Cards split their last two games

The Columbus Cardinals currently sit with a 6-6 record in their first 12 games to start the baseball season.

Recently they split their last two games with one win and one loss in their last two games against the Sealy Tigers and the New Waverly Bulldogs.

Vs. Sealy, 9-5, W

In their first game, the Cards took on the Sealy Tigers, and they were able to come away with a win in five innings. The first two innings went scoreless for both teams in this game, but both found a way to score in the third inning.

The Tigers opened the scoring in the top of the third inning with two runs to go up 2-0 on the Cards. In the bottom of the third inning, the Cards came back with a big response to take the lead back.

They scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning and took a 3-2 lead into the fourth inning. The Tigers responded with three runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 5-3 lead into the bottom of the fourth.

But the Cards came back and scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and held onto a 9-5lead to secure the victory. The Cards were led by Brody Tribe on offense as he hit the only home run in the game.

Ryan Carter was on the mound for the Cards and shared the responsibilities with Tribe. They combined to pitch all five innings, giving up five runs on four hits while walking three baters and striking out seven of them.

The Cards then looked ahead to their next game against New Waverly where they looked to pick up back-to-back wins.

Vs. New Waverly, 4-3, L In their second game the Cards unfortunately were handed a loss in a very close game against New Waverly. To start the game the Cards jumped out to a 2-0 lead against New Waverly as their offense continued to find different ways to score.

New Waverly scored once in the top of the second inning to cut the Cards lead in half and then the game went scoreless until the top of the fifth inning. New Waverly scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Cards scored only once more in this game to arrive at the final score of 4-3 to pick up a loss against New Waverly. Offensively, the Cards were led by Wyatt Tipton who hit a double and by Tribe who hit a triple.

Then Tipton along with Ty Wiggs and Parker Meyer were on the mound for the Cards, and they combined to pitch all five innings. They gave up four runs on two hits while walking six batters and striking out six of them.

The Cards now look ahead to their next game on Friday, March 13, when they will take on the Palacios Sharks at 1:30 p.m. looking to get back in the win column.