the third inning, six in the sixth and one in the seventh.Luverne avoided being shut out when Eric Edstrom drew a walk, stole second base, advanced to third on an error and scored on Joey Pick’s sacrifice fly.Jeff Sehr tossed the first five innings and took the loss for the Redbirds. He allowed four runs (three were earned).Joel Nath surrendered five runs (four were earned) in one inning of relief. Jake Studer also pitched one inning of relief, yielding one unearned run.Box score AB R H BIStuder 4 0 0 0Sandbulte 3 0 1 0Boen 3 0 2 0Weber 3 0 0 0Jarchow 3 0 0 0Edstrom 2 1 0 0Fisher 3 0 0 0Kuhlman 3 0 1 0Pick 1 0 0 1Hadley 9, Luverne 8The Redbirds let a three-run lead slip away in the final two innings of Sunday’s second game in Hadley.The game was tied at five when Luverne plated two runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth to open an 8-5 cushion.Hadley, however, scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to trail by one (8-7) before scoring twice in the seventh inning to complete the comeback.The Buttermakers tied the game at five by scoring one run in the fourth inning before Luverne regained the lead at 7-5 in the fifth.Walks to Edstrom and Jesse Kuhlman set the table for Pick in the fifth, who put the Redbirds in front with a two-run single.Mike Boen walked, advanced to third on a throwing error and gave Luverne an 8-5 advantage when he scored on James Fisher’s RBI single in the sixth.Luverne took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Studer doubled and scored on Brian Weber’s single.Hadley scored four runs in the home half of the first inning, but Luverne struck for four runs in the second inning to regain the lead at 5-4.Nath singled and advanced to third when Pick singled in the second. Studer plated Nath with the inning’s first run with a sacrifice fly.Tony Sandbulte singled to continue the rally, which ended when Boen cleared the bases with a three-run homer.Studer tossed the first four and two-thirds innings without gaining a decision for Luverne. He allowed six hits and five runs (three were earned).Kuhlman worked the next two and two-thirds innings and took the loss after surrendering four runs (three were earned). Boen was unable to record an out after pitching to two batters in the seventh.Box score AB R H BIStuder 4 1 1 1Sandbulte 5 1 2 0Boen 2 2 1 3Weber 4 0 1 1Edstrom 2 1 1 0Fisher 4 0 1 1Kuhlman 3 1 0 0Nath 2 1 1 0Pick 4 1 2 2Luverne 6, Wilmont 4A big game by Jon Jarchow carried the Redbirds to a two-run road win in Wilmont Wednesday, July 14.Jarchow drove in two runs at the plate and pitched seven and one-third innings of one-run relief to pick up the win for Luverne.Wilmont scored three unearned runs against Luverne starting pitcher Kuhlman in the bottom of the second inning, when Kuhlman had to leave the mound after jamming his thumb with two outs in the inning.Jarchow took over at that point and limited the Cardinals to one earned run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jarchow walked four batters and recorded five strikeouts during his relief appearance.The Redbirds scored two runs in the third inning and four in the fifth to make Jarchow a winner.Pick walked and Boen reached base on an error in the top of the third. Both runners scored on wild pitches, trimming Wilmont’s lead to one run at 3-2.Luverne loaded the bases with walks to Luke Iveland, Pick and Sehr in the fifth inning. Weber drew a walk to force home Iveland with the tying run, and Jarchow put the Redbirds in front 5-3 with a two-run single. Weber scored the final run of the inning on an error to give the Redbirds a 6-3 cushion.Box score AB R H BIBoen 4 1 0 0Sandbulte 4 0 1 0Sehr 3 1 1 0Weber 3 1 0 1Jarchow 5 0 1 2Shelton 2 0 0 0Kuhlman 2 0 0 0Fisher 3 0 0 0Iveland 1 1 0 0Nath 2 0 0 0Pick 1 2 0 0