By John RittenhouseThe Luverne VFW baseball team completed a 17-8 regular season by playing three games in two days late last week.Luverne rallied to nip Pipestone by one run at Redbird Field Wednesday, July 14, in a game that was resumed after a rainout July 12.The Cardinals also posted a 13-3 win over Pipestone in a non-league game after the one-run win, but no statistics were kept from that tilt.Luverne then lost an eight-run home decision to Edgerton Monday to cap the regular season.The Cardinals host Slayton at 6:30 p.m. tonight to open the South Third District VFW Baseball Playoffs.Edgerton 15, Luverne 7Erratic pitching by Luverne set the stage for an eight-run loss to Edgerton at Redbird Field Thursday.Luverne hurlers issued 12 walks in the contest, allowing Edgerton to turn what was a close game through four innings into a lopsided contest.The Cardinals led 3-2 after four innings of play, but the visitors outscored them 13-4 the rest of the night.Edgerton moved in front 6-3 after scoring four runs in the top of the fifth inning before icing the contest with a seven-run sixth inning, and scoring two more runs in the seventh.The teams traded runs in the first inning, with Luverne tying the game at one when Jake Clark singled and scored on Ben Nath’s groundout in the bottom of the first.The Cards moved in front 3-1 when Andrew DeBoer slapped a two-run single in the bottom of the second, but Edgerton closed the gap to one run (3-2) with a counter in the top of the fourth.Luverne did score two runs in the fifth and seventh innings, but it was the 13 runs Edgerton plated in the final three frames that settled the issue.Craig Oeding singled home two runs in the fifth for Luverne. Nath reached base on an error and scored on a passed ball in the seventh. Brian Deutsch received an RBI for a groundout in the seventh.Caleb Bruynes tossed the first four innings without earning a decision for the Cards. Nath took the loss in relief of Bruynes. Clark and Micah Boomgaarden also pitched in relief for Luverne.Box score AB R H BIClark 4 1 1 0DeBoer 2 0 2 2Reisch 3 0 0 0Nath 3 2 1 1Boler 2 1 0 0Oeding 3 0 1 2Boomgaarden 3 1 0 0Deutsch 4 0 0 1Bruynes 1 0 1 0Finke 1 0 0 0Luverne 3, Pipestone 2A late-game rally gave the Cardinals a victory during a Wednesday, July 14 tilt played at Redbird Field.The game was scheduled to be played Monday, July 12, but rain forced the game to be postponed with Luverne batting and facing a 2-1 deficit with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.The game was picked up where it left off on July 14, and the Cards pulled out a victory by scoring single runs in the fifth and seventh innings.Oeding drew a walk and advanced to third before scoring the tying run in the fifth when Boomgaarden drew a throw to first base after laying down a bunt.Oeding singled and advanced to third base with no outs in the bottom of the seventh. He scored the game-winning run on a successful suicide-squeeze bunt by Boomgaarden.Nath doubled and scored the game’s first run for Luverne in the second inning when Nathan Boler singled. Pipestone scored two runs in the top of the fourth to gain a 2-1 edge.Brett Lundgren tossed the first four and one-third innings for Luverne. DeBoer worked the final two and two-thirds innings to get the win. DeBoer didn’t allow a hit while fanning four batters.Box score AB R H BIClark 3 0 0 0Lundgren 3 0 0 0Reisch 3 0 0 0Nath 3 1 2 0Boler 3 1 1 1Oeding 2 2 1 0DeBoer 3 0 3 0Boomgaarden 2 0 0 2Deutsch 0 0 0 0