With a playoff win on the line, Riesel rose to the challenge on Thursday. They won by a run and slipped past the Itasca Wampus Cats 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Indians have posted since March 7th.
Riesel is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Itasca, the loss snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 16-4 record.
Riesel will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Wampus Cats: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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