Ireton scored twice in the opening frame of an 8am first pitch, but the New Yorkers bounced back with 5 in the bottom of the first. They added a run in the 6th.
Emma Klein (above) had a pair of hits for the Cardinals, two of six the redbirds managed in the early bird event on day 2.
Wednesday brings John Carroll HS with a noon first pitch of day 3 of Grand Strand tourney in Myrtle Beach SC.