By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds played their first home game in nearly four weeks when they entertained Fox Lake on Sunday.The Father’s Day game proved to be a fruitless outing for the Redbirds, who dropped their second straight decision after coming up on the short end of a 7-2 decision.Luverne’s inability to generate much offense proved to be costly in the game.Fox Lake limited the hosts to two singles in the contest, during which the Redbirds plated single runs in the fifth and sixth innings.The teams played to a scoreless draw through two innings before Fox Lake gained the upper hand by plating four runs in the top half of the third inning.The score remained the same until the bottom of the fifth, when Luverne produced its first run.Tony Sandbulte drew a walk and moved into scoring position before shortstop Zach Wysong slapped a run-scoring single to make it a 4-1 game.Fox Lake curbed Luverne’s momentum in the top of the sixth when it plated two more runs to gain a 6-1 advantage.Luverne plated its final run in the seventh inning to make it a 6-2 game before Fox Lake capped the scoring in the top of the eighth.Jared Pick, who was saddled with the pitching loss, reached base on an error in the seventh.Pick advanced to second when Rob Fodness walked and moved to third on a fielder’s choice before scoring on a wild pitch.Pick fanned nine batters during a seven-inning stint on the hill. He surrendered nine hits, five walks and six runs (five were earned).Jesse Kuhlman tossed two innings of one-run relief. He recorded two strikeouts and yielded two hits.The 7-6 Redbirds will host a tournament this weekend.Luverne plays Renner at 6:30 p.m. Friday to open the event. Depending upon the outcome of the opener, the Redbirds will play at 2:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. on Saturday.Box score AB R H BISandbulte 2 1 0 0Fodness 4 0 0 0Wysong 2 0 1 1Fisher 5 0 0 0Kurtz 4 0 1 0Studer 0 0 0 0Boen 3 0 0 0Kuhlman 1 0 0 0Nath 3 0 0 0Shelton 1 0 0 0Pick 4 1 0 0