The Leesville Wampus Cats will venture away from home to take on the Oakdale Warriors at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Oakdale took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Leesville, who comes in off a win.
Leesville was handed a heart-breaking two-run defeat in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against LaGrange on Thursday. The Wampus Cats blew past the Gators 15-1. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Layton Combs
| 04/10/25 vs LaGrange | 3 |
| 04/04/25 @ East Beauregard | 1 |
| 04/04/25 @ East Beauregard | 1 |
| 02/25/25 vs Pickering | 1 |
Layton Combs and Hunter Garton made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Combs pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Garton kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Leesville is 2-1 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 7-13-1 otherwise. At the plate, Combs scored three runs and stole a base, while Garton got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base. Those three runs gave Combs a new career-high.
In other batting news, Creek Smith was incredible, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4. He has become a key player for Leesville: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-14-1 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Daren Brown, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Oakdale came up short against Vermilion Catholic on Thursday and fell 6-2. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Kylar Ballard made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Oakdale's loss dropped their record down to 17-14. As for Leesville, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-14-1.
Everything went Leesville's way against Oakdale in their previous matchup back in February of 2019, as Leesville made off with a 10-0 win. Will the Wampus Cats repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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