Baseball Preview: Duncan Wildkats vs. Ray Bearcats
Duncan is 1-9 against Ray since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Duncan Wildkats will head out on the road to square off against the Ray Bearcats at 2:45 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Even though Baboquivari scored an imposing 11 runs on Thursday, Duncan still came out on top. Duncan came out on top in a nail-biter against Baboquivari and snuck past 12-11.
The team relied heavily on Taygan Jensen, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Ruiz Pablo was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing four bases while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Ray was not the first on the board on Thursday, but they got there more often. They had just enough and edged Superior out 5-4. The victory was just what Ray needed coming off of a 14-2 defeat in their prior match.
Ray saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Ruiz, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Duncan's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-9. As for Ray, they pushed their record up to 4-10 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Ray's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Duncan hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .329. It's a different story for Ray, though, as they've only averaged .215. Will they be able to contain Duncan's hitters?
Duncan suffered a grim 14-3 defeat to Ray when the teams last played last Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ray's Seth Wade, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that Duncan knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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