Cardinals Baseball Sets Sights On Glenns Ferry Tournament

Last Thursday, the Soda Springs Cardinals traveled to American Falls to take on the Beavers.  In an earlier match up between these two teams the Cardinals had scored early and often, scoring eighteen of the total nineteen runs in the first three innings.  In that contest, the Cardinals ran away with the victory winning 19-6.  

Thursday’s match up, however, was a different story.  Early on it looked as though the Cardinals would once again grab an early lead as they scored two runs in the top of the first inning.  The Beavers didn’t lay down this time as they answered back, knotting things up at two heading into the second inning.  

The Cardinals were able to tally one more run in the second, but from there things didn’t go their way.  Soda surrendered three runs to the Beavers in the bottom of the second, leaving them trailing 5-3.  

The third inning breezed by as the Cardinals failed to get anyone on base.  American Falls placed a couple of runners on base, but the Cardinal defense held them scoreless. 

 In the top of the fourth, despite earning two walks and having a runner in scoring position, the Cardinals would once again fail to score.  On the flip side, the Beavers added four runs to their total, putting the Cardinals in a hole of 9-3.  

Two early errors by the Beavers to open up the fifth inning helped put runners on the corners for the Cardinals.  Soda took advantage of the scoring position and finally earned another run, but it would be their last one.  American Falls doubled that one run score with two of their own in the bottom of the fifth.  

The sixth inning saw both teams putting up two runs a piece, bringing the scoring total to 13-6.  That put the Cardinals in a large deficit entering the final inning.  With the Beavers having last at bat, Soda needed to score a bunch to keep the game going.  Unfortunately, the Cardinals failed to even get on base, leaving them on the wrong side of the win-loss column.  The Cardinals started and ended the game fairly well, but getting outscored in the middle 9-2 was their downfall in this one.  The Cardinals will look to rebound this week as they travel to the Glenns Ferry tournament where they will face Gooding, Grangeville, Wilder, and the host school Glenns Ferry.  Three of those four teams have winning records, with Grangeville being currently undefeated.  Wilder is the lone team that has yet to tally a win.  The Cardinals will have their hands full, but you can bet they are up to
the challenge.