It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but St. Cloud Cathedral ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They walked away with a 9-4 victory over the Melrose Dutchmen. The win was familiar territory for St. Cloud Cathedral who now have three in a row.
St. Cloud Cathedral got a big performance out of Caden Johnson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Johnson has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Oliver, who scored a run while going 2-for-6.
On Melrose's side, Anthony Berscheit was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with a home run.
St. Cloud Cathedral has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Melrose, they dropped their record down to 10-7 with that loss, which was their fifth straight at home.
St. Cloud Cathedral will take on Monticello at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Cloud Cathedral's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Monticello's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Melrose, they will head out on the road to face off against Annandale at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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