After some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three games, Italy finally came back down to earth on Friday. They lost 16-2 to the Itasca Wampus Cats. The defeat continues a trend for the Gladiators in their meetings with the Wampus Cats: they've now lost seven in a row.
Tripp Slovak made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one RBI.
Italy's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Itasca, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 11-4.
While Italy had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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