It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Itasca had no problem doing just that on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Riesel Indians 8-7. This was a revenge game for the Wampus Cats: when they faced off against the Indians on Thursday, they had to take a 2-1 defeat.
Buddy Jackson was incredible, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Caden Littlejohn was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Itasca has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Riesel, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7-2.
Itasca will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Indians: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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