Baseball Recap: Make It Seven in a Row for St. Cloud Cathedral

Crusaders

Margin (Wins)

05/08/26 @ Albany	17
05/07/26 @ Detroit Lakes	14
05/05/26 @ Foley	14
05/07/26 @ Melrose	12
04/21/26 @ Milaca	11

St. Cloud Cathedral came tearing into Friday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.2 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Albany Huskies as they made off with a 17-0 victory. The Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by eight runs or more this season.

Henry Schloe was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.

In other batting news, Nolan Bigaouette was a standout: he went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Jake Murphy, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.

St. Cloud Cathedral was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Albany only posted a batting average of .118.

St. Cloud Cathedral's record is now 21-5. As for Albany, they dropped their record down to 4-9 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Cloud Cathedral will host Rogers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Albany, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Pierz at 5:00 p.m.