By John RittenhouseThe Luverne Redbirds gained momentum heading into the Gopher League Playoffs by winning four games in a five-day span.Luverne posted home wins over Hadley Wednesday, July 12, and Thursday against Adrian before notching a victory in Fairmont Saturday. The Redbirds capped an 11-11 regular season by besting Windom in Luverne Sunday.The Redbirds drew the second seed for the Gopher League Playoffs. Luverne hosts Pipestone or Hadley at 7:30 p.m. Friday.Luverne 5, Windom 1The Redbirds completed their run of wins Sunday by besting Windom by four runs in Luverne.Jared Pick pitched six and one-third innings of one-run ball to pick up the win, and Mike Wenninger belted a two-run homer to lead the Redbirds to victory.Pick fanned nine batters, walked two and surrendered nine hits. The run he was charged with was unearned.Wenninger, who recorded the final two outs in relief of Pick, delivered his two-run shot to snap a tie at one in the third inning.Tony Sandbulte walked and scored on a passed ball to give the hosts a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, but Windom tied the game in the second inning.Sandbulte walked before Luverne moved in front to stay with Wenninger’s blast in the third.Pick singled home a run in the fourth inning and Adam Kurtz singled and scored the game’s final run on a passed ball in the sixth.Box score AB R H BISandbulte 1 2 0 0Studer 2 0 0 0Wysong 3 0 1 0Wenninger 3 1 2 2Eernisse 2 0 0 0Boen 1 0 0 0Kurtz 3 2 2 0Fisher 1 0 0 0Cote 1 0 0 0Fodness 3 0 0 0Pick 3 0 2 1Luverne 5, Fairmont 2The Redbirds scored four runs in the top half of the first inning and never lost the lead during Saturday’s game in Fairmont.James Fisher and Rob Fodness slapped run-scoring singles, Wyatt Cote received an RBI for a fielder’s choice and Terry Eernisse scored on a passed ball to give Luverne a 4-0 lead in the first.Fairmont sliced Luverne’s lead in half (4-2) by plating single runs in the third and fifth innings, but Cote singled and scored on a fielder’s choice by Pick in the top of the sixth to cap the scoring for the Redbirds.Fodness yielded two earned runs over the first five innings to pick up the pitching victory. He walked four batters, yielded five hits and recorded four strikeouts. Kurtz earned a save by pitching two innings of one-walk, one-hit relief.Box score AB R H BIPick 3 0 0 1Edstrom 3 1 0 0Eernisse 3 1 0 0Fisher 4 1 2 1Kurtz 3 1 0 0Shelton 2 0 0 0Cote 3 1 1 1Fodness 2 0 2 1Schmidt 2 0 1 0Luverne 5, Adrian 1Kurtz tossed a complete game, and four different Redbirds drove in runs to highlight Luverne’s four-run home win over Adrian Thursday.Adrian plated one unearned run in the top of the fourth inning to gain an early lead.Kurtz blanked the A’s over the final five frames, finishing the game with four strikeouts while yielding five walks and three hits.A four-run rally featuring run-scoring singles by Fodness, Jesse Kuhlman and Sandbulte and an RBI ground out by Jake Studer put Luverne in front in the sixth inning.Pick was hit by a pitch and scored the game’s final run on an error in the seventh.Box score AB R H BISandbulte 4 0 2 1Groen 1 0 0 0Studer 3 0 2 1Cote 1 0 0 0Wysong 4 0 0 0Wenninger 4 0 0 0Eernisse 4 1 0 0Kurtz 2 1 1 0Fodness 3 1 1 1Kuhlman 3 1 1 1Pick 2 0 0 0Luverne 11, Hadley 5The Redbirds snapped a seven-game losing streak when they bested the Buttermakers by six runs in Luverne July 12.Zach Wysong and Kurtz drove in a combined 10 runs at the plate and Pick tossed six strong innings to earn the pitching victory.Wysong, who hit a pair of home runs in the game, gave the Redbirds a 2-0 lead when he lifted the ball over the fence after Studer singled in the bottom of the first.Kurtz singled home two runs to make it a 4-0 game in the third inning before Hadley broke through for a pair of runs in the fourth to make it a 4-2 game.Kurtz capped a four-RBI game with his second two-run single in the fifth to give the hosts a 6-2 advantage.After Hadley plated one run in the top of the sixth, Wysong cracked a grand slam in the bottom of the game to wrap up a six-RBI effort and give the Redbirds a 10-3 cushion.Hadley scored its final two runs in the top of the seventh before Sandbulte capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh.Pick surrendered three runs (two were earned), three hits and two walks during his six-inning stint on the hill. He recorded four strikeouts. Wysong pitched three innings of two-earned run, three-hit, four-walk relief. Wysong fanned two batters.Box score AB R H BISandbulte 3 2 2 1Studer 3 3 1 0Wysong 3 3 2 6Eernisse 5 1 1 0Kurtz 5 0 2 4Fisher 3 0 0 0Cote 1 1 1 0Fodness 4 0 1 0Kuhlman 3 0 0 0Groen 1 0 0 0Pick 3 1 2 0