Baseball Recap: White Cloud Turns Things Around After Road Loss

There's no place like home for White Cloud, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They blew past the Montabella Mustangs 9-3 on Friday.

White Cloud got a massive performance out of Brady Strait, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. Strait is becoming a predictor of the Indians' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-1 (and 3-14 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Brycen Knight, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Indians

Batting Average

05/09/25 vs Montabella	46.4%
05/07/25 @ Kent City	20%
05/07/25 @ Kent City	17.9%
05/05/25 vs Kent City	33.3%
05/05/25 vs Kent City	4.3%
+ 50 more games

White Cloud was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .464. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.

White Cloud is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-15 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Montabella, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-11.

White Cloud will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Mustangs: the pair will be back at it again later today.