The Clarinda Cardinals (Clarinda, IA) baseball got by the visiting Red Oak Tigers (Red Oak, IA), 3-2 in Thursday's league challenge.

The Cardinals now own a 2-4 record. They take the field next when they travel to West Liberty for a non-league challenge on Friday, June 6. Clarinda will clash with a Comets team coming off a 24-0 non-league win over Lone Tree (Lone Tree, IA). The Comets record now stands at 2-7.

With the defeat, Red Oak drops to 5-3 on the year. The Tigers travel to Treynor (Treynor, IA) to clash with the Cardinals in a non-league challenge on Saturday, June 7. The Cardinals go into the challenge with a record of 5-1. Treynor won 17-2 in their recent league challenge against Audubon (Audubon, IA)