The AHLL Cardinals showed the number one team in the league, the Dodgers, that it's not how you start a season, or a game ... its how you finish. Down 5-0 in the first inning the cards came in and swung the bats furiously earning 4 runs back. Relief Pitcher Hudson Basso took the mound in the second inning and walked the first three batters, on long counts, to put runners on all 3 bags with no outs. Coach Jones was panicking a little, and brought in Casey Conner to get the team out of the jamb. Casey proceeded to strike the first batter out and then go 3-2 to the next hitter. After fouling the next two pitches off, the hitter stroked a hard hit line drive to center where a diving Hudson Basso caught what looked to be a definite inside the park grand slam. Popping back up Basso was in such shock that he didn't even recognize that the player that was on third base was already walking back to the dugout after crossing home plate for what he thought was a run. The cardinals continued to escape the bases loaded/no out situation, and only gave up one run in the process. With the bottom of the line-up prepared to bat, the last two hitters (Drew Yockey and West Winter) proceeded to get their 1st hits of the year putting men on base for the top of the line-up to drive in. The Cardinals continued to keep the pressure on the Dodgers throughout the game and never let go - giving their team a 10-6 lead in the fourth inning when Aaron Santos, the Cardinals closer, came in to end the game. Aaron allowed 1 walk and no hits to finish the game in timely fashion at 10-6.
After losing to the Cubs, the Cardinals have gone 2-0-1 against the top three teams in the league. The one tie came in a game against the #2 team in the league; a game where the cardinals were up 6-4 going into the last inning but made 3 costly errors to allow 2 runs.
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