Baseball Game Preview: Itasca Wampus Cats vs. Riesel Indians

Wampus Cats

Runs

05/01/25 vs Riesel	1
04/26/25 @ Venus	17
04/25/25 vs Milford	14
04/15/25 @ Meridian	8
04/11/25 vs Meridian	3
+ 15 more games

For the second straight game, Itasca will face off against Riesel. The Wampus Cats will challenge the Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Itasca is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.1 runs per game this season.

Itasca heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Thursday. They fell just short of Riesel by a score of 2-1. The Wampus Cats' defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.

Itasca saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gage Bassett, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one run.

Riesel has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-6-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Itasca, their loss dropped their record down to 16-4.