Cardinal Stritch waltzed into their game on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged the Start Spartans out 9-8. This was payback for Cardinal Stritch, who suffered a 9-4 defeat the last time these two teams met.
For Start's part, Daniel Brownfield was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ryan Wright, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Cardinal Stritch is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Start, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-11.
As of now, neither Cardinal Stritch nor Start have any future games scheduled.
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