Badger suffered their closest loss since May 23, 2025 on Thursday. They fell just short of the Cardinal Huskies by a score of 5-3. The Braves were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Huskies apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April of 2016.
Tyler McWilliams was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Harnett, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and two RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for Badger and nudges their season record down to 8-5. Even worse, they were so close both times: the losses came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Cardinal, with the victory, they broke their ten-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-10.
Coming up, Badger will challenge Harding at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Cardinal, they will square off against Maplewood at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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