Cardinals
| 05/23/25 vs Liberty | 14 |
| 05/13/25 @ West Branch | 12 |
| 05/20/25 vs Springfield | 10 |
| 05/08/25 vs Salem | 10 |
| 04/12/25 vs Struthers | 10 |
With a playoff win on the line, Cardinal Mooney rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Keystone Wildcats as they made off with a 9-0 victory. Considering the Cardinals have won 13 matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ford Stacy was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, one triple, and one run.
In other batting news, Andrew Bushey was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Ryan Reese, who went 3-for-4 with three runs and one RBI.
Cardinal Mooney was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .424. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in five consecutive games.
Cardinal Mooney has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Keystone, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 22-5.
Coming up, Cardinal Mooney will take on Waynedale at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Golden Bears' pitching crew has only allowed 1.5 runs per game this season, so the Cardinals' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Keystone does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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