Baseball Game Preview: Raytown South Cardinals vs. Kearney Bulldogs

For the second straight game, Raytown South will face off against Kearney. The Cardinals will be playing at home against the Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Raytown South has given up an average of 8.4 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Raytown South is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Wednesday. They lost 13-1 to Kearney. That's two games in a row now that the Cardinals have lost by exactly 12 runs.

Marcellus Goudeau

Stolen Base

04/25/25 vs Cardinal Ritter College Prep	3
05/07/25 @ Kearney	2
04/09/25 vs Van Horn	2
04/23/25 vs Washington	1
04/16/25 vs Ruskin	1
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Raytown South saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marcellus Goudeau, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. Goudeau has become a key player for the Cardinals: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 5-12 otherwise.

Kearney pushed their record up to 14-10 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Raytown South, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13.