By John RittenhouseThe slumping Luverne Redbirds dropped their fifth consecutive amateur baseball game Sunday.Hosting Gopher League rival Wilmont, the Redbirds yielded six third-inning runs and couldn’t recover the rest of the way in what turned into a 15-4 loss."It was an ugly game," said Redbird coach Barry Shelton.After Wilmont scored six times in the top of the third, Luverne countered with a two-run rally in the bottom of the inning to make it a 6-2 game.Terry Eernisse and Adam Kurtz ignited the uprising by slapping singles. Eernisse scored the first run when Tim Boen bounced out. Dustin Groen singled home Kurtz.The way the game played out, the four-run deficit after the third inning would be as close as the Redbirds would come to catching the Cardinals.Wilmont scored three runs in the fourth inning to lead 9-2 before Luverne plated single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to trail 9-4.Three-run rallies in the eighth and ninth innings gave Wilmont an 11-run victory.Kurtz was hit by a pitch and scored Luverne’s sixth-inning run when Rob Fodness singled.Tony Sandbulte walked and scored on an error in the seventh for the hosts.Kurtz tossed the first two and two-thirds innings for Luverne and was saddled with the loss after yielding five earned runs.Jared Pick, Zach Wysong, Eernisse and Fodness all pitched in relief.The 7-9 Redbirds attempt to snap their losing skid when they play two games Sunday.Luverne hosts Spencer at 2 p.m. before traveling to Pipestone for a 7:30 p.m. game.Box score AB R H BISandbulte 4 1 1 0Studer 5 0 2 0Wysong 4 0 1 0Eernisse 4 1 2 0Shelton 1 0 0 0Kurtz 3 2 1 0Boen 4 0 0 1Groen 4 0 2 1Fodness 4 0 1 1Pick 4 0 0 0