Baseball Recap: St. Anne's loss ends three-game winning streak on the road

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 2:08pm

Baseball Recap: St. Anne Cardinals vs. Clifton Central Comets

St. Anne lost against Clifton Central two weeks ago, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The St. Anne Cardinals lost 11-3 to the Clifton Central Comets. The defeat continues a trend for St. Anne in their matchups with Clifton Central: they've now lost eight in a row.

For Clifton Central's part, the team relied heavily on Owen Palmateer, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Derek Meier, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

St. Anne's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-8. As for Clifton Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.

St. Anne will be playing at home against Crescent-Iroquois/Cissna Park at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Clifton Central, they will square off against Salt Fork at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday. Clifton Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.

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