Baseball Preview: Durango Trailblazers vs. Valley Vikings
The Durango Trailblazers will head out on the road to face off against the Valley Vikings at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Durango has five straight victories, Valley has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Durango put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Friday. They blew past Cimarron-Memorial 15-0. While fans of Durango might be used to big wins, the 15-run margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
Xander Mercurius was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Mercurius has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Mercurius was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Ayden Perera was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Jonathan Turner, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Valley fell victim to a rough 16-1 defeat at the hands of Western on Friday.
Durango pushed their record up to 11-6 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 10.7 runs. As for Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
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