Baseball Game Preview: St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders vs. Albany Huskies

The St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders will head out to challenge the Albany Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Cloud Cathedral has nine straight victories, Albany has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

St. Cloud Cathedral is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Detroit Lakes 19-5 on Thursday. The Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by eight runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, Albany suffered their biggest defeat since May 9, 2025 on Thursday. They came up short against Little Falls, falling 17-4.

St. Cloud Cathedral's win bumped their record up to 20-4. As for Albany, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8.

St. Cloud Cathedral was able to grind out a solid victory over Albany when the teams last played back in April, winning 7-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Crusaders since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.