By John RittenhouseThe 2004 baseball season came to an end for Zach Wysong and the Luverne American Legion during the Area A Playoffs.Luverne opened the double-elimination tournament by dropping a one-run decision in Slayton Friday.The Cardinals ended a 10-8 campaign by losing a one-run game in Adrian Tuesday.Luverne and Adrian battled to a draw at five through seven innings of Tuesday’s tilt before Adrian pushed across the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth.Wysong had a three-hit game at the plate, but it wasn’t enough to extend Luverne’s season.Wysong singled and scored one of Luverne’s two runs in the game’s first inning.Wysong and the Cardinals dropped the opening game of the playoffs when they lost a 7-6 decision in Slayton Friday.Wysong scored a pair of runs in the contest, including a counter that tied the game in the top of the seventh, but Slayton snapped the tie by plating the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh.The Luverne shortstop, who was 1-4 at the plate, reached base on an error and scored his first run in the top of the first.Luverne was trailing 6-4 with a runner on first base with two outs in the top of the seventh when Wysong stepped to the plate.Wysong chopped the ball to Slayton’s shortstop and beat what ended up being a wild throw to first base for an infield single. The ball rolled up the right-field line, allowing one run to score while Wysong raced to third base. Wysong drew a throw to third that skipped by the Slayton defender, allowing Wysong to score the tying run.Slayton, however, settled the issue in the bottom of the seventh when a two-out single allowed the game-winning run to score from second base in the bottom half of the inning.Luverne capped a 10-6 regular season by posting a 16-2 win in Okabena Thursday. Wysong did not play in that game.