May 25, 2026, 6:38 AM ET
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The Muscoda Mudcasts Home Talent Baseball team lost the home opener 8-3 on Sunday at Pickering Park. Belleville gradually built a lead through the afternoon.
They broke away from a 3-1 lead with 2 runs in 7th and 3 runs in the 8th. The Mudcats scored a single run in the 3rd and 2 runs in the 8th.
The leading hitters in the game for Belleville were Riley Donahue, Logan Ludlum, and Brayson Jelle who each were 3 for 4. Steffen Mello was the winning pitcher after working the first 7 innings and striking out 8 while walking one and giving up 5 hits.
For Muscoda, Mason Atkins worked the first 6 innings from the mound and he struck out 7 while walking 3, Logan Kagel struck out 3 and walked 2 in 3 innings of relief.
Muscodas leading hitters were Ethan Scheckler, Logan Kagel, and Trent Forehand as they all had 2 hits.Following the 8-3 win, Belleville is now 2-0 on the season.
Muscoda fell to 0-2 with a double header scheduled for this Sunday starting at noon.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
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