Jess Weidner raced home on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday, giving North Clay a 2-1 victory over St. Anthony in a match-up of two of the best baseball teams in the area.

A single, error and sacrifice bunt put Cardinal runners on second and third with just one out. After a short fly out for the second out, Weidner sprinted home with the walk-off run when St. Anthony’s Brody Niebrugge uncorked a wild pitch.

North Clay’s Donnie Zimmerman was dominant on the mound. He gave up a lead-off double to Angela Mendella, the first batter of the game, but then retired the next 18 hitters and held a 1-0 lead going to the seventh.

The Bulldogs then managed to tie the game without getting a hit. Beau Adams drew a lead-off walk and advanced to third base after two ground outs. With Eli Levitt at the plate, a Zimmerman pitch got by his catcher for a passed ball, allowing Adams to scamper home with the tying run.

The Cardinals had taken a 1-0 lead in the fifth by scoring an unearned run. With two outs, two batters were hit by a pitch and the run scored on an error.

Zimmerman went all eight innings, allowing just the one hit and one unearned run. He walked two and struck out five, while throwing 77 pitches.

Levitt started for the Bulldogs and turned in six strong innings. He gave up six hits and one unearned run, while walking two and striking out six. Niebrugge relieved in the seventh and took the loss.

The Bulldogs had their five-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 8-3 on the season. They will return home Monday to face Ramsey.