Luverne is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Luverne Cardinals will take on the Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian Flying Dutchmen at 4:30  p.m.  on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
 Luverne will head into Tuesday's  matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big  on Thursday (they won by 15) but  on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Worthington  and snuck past  6-4.
  Gracie Nath spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered  just two earned  (and two unearned) runs on ten hits and racked up nine Ks.
 On the hitting side,  Ella Reisdorfer was  excellent,  scoring a  run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was  Tori Serie, who  scored a  run and  stole a base while going 1-for-3.
 Meanwhile, Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian narrowly escaped with a  win as the  squad sidled past Adrian/Ellsworth  5-4.
 Luverne has  been performing  incredibly well recently as they've  won nine of their last ten matches,  which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record  this season. As for Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4.
 Luverne took their  win against Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian  in their previous matchup  two weeks ago by a conclusive  11-4. Will Luverne repeat their success,  or does  Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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