By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds ran their record to 4-0 by posting three victories since Wednesday, June 2.The Redbirds beat Heron Lake by four runs during Luverne’s home opener June 2 before securing an eight-run home win over Worthington Friday. Luverne ended the stretch by nipping Heron Lake by two runs in Heron Lake Sunday.Luverne, which played a game in Fairmont Wednesday, June 9, travels to Milroy Friday before hosting Hadley Wednesday, June 16.Luverne 10, HL 2Jon Jarchow’s grand-slam home run in the top of the ninth inning kept the Redbirds undefeated for the season Sunday in Heron Lake.Luverne trailed 7-6 after the Lakers scored three runs in the seventh inning before adding another counter in the bottom of the eighth. The Redbirds, however, moved in front 10-7 with Jarchow’s blast and limited the Lakers to one run in the bottom of the ninth to prevail by two.Tony Sandbulte reached base on an error, Eric Edstrom singled and Brian Weber was hit by a pitch before Jarchow cleared the bases with his homer.After a scoreless first inning, both teams scored two runs in the second.Jesse Kuhlman drew a bases-loaded walk and Joel Nath stroked an RBI single to account for Luverne’s runs in the second.The Redbirds took a 4-2 lead with a sacrifice fly from Weber and a fielder’s choice by Jarchow in the top of the third, but HL countered with one run in the bottom of the frame to trail 4-3.A two-run triple by Jake Studer gave the Redbirds a 6-3 lead in the sixth before HL moved in front 7-6 during the next two innings.Luke Iveland pitched one and one-third innings of one-run ball to pick up the win in a relief role. James Fisher recorded two outs in the ninth to earn a save. Kuhlman yielded six runs in six and two-thirds innings of work as Luverne’s starting pitcher. Studer gave up one run and recorded one out in relief of Kuhlman.Box score AB R H BIStuder 4 0 1 2Sandbulte 4 2 1 0Edstrom 5 2 3 0Weber 2 2 0 1Jarchow 4 2 1 5Fisher 5 0 2 0Kuhlman 3 1 1 1Nath 5 0 2 1Iveland 2 1 1 0Luverne 9,Worthington 1The Redbirds rolled to an easy eight-run victory over the Cubs in Luverne Friday.Luverne led 8-0 after seven innings of play and maintained an eight-run margin of victory at game’s end.Mike Boen singled and scored the game’s first run in the bottom of the first when Brian Weber grounded out.Edstrom delivered an RBI single and Jarchow chased home two runs with a single to give the Redbirds a 4-0 lead in the third.Weber recorded a sacrifice fly and two more runs scored on errors when the hosts scored three runs in the sixth inning to make it a 7-0 game.Boen slapped an RBI double to make it 8-0 in the seventh.Both teams scored one run in the eighth inning. Mike Wenninger singled and scored on a double by Edstrom to account for Luverne’s tally.Jarchow fanned 13 batters in a six-inning stint as the starting pitcher. He got the win. Joel Nath pitched three innings of one-run, four-strikeout ball in relief of Jarchow.Box score AB R H BIBoen 5 2 3 1Sandbulte 5 1 0 0Wenninger 4 2 2 0Weber 5 1 1 2Sehr 4 1 1 0Goebel 1 0 0 0Edstrom 4 1 3 2Jarchow 3 0 1 2Nath 2 0 0 0Fisher 3 1 1 0Iveland 4 0 0 0Luverne 8, HL 4The Redbirds raised their record to 2-0 with a four-run home win over Heron Lake Wednesday, June 2.Jeff Sehr tossed six and one-third innings of shutout ball to secure the pitching win, and his Luverne teammates scored eight runs in the first five innings to give the hurler a comfortable lead.The teams battled to a scoreless draw through two and one-half innings before Luverne broke through for a run in the bottom of the third.Boen singled and scored on a double by Sandbulte to open the scoring.Luverne proceeded to score two runs in the fourth inning and five in the fifth to gain an 8-0 advantage.Jarchow and Iveland slapped RBI singles to make it a 3-0 game in the third.Fisher supplied the big blow in the fifth when he delivered a three-run triple. Edstrom singled home a run before Fisher’s bases-clearing triple. Jarchow plated Fisher with a sacrifice fly.Sehr fanned four batters, walked two and yielded one hit during his stint on the hill. Edstrom surrendered four runs in one inning of relief. Nath pitched one and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.Box score AB R H BIBoen 5 1 2 0Sandbulte 3 0 2 1Sehr 3 1 1 0Weber 3 1 1 0Goebel 1 0 0 0Edstrom 3 2 1 1Nath 2 1 0 0Fisher 4 1 1 3Jarchow 2 1 1 2Pick 1 0 0 0Iveland 4 0 2 1