By John RittenhouseThe Luverne VFW baseball team locked up the No. 2 seed for the District 3 Southern Division Playoffs by sweeping a double-header from Fulda at home Thursday.Luverne bested Fulda by 10 runs in a six-inning game to start the set. The Cardinals coasted to a 19-run, four-inning win in the finale.The Cardinals end the regular season with a 25-6 record. Luverne opens the postseason with a home game tonight against Marshall Orange or Slayton.Luverne 12, Fulda 2The Cardinals put together a pair of big innings to best the Raiders in Game 1.Luverne opened the scoring with a five-run second inning and ended the game by scoring six times in the sixth to win by the 10-run rule.The Cards scored four runs on wild pitches and received an RBI double from Tyler Reisch during the five-run second.Jake Clark slapped a two-run single, Tanner Skattum singled home one run and Caleb Bruynes and Chris Den Hoed drew bases-loaded walks to highlight the six-run sixth.Fulda trimmed Luverne’s lead to three runs (5-2) with single runs in the third and fifth frames.A sacrifice fly by Den Hoed in the bottom of the fifth made it a 6-2 game before the Cards settled the issue in the sixth.Andrew DeBoer tossed four innings of one-run ball to pick up the win. Adam Ossefoort pitched two innings of one-run relief.Box score AB R HClark 2 1 1Boomgaarden 2 1 0Reisch 3 0 1Arndt 0 1 0DeBoer 4 0 0Olson 4 3 2Hoff 3 1 0Bruynes 1 2 1Den Hoed 2 1 0Skattum 2 2 1Luverne 19, Fulda 0The Cardinals completed their sweep of the Raiders with a 19-run victory in the finale.After the teams played to a scoreless draw through two innings, Luverne exploded for 12 runs in the top of the third inning before adding seven more in the fourth.Jacob Arndt tripled and Clark and Ossefoort contributed one double each to Luverne’s 12-run rally in the third.Tyler Reisch and Jeremy Hoff registered inside the park home runs during Luverne’s seven-run fourth inning.Bruynes tossed all four innings to get the win. He fanned nine batters, walked two and surrendered one hit during his shutout.Box score AB R HClark 2 1 1Hoff 2 2 1Boomgaarden 3 1 1Den Hoed 1 1 0Reisch 1 3 1Arndt 4 3 2DeBoer 3 1 2Olson 3 1 2Richters 4 1 1Skattum 2 2 0Ossefoort 4 0 3