Baseball Recap: Brainerd Comes Up Short

If Brainerd was riding high fresh off their 14-4 takedown of Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Warriors fell just short of the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Crusaders this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-2 two weeks ago.

Warriors

Previous 5 Games

05/14/26 @ St. Cloud Cathedral	2-3
05/12/26 vs Detroit Lakes	14-4
05/07/26 @ Fergus Falls	7-2
05/01/26 vs Duluth East	3-2
04/30/26 vs St. Cloud Cathedral	2-3

The defeat snapped Brainerd's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-6 record. As for St. Cloud Cathedral, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season.

Brainerd didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 4-2 loss against Grand Rapids on the 15th. St. Cloud Cathedral has also already played their next matchup (against Willmar), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.