By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds went 1-2 and placed fourth at an eight-team tournament in Fairmont over the weekend.Luverne posted its fourth straight victory in the opener against Winthrop, but losses to Kasson and Wilmont in the final two rounds left the Redbirds with a fourth-place finish.The 6-7 Redbirds host Pipestone (7 p.m.) and Jackson (7:30 p.m.) Friday and Tuesday. Luverne plays a 7:30 p.m. game in Hartford, S.D., Sunday.Wilmont 9, Luverne 0Gopher League foe Wilmont saddled the Redbirds with a nine-run setback in the third-place game of the Fairmont Tournament Sunday.Wilmont limited Luverne to four hits (two singles by Rob Fodness, and one single each from Joey Pick and Adam Kurtz) during the contest.Wilmont scored three runs in the third inning, two in the fifth and four in the sixth.Kyle Kreun took the pitching loss for Luverne, allowing three runs (one earned) and three hits in four innings. Jake Studer, Fodness and Tony Sandbulte pitched in relief.Box score AB R H BIStuder 2 0 0 0Remme 1 0 0 0Sandbulte 3 0 0 0M.Boen 3 0 0 0Kurtz 3 0 1 0Fisher 3 0 0 0Jo.Pick 3 0 1 0Kreun 1 0 0 0Kuhlman 2 0 0 0T.Boen 2 0 0 0Fodness 2 0 2 0Kasson 4, Luverne 2A two-run loss to Kasson during Saturday’s second round sent the Redbirds to the third-place game.Luverne led 1-0 when Studer singled and scored on Mike Miller’s single in the top of the third inning, but Kasson countered with four runs in the bottom of the third to open a 4-1 lead it would never relinquish.Tim Boen tripled and scored when Studer singled in the seventh inning to account for Luverne’s final run.Kurtz tossed all six innings and took the loss. He surrendered six hits and four earned runs during a four-strikeout performance.Box score AB R H BIStuder 4 1 2 1Fodness 4 0 0 0Miller 3 0 2 1Kurtz 3 0 1 0Shelton 2 0 0 0Kreun 1 0 0 0Sandbulte 2 0 0 0Jo.Pick 3 0 0 0Fisher 3 0 0 0T.Boen 3 1 2 0Luverne 5, Winthrop 4A four-run rally in the top of the fourth inning led the Redbirds to a one-run victory in Saturday’s tournament opener.The score was tied at one entering the fourth, when Luverne used RBI singles from James Fisher, Fodness and Kurtz, and a sacrifice fly by Studer to take a 5-1 lead.Winthrop trimmed the difference to one run (5-4) by scoring one run in the fourth inning and two in the fifth before being blanked in the final two frames.Fisher gave Luverne a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the second inning before Winthrop knotted the score in the third.Jesse Kuhlman fanned eight batters in seven innings to pick up the win. He allowed six hits and one earned run.Box score AB R H BIStuder 5 0 1 1Fodness 4 1 2 1Miller 3 0 0 0Kurtz 4 0 3 1Shelton 3 0 1 0Sandbulte 3 2 1 0Jo.Pick 2 1 0 0Fisher 4 1 3 2T.Boen 3 0 0 0