Baseball Recap: Raytown South Comes Up Short

For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Raytown South and Raytown have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Tuesday. The Cardinals fell just short of the Bluejays by a score of 6-5. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bluejays this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 6-3 back in April.

Marcellus Goudeau was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.

Reed Hamby

Runs

05/14/26 @ Ruskin	3
04/23/26 @ Central	3
03/26/26 @ Washington	3
05/19/26 @ Raytown	2
04/06/26 vs Washington	2
+ 6 more games

In other batting news, Reed Hamby made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Raytown South's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-2 (and 4-21 when he doesn't).

Raytown South's defeat dropped their record down to 8-23. As for Raytown, they moved to 8-13 with that win, which also ended their five-game losing streak.

As of now, neither Raytown South nor the Bluejays have any future games scheduled.