By John RittenhouseThe Luverne VFW baseball team upped its record to 14-6 after winning two of three games since Wednesday, June 30.The Cardinals nipped Brandon Valley (S.D.) by one run at Redbird Field June 30 before posting a seven-run league win over Marshall Orange in Luverne Thursday. BV gained revenge on the Cards by beating them by six runs in Valley Springs, S.D., Tuesday.Luverne was scheduled to host Adrian Monday, but the game was rained out and rescheduled for last night (Wednesday, July 7).The Cards play in Slayton tonight, they host Pipestone for a twin bill Monday and play in Adrian Wednesday.BV 6, Luverne 0The Cardinals experienced a shortage of offense during Tuesday’s six-run loss to Brandon Valley in Valley Springs.The hosts limited Luverne batters to three singles without allowing a run in the game.BV, on the other hand, scored three runs in the second inning, one in the third and two in the sixth to win handily.Jake Clark led the game off with a single for Luverne. Craig Oeding and Micah Boomgaarden slapped back-to-back singles in the second inning.Boomgaarden pitched the first four innings and took the loss. Nate Boler tossed two innings of relief.Box score AB R H BIClark 3 0 1 0Lundgren 2 0 0 0Boelman 4 0 0 0Nath 3 0 0 0DeBoer 2 0 0 0Richters 1 0 0 0Oeding 2 0 1 0Boomgaarden 1 0 1 0Boler 1 0 0 0Deutsch 2 0 0 0Fitzer 1 0 0 0Finke 1 0 0 0Elbers 1 0 0 0Luverne 10, MO 3The Cardinals scored seven runs in the first inning and coasted to a seven-run victory when they hosted Marshall Orange Thursday.Clark slapped a three-run double to highlight the home half of the first inning, which ended with Luverne sporting a 10-3 advantage.The early run support proved to be all Luverne pitcher Caleb Bruynes needed to pick up a win.Bruynes tossed an 84-pitch complete game, limiting Orange to a pair of runs in the fourth inning and one in the sixth.Luverne catcher Ben Nath doubled home one run in the bottom of the fourth as the Cardinals countered Marshall’s challenge in the top half of the frame.Brian Deutsch contributed an RBI single to a two-run rally in the sixth that capped the scoring for Luverne.No individual box score was available from this game.Luverne 6, BV 5Andrew DeBoer’s RBI single in the bottom half of the seventh inning gave the Cardinals a one-run home win over Brandon Valley (S.D.) Wednesday, June 30.BV tied the game at five by scoring one run in the top of the seventh, but Luverne settled the issue when Marc Boelman doubled before scoring on DeBoer’s single in the bottom of the frame.After BV took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, Luverne moved in front 2-1 in the bottom of the inning when Clark doubled and scored on an error and Boomgaarden chased home a run with a groundout.The score was tied at two when Boomgaarden delivered a two-run single in the third to give the Cards a 4-2 lead, but BV bounced back to tie the score at four in the fourth.Derek Elbers reached base on an error and scored to give the Cards a 5-4 edge in the fifth inning that was erased when BV plated a run in the seventh.Elbers picked up the pitching win by working one inning of relief. Boelman started the game on the mound, and Adam Finke pitched three innings of relief.Box score AB R H BIClark 4 1 1 0Elbers 3 2 0 0Boelman 1 1 1 0Oeding 0 0 0 0Bruynes 1 0 1 0Boler 2 2 2 0DeBoer 4 0 1 1Boomgaarden 3 0 1 3Finke 3 0 1 0Richters 3 0 1 0Deutsch 2 0 1 0