By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne Redbirds went 2-1 while playing three amateur baseball games since Thursday.
The Redbirds posted a six-run road win in Larchwood, Iowa, Thursday before topping Truman by six runs in Jackson Sunday.
Fairmont then snapped a four-game winning streak for Luverne by besting the Redbirds by three runs Sunday evening in Jackson.
Luverne, 10-5 overall, hosted Hills last night. The Redbirds play in Wilmont Sunday before hosting Larchwood in the regular season finale Tuesday.
Fairmont 7, Luverne 4
Luverne's second four-game winning streak of the season came to an end with Sunday's three-run loss to Fairmont in Jackson.
Fairmont scored five runs in the first three innings and held off a late challenge by the Redbirds to prevail by three runs.
The score was tied at one when Luverne's Mike Wenninger led off the top of the second inning with a solo homer, but Fairmont answered the challenge by scoring three runs in the bottom of the second and one in the third and never lost the lead the rest of the way.
Luverne did trim the difference to one run (5-4) when Wenninger singled home two runs and Jesse Reisch added a two-run single in the fifth, but Fairmont scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to gain the final margin of victory.
Terry Eernisse allowed seven runs in five innings of pitching to take the loss. Jeff Sehr tossed one scoreless inning of relief.
Box score AB R H BI
Reisch 4 1 1 1
Ohme 4 0 1 0
J.Sehr 3 1 1 0
Irish 3 0 1 0
Wenninger 3 1 2 3
M.Sehr 3 0 0 0
Eernisse 3 0 0 0
Boen 3 1 1 0
Schneider 3 0 0 0
Luverne 10, Truman 4
The Redbirds opened play Sunday in Jackson by notching a six-run victory over Truman.
Luverne scored eight runs in the first two innings and Travis Eernisse pitched six innings of two-run ball to lead the Redbirds to victory.
Four-run first and second innings gave Luverne an 8-0 cushion.
Wenninger and Mike Boen supplied two-run doubles in the first inning. Terry Eernisse singled home a run and Cole Irish received a fielderÕs choice to set the pace during the second inning.
Truman scored twice off Travis Eernisse to make it an 8-2 game in the bottom of the second, but the Redbirds got the runs back when Billy Schneider and Brian Weber singled before scoring on wild pitches in the fifth.
Reisch relieved Travis Eernisse in the seventh inning, allowing two runs before recording the final out.
Box score AB R H BI
Reisch 4 2 1 0
M.Sehr 1 0 0 0
Ohme 3 2 1 0
J.Sehr 4 0 0 0
Irish 3 2 0 1
Tr.Eernisse 0 0 0 0
Wenninger 4 1 1 2
Te.Eernisse 3 1 1 1
Boen 4 0 2 0
Schneider 3 1 1 0
Weber 4 1 2 0
Luverne 14, Larchwood 8
The Redbirds exploded for eight runs in the third inning and never looked back while securing a six-run road win in Larchwood Thursday.
The Diamonds tied the game at one in the bottom of the second, but Luverne scored eight times in the third and didn't lose the lead the rest of the night.
Two-run doubles by Micky Sehr and Derek Ohme were the key hits in the third. Boen and Wenninger added RBI doubles, and Schneider added a run-scoring single.
Larchwood scored three runs in the bottom of the third before Weber produced an RBI single to give Luverne a 9-4 lead in the fourth.
The score was 9-6 when the Redbirds put the game away with a four-run seventh inning. The highlight of the game was Micky SehrÕs two-run triple.
Micky Sehr pitched the first three innings and allowed four runs before giving way to Ohme, who allowed two runs over the next three innings to pick up the win. Jeff Sehr pitched the final three innings, allowing two runs in the bottom of the eighth.
Box score AB R H BI
Ohme 5 4 4 2
Boen 6 1 3 1
J.Sehr 6 2 1 0
Irish 4 2 3 0
Wenninger 4 1 1 2
M.Sehr 6 2 3 4
Fisher 5 1 1 0
Weber 5 0 1 1
Schneider 5 1 1 1