In game one, Shay Endres picked ups his third win of the season, allowing five hits in five innings, striking out 8 batters and walking one.  Both runs allowed were unearned.  Elijah Holthaus finished the final two innings, allowing no runs on two hits.  Holthaus struck out 3 and walked 1.

“We collected a total of ten hits in the first game with half of those hits being doubles,” reported Alexandria Head Coach Jacob Munsch.

The double parade was led by Devan Swerman with 3 of them, followed by Devin Cimbura and Elijah Holthaus who each collected one.  Other Card hitters included Grady Anderson, Lake Hagen, JD Hennen and Nate Hammerback.

The Cardinals fell behind 4-0 in the first inning of game two, but battled back nicely in the home half of the inning, scoring 3 runs.  They continued to battle in the game and evened things up at 5-5 going into the sixth inning where Brainerd was able to plate a run to take the late lead.  In the bottom of the sixth the Cardinals scored four times to take a 9-6 lead.  Swerman picked up the win in game two, going 4 innings, allowing 5 runs (4 earned) on 4 hits.  He walked six and struck out four.  Parker Jendro relieved Swerman and kept the Cardinals in check, allowing just one hit while striking out 3 in his 3 innings on the mound.  A total of nine hits were collected in game two with again many doubles being recorded.  Brock Lerfald, Devin Cimbura, Devan Swerman, Nate Hammerback and Elijah Holthaus each produced a double.  Cimbura led the offensive effort by going 3-for-4 at the plate.

Alexandria improved to 5-2, winning their fourth straight game.  They will host Sartell-St. Stephen at 5:00pm Thursday and Moorhead under the lights on Friday with the first pitch scheduled for 7:00pm.