Cardinal baseball has both experience, newness in 2013

What a difference a year’s experience plus shaking the trees and bushes has done for Medical Lake baseball.

Four games into the 2013 season the Cardinals have surpassed their 2012 win total following twin maulings of Newport 14-4 and 21-1 last Saturday on the road.

Cardinals’ third-year head coach Kerry Kelly assembled 39 prospects for their return to the Northeast A League and will carry 13 of those on his varsity roster.

“It’s a group of kids that’s worked hard in the offseason and they’re seeing the rewards,” Kelly said. “It’s probably one of the best groups of attitudes I’ve had in a long...