The Brainerd Warriors are taking a road trip to square off against the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Brainerd is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Detroit Lakes on Tuesday as they made off with a 14-4 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Warriors with their most commanding win of the season.
Griffin Bartholomaus was a standout: he went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. Those RBI marked the first that he has brought in this season. Brady Vanek was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Brainerd was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2025.
Meanwhile, St. Cloud Cathedral waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They put the hurt on the Wolves with a sharp 11-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Crusaders, who have now won 11 games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Jack Hamak looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Cloud Cathedral got a massive performance out of Ryan Liebrenz, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. That's the most stolen bases Liebrenz has posted over his last six matchups. Another player making a difference was Nick Plante, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with three stolen bases and two runs.
Brainerd's record now sits at 4-5. As for St. Cloud Cathedral, their record is now 22-5.
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